Electrical conductor element
AssigneeEleksen Limited
InventorsJohn Burkitt, Stuart Walkington
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Abstract
A position sensor is shown for detecting the position of a mechanical interaction. The sensor includes a first conductive fabric layer having electrically conductive fibres incorporated therein to allow conduction in a first direction. The first conductive fabric layer has a first electrical conductor element a and a second electrical conductor element positioned at opposite ends of a first conductive path extending in a first direction. The first and second electrical conductor elements each comprise a length of electrically conductive thread machined to form a conductive track of stitches that extends in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The first and second electrical conductor elements do not intersect.
Claims10
A position sensor for detecting the position of a mechanical interaction, including:
- a first conductive fabric layer having electrically conductive fibres incorporated therein to allow conduction in a first direction, the first conductive fabric layer having a first electrical conductor element and a second electrical conductor element positioned at opposed ends of a first conductive path extending in the first direction;
- said first electrical conductor element and said second electrical conductor element each comprising a length of electrically conductive thread machined to form a conductive track of stitches that extends in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction with a zigzag stitch pattern, and
- the first and second electrical conductor elements do not intersect.
A flexible fabric conductor element comprising:
- a layer of electrically conductive fabric having electrically conductive fibres incorporated therein to allow conduction in a first direction,
- the layer of electrically conductive fabric having a length of conductive thread machined therein to form a conductive track of zigzag stitches along the layer of electrically conductive fabric, the conductive track of stitches extending in a second different direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction.
A flexible fabric conductor element comprising:
- a layer of electrically non-conductive fabric having a length of conductive thread machined therein to form a zigzag conductive track of stitches along the layer of fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.