US Patent Issued to Liquid Wire on Oct. 14 for "Sensors with deformable conductors and selective deformation" (Oregon Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,697, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Liquid Wire Inc. (Portland, Ore.).

"Sensors with deformable conductors and selective deformation" was invented by Mark Ronay (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor may include a bladder, and a deformable conductor disposed on the bladder such that deformation of the bladder causes deformation of the deformable conductor, wherein the bladder is constrained so as to enhance the deformation of the conductor in response to the deformation of the bladder. A method may include applying a stimulus to a bladder having a deformable conductor attached thereto, detecting a change in an el...