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US 7,145,432 B2Granted
Flexible switching devices
AssigneesCanesis Network Ltd., Peratech Limited
InventorsDavid Lussey, Dianne Jones, Steven Leftly
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Abstract
An electronic resistor user interface comprises flexible conductive materials and a flexible variably resistive element capable of exhibiting a change in electrical resistance on mechanical deformation and is characterised by textile-form electrodes (10,12) a textile form variably resistive element (14) and textile-form members (16) connective to external circuitry.
Claims18
A variable resistance user-interface comprising:
- textile-form flexible conductive electrodes connective to associated circuitry;
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- a textile-form variably resistive element comprising a plurality of fibers and capable of exhibiting a change in electrical resistance on mechanical deformation, the textile-form variably resistive element being formed as a coating applied to said fibers continuously along the fibers' lengths, said textile-form variably resistive element being sandwiched between the electrodes.
A variable resistance user-interface comprising:
- textile-form flexible conductive electrodes connective to associated circuitry;
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- a textile-form variably resistive element comprising a plurality of fibers and capable of exhibiting a change in electrical resistance on mechanical deformation, the textile-form variable resistive element being formed as a variably resistive coating applied to said fibers continuously along the fibers' lengths, said textile form variably resistive element being sandwiched between the electrodes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.