| US 7,594,442 B2 | ||
| Resistance varying sensor using electrically conductive coated materials | ||
| Terrance Kaiserman, Loxahatchee, Fla. (US); Keith Margolin, West Palm Beach, Fla. (US); John Gentile, Montclair, N.J. (US); Juan Bravo, Wingvale, N.Y. (US); and Vitus Yung, Hong Kong (China) | ||
| Assigned to T-Ink TC Corp, West Palm Beach, Fla. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 16, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/581,701. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/726545, filed on Oct. 14, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0084293 A1, Apr. 19, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01B 7/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 73—763 [73/760] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A sensor comprising:
a loose assemblage of individual fiber filaments having an electrically conductive coating; and
at least two electrodes in electrical communication with said fiber filaments, wherein the loose assemblage of individual
fiber filaments has an electrical resistance which changes when it is compressed,
wherein the loose assemblage of individual fiber filaments comprises fiberfill.
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