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US 2010/0137701 A1Published application
Band with at least one sensor to be affixed toconvex unit
OwnerGeorgios Papastefanouinventor
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A band including at least one sensor that can be attached to a unit with a convex outer surface, specifically a tubular formation similar to the extremity of a human body, featuring a sensor area with at least partly area applying the sensors on the upper plane of the unit and an attachment area. The sensor area of the band is double-layered in which one sensor carrying sensor board between the two layers is arranged so that another sensor can be attached between the outer part and the sensor. This additional sensor measures the force which is exerted by the band onto the convex device, whereas the outer layer works with the attachment part, whereas the inner layer is penetrated by at least two electrical contacts originating in the interspace of two layers, whereas a sensor is attached to the tow electrical contacts.
A Band with at least one sensor (14a respectively 46) to be attached to a unit (2) with a convex outer surface, especially in a tubular formation like the extremity of a human body, featuring a sensor area (3) with an at least partly attached area of the senor (14a) on the top part of the unit and an attachment area (4), shown as the band (1) in the sensor area (3) is made of double layers (11,12), whereas a sensor board (16) with sensors is arranged between the two layers (11,12), whereas the outer layer (11) works with attachment area (5a) and the inner layer (12) is penetrated by at least two contact pins (15a and 15b) which come from space 8 the between layers 11 and 12, further sensor (14a) which is oriented towards part 2 is to be attached to the at least two contact pins (15a respectively 15b) which penetrate inner layer (12).
A band as described in claims between 1 and 7, wherein said band has attached a bin (6) to the exterior side of the outer part (11) at the side which is averted from the fixation part (4).
A band as described in claims between 1 and 7, wherein said that the sensor (14a) is attached on the sensor board (17), so that sensor board (17) is connected electrically to the evaluation board (19) by a flexible and elastic connection (18, 31), wherein the sensor part (17), the elastic connection (18, 31) and the evaluation electronic part are connected and can be handled as one sensor board (16).
A band as described in the claims one through 9, wherein said band ‘s length is sufficient so that the strap 2 can reach fully around and features a surplus length so that the strap can be attached at the end.
A sensor part with attached contacts (15a, 15b), wherein said sensor part features a sensor element 54 which is attached between the inner part (52) and the outer part (11) of the band that records the force which the outer part (11) exerts in the direction of the centre of the part (2).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.