ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,421, issued on July 29, was assigned to Proterial Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Pressure sensitive sensor with conducting members and an insulating member" was invented by Keisuke Sugita (Tokyo), Kentaro Abe (Tokyo), Tomomi Onose (Tokyo), Taichi Oka (Tokyo) and Manabu Kako (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure sensitive sensor includes: a first conductive member formed into a long shape, the first conductive member having conductivity and elasticity; a second conductive member internally including a long space to arrange the first conductive member, the second conductive member having conductivity and elasticity; and an insulating member...