US Patent Issued to The Research Foundation for The State University of New York on March 18 for "Multielectrode capacitive sensor without pull-in risk" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,391, issued on March 18, was assigned to The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Binghamton, N.Y.).

"Multielectrode capacitive sensor without pull-in risk" was invented by Ronald N. Miles (Newark Valley, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dynamic capacitive sensor configuration is disclosed which imposes minimal force and resistance to motion on the moving electrode. Moving electrodes avoid adverse effects of large bias voltages such as pull-in instability, despite arbitrary levels of compliance. This configuration facilitates incorporation of highly compliant and thin electrode materials that present the le...