ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,852, issued on March 31.
"Force sensor with polymer material layer" was invented by Chih-Ming Sun (Hsin-Chu County, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a force sensor including a substrate and a polymer material layer. The substrate has a circuit layout that includes a first electrode and a second electrode configured to form a capacitor therebetween. The polymer material layer covers at least on a space between the first electrode and the second electrode, and is used to change capacitance of the capacitor while being pressed."
The patent was filed on June 9, 2023, under Application No. 18/207,680.
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