ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,802, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Membrane of a sensor with multiple deflectable sections for different ranges of a sensed force or pressure" was invented by Ya-Mei Chen (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A body of a sensor includes a wafer having a cavity and a membrane deflectable into the cavity under an applied force. The membrane has a first section and a second section. The first section of the membrane is more deflectable than the second section in a first range of the applied force and the second section is more deflectable than the first section ...