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US 11,714,011 B2Granted
Nanomaterials for attaching mechanical force sensors
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsRalf Jakobskrueger Muenster, Sreenivasan Kalyani Koduri, Benjamin Stassen Cook
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Abstract
A system comprises a member to receive a mechanical force, and a sensor to sense the mechanical force. The sensor is mounted on the member using a set of nanoparticles and a set of nanowires coupled to the set of nanoparticles.
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A system, comprising:
- a member to receive a mechanical force;
- and
- a sensor to sense the mechanical force, the sensor mounted on the member using a set of nanoparticles and a set of nanowires coupled to the set of nanoparticles, wherein the set of nanowires is aligned substantially in a vertical direction, the vertical direction being perpendicular to a length-wise surface of the sensor.
A system, comprising:
- a member to receive a mechanical force;
- a first set of nanowires coupled to the member;
- and
- a sensor to measure the mechanical force, the sensor having a second set of nanowires coupled thereto, the first and second sets of nanowires coupled to each other, wherein the first set of nanowires and the second set of nanowires are aligned substantially in a vertical direction, the vertical direction being perpendicular to a length-wise surface of the sensor.
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A method, comprising:
- providing a member to receive a mechanical force;
- providing a sensor to sense the mechanical force;
- depositing a set of nanoparticles on at least one of the member or the sensor;
- positioning a nanowire template above the set of nanoparticles, the nanowire template having a set of orifices passing through the nanowire template;
- electroplating the set of nanoparticles to cause nanowires to form in the set of orifices of the nanowire template;
- and
- using the nanowires to couple the member and the sensor together.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.