US Patent Issued to Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University on Aug. 4 for "Highly sensitive self-powered pressure sensor and the use of the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,813, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University (Seoul, South Korea).

"Highly sensitive self-powered pressure sensor and the use of the same" was invented by Jin-Woo Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Soyeon Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a self-powered pressure sensor which may show excellent pressure sensitivity by significantly improving transfer efficiency of charges generated by triboelectrification, the sensor including: a first electrode; a first triboelectrification unit positioned on the first electrode; a second triboelectrification unit includ...