Angular displacement sensors
AssigneeAbrams/Gentille Entertainment Inc.
InventorsChristopher T. Gentile, Michael Wallace, Timothy D. Avalon, Scott Goodman, Richard Fuller, Tracy Hall
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Abstract
A sensor for detecting angular displacement of an object. The sensor comprises a substrate for attachment to the object whose angular displacement is to be sensed and a sensing means attached to the substrate and connectable into an electric circuit. The electric circuit measures the resistance of the sensing means, which changes as a function of the angular displacement. Several embodiments are disclosed, including a conductive elastomer sensor, a conductive ink sensor, a sliding resistor sensor, a force sensitive resistor sensor and a conductive fluid sensor.
Claims3
A sensor for detecting angular displacement of an object comprising:
- a substrate for attachment to the object whose angular displacement is to be sensed;
- sensing means attached to the substrate and connectable into an electric circuit, the sensing means comprising a material having an electrical resistance which changes as a function of the angular displacement, said material comprising an electrically conductive ink deposited on said substrate, said conductive ink comprising carbon particles in a binder and further comprising a solution of a first stretchable ink and a second brittle ink.
A sensor for detecting angular displacement of an object comprising:
- a substrate for attachment to the object whose angular displacement is to be sensed;
- sensing means attached to the substrate and connectable into an electric circuit, the sensing means comprising a material having an electrical resistance which changes as a function of the angular displacement, said material comprising an electrically conductive ink deposited on said substrate, and further comprising a highly conductive material deposited on the conductive ink in at least one selected area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.