ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,074, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Kolektor Microtel S.r.l. (Inzago, Italy).
"Flat ceramic pressure sensor and relative production method" was invented by Roberto May (Milan), Filippo Canti (Milan) and George Mergenthaler (Cadolzburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The piezoresistive or capacitive flat pressure sensor (130) includes a flexible flat membrane (100) made of ceramic material and a relative rigid flat support (110) made of ceramic material, wherein the support (110) has a first main face (220) and a second main face (230), and the membrane (100) has a first main face (200) and a second main face (210), and wh...