US Patent Issued to TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Jan. 27 for "Tactile sensor comprised of printable lattice and molded compliant conductors" (Massachusetts, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,369, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC. (Los Altos, Calif.) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Tactile sensor comprised of printable lattice and molded compliant conductors" was invented by Andrew M. Beaulieu (Somerville, Mass.), Jose Barreiros (Somerville, Mass.) and Sean Taylor (Falls Church, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor includes a base structure with a plurality of ports extending into the base structure, a plurality of cells within the base structure and fluidly coupled to the plurality of ports, and an electrically conductive material disposed within the cells. The sensor devi...