US Patent Issued to Hutchinson Technology on Feb. 4 for "Miniature pressure/force sensor with integrated leads" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,216,013, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Hutchinson Technology Inc. (Hutchinson, Minn.).

"Miniature pressure/force sensor with integrated leads" was invented by Michael W. Davis (Rockford, Minn.), Peter F. Ladwig (Hutchinson, Minn.), Matthew S. Lang (Excelsior, Minn.), Dean E. Myers (Stewart, Minn.), Clark T. Olsen (Dassel, Minn.) and Douglas P. Riemer (Waconia, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure/force sensor comprises a diaphragm structure including a sensing element and a lead structure extending from the diaphragm structure and including first and second traces electrically coupled to the sensing element. The diaphragm s...