US Patent Issued to Sony Group on Oct. 28 for "Pressure sensor apparatus having a viscoelastic separation layer between a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,203, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Sony Group Corp. (Tokyo).

"Pressure sensor apparatus having a viscoelastic separation layer between a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor" was invented by Ken Kobayashi (Kanagawa, Japan), Kei Tsukamoto (Kanagawa, Japan), Yoshiaki Sakakura (Kanagawa, Japan), Tetsuro Goto (Tokyo) and Akira Ebisui (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor apparatus and a robotic apparatus that can detect a distribution of a shearing force. A sensor apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a sensor section, a separation layer, and a first viscoelastic bod...