US Patent Issued to The Trustees of Indiana University on Nov. 11 for "Flexible proximity sensors incorporating nanocomposite materials, methods of producing the same, and methods of measuring sensitivity of the same" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,173, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to The Trustees of Indiana University (Bloomington, Ind.).

"Flexible proximity sensors incorporating nanocomposite materials, methods of producing the same, and methods of measuring sensitivity of the same" was invented by Mangilal Agarwal (Carmel, Ind.) and Hamid Dalir (Carmel, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sensors, methods of producing sensors, and methods of measuring sensitivities of sensors are disclosed herein. A sensor includes a nanocomposite material having a thermoplastic polyurethane base. A method of producing a sensor includes embedding a plurality of carbon nanotubes into a the...