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US 12,071,334 B2Granted
Pressure sensor devices and robots including the same
AssigneesToyota Research Institute, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAlexander Alspach, Andrew M. Beaulieu, Aimee S. Goncalves
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Abstract
A pressure sensor device includes a base layer, a deformable layer bonded to the base layer such that the base layer and the deformable layer define at least one inflatable chamber, and at least one pressure sensor fluidly coupled to the at least one inflatable chamber and operable to produce a signal indicative of a pressure within the at least one inflatable chamber.
Claims20
A pressure sensor device comprising:
- a base layer;
- a deformable layer bonded to the base layer by a heat seal bond such that the base layer and the deformable layer define at least one inflatable chamber;
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- at least one pressure sensor fluidly coupled to the at least one inflatable chamber and operable to produce a signal indicative of a pressure within the at least one inflatable chamber.
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A robot comprising:
- a component having at least one tactile sensing surface;
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- a pressure sensor device coupled to the surface, the pressure sensor device comprising:
- a base layer;
- a deformable layer bonded to the base layer by a heat seal bond such that the base layer and the deformable layer define at least one inflatable chamber;
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- at least one pressure sensor fluidly coupled to the at least one inflatable chamber and operable to produce a signal indicative of a pressure within the at least one inflatable chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.