US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on June 2 for "Blunt force sensor array" (District Of Columbia, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,483, issued on June 2, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Blunt force sensor array" was invented by Edwin B. Gienger IV (Washington), John B. Helder (Columbia, Md.), Morgana M. Trexler (Baltimore), Catherine M. Carneal (Silver Spring, Md.), Christopher J. Dohopolski (Baltimore), James C. Gurganus (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.), William H. Mermagen (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.) and Michael S. Horsmon (Gunpowder, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blunt force sensor array for application to a non-planar surface includes a flexible thin-film substrate, a plurality of force sensors secured to the flexible thin-f...