US Patent Issued to TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, FUJIKIN on Jan. 13 for "Electrostatic capacitive pressure sensor for fluid pressure detection" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,559, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TOHOKU UNIVERSITY (Miyagi, Japan) and FUJIKIN Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electrostatic capacitive pressure sensor for fluid pressure detection" was invented by Shigetoshi Sugawa (Miyagi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrostatic capacitive pressure sensor including a reference chamber provided between a fixed electrode and a movable electrode that deflects in accordance with fluid pressure, a measurement chamber filled with a fluid for causing deflection of the movable electrode, a means for sequentially applying a first potential and a second potential to the fixed electrode and generat...