ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,420, issued on May 27, was assigned to MEAS France (Toulouse, France).
"Sensor with printed circuit board based contact" was invented by Emilien Durupt (Toulouse, France), Yannick Vidal (Toulouse, France) and Vincent Leger (Toulouse, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor includes a printed circuit board having a first region and a second region linked together by a flexible linking portion. A free end portion of the first region opposite the flexible linking portion is movable with respect to the second region. The flexible linking portion is part of the printed circuit board."
The patent was filed on July 15, 2022, under A...