Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus to detect cable seating or disturbance
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Application No.: US15782979Application Date: 2017-10-13
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Publication No.: US10268848B2Publication Date: 2019-04-23
- Inventor: Matteo Cocchini , Robert K. Mullady , Budy D. Notohardjono , Jacob T. Porter , Kenneth Scea , Robert B. Schlak
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Richard A. Wilhelm
- Main IPC: G06K7/08
- IPC: G06K7/08 ; H01R13/66 ; H01L23/64 ; B60N2/02 ; G01D5/14 ; G06F3/044

Abstract:
A displacement sensor that includes a stationary printed circuit board which includes a first capacitor pad, an indicator, and a battery electrically communicating with the first capacitor pad and the indicator and a sliding card which includes a second capacitor pad, the first capacitor pad and the second capacitor pad being orientated to face each other and in an overlapping relation to each other. An overlap being defined by the first capacitor pad and the second capacitor pad, wherein the overlap of the first capacitor pad and the second capacitor pad generates a capacitance, the generated capacitance changes as the sliding card moves as a result of a change in the overlap of the first capacitor pad and the second capacitor pad. The indicator is activated when the generated capacitance change reaches a threshold value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180336378A1 APPARATUS TO DETECT CABLE SEATING OR DISTURBANCE Public/Granted day:2018-11-22
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