ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,698, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium).
"Strain sensor" was invented by Nicolas Roisin (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium), Denis Flandre (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium), Nicolas Andre (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) and Thibault Delhaye (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strain sensor is based on a self-biasing reference circuit that reaches an operating state that, at least at first order, is at least supply-voltage independent. The strain sensor provides an output signal that is defined by the operating state of the self-biasing reference circuit. At least one ...