US Patent Issued to MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E. V. on March 17 for "Sensor arrangement for sensing forces and methods for fabricating a sensor arrangement and parts thereof" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,242, issued on March 17, was assigned to MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E. V. (Munich).

"Sensor arrangement for sensing forces and methods for fabricating a sensor arrangement and parts thereof" was invented by Huanbo Sun (Tubingen, Germany), Georg Martius (Tubingen, Germany) and Katherine J. Kuchenbecker (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a sensor arrangement for sensing forces, including a measurement surface and optical detection of reflected light. The disclosure relates further to corresponding fabrication methods."

The patent was filed on Jan. 8, 2021, under ...