Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Force sensor, particularly for a touch pad
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Application No.: US16086497Application Date: 2017-01-25
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Publication No.: US11190184B2Publication Date: 2021-11-30
- Inventor: Francois Gueissaz
- Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Applicant Address: CH Marin
- Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Current Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: CH Marin
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: EP16162292 20160324
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/051515 WO 20170125
- International Announcement: WO2017/162352 WO 20170928
- Main IPC: G01L1/00
- IPC: G01L1/00 ; G01D5/20 ; H03K17/97 ; A63B69/12 ; G04F8/08 ; A63B71/06 ; H03K17/972 ; G01L1/12 ; G04F8/00

Abstract:
A force sensor including: a first part including a detection coil; a second part positioned opposite the first part and including: a ferromagnetic plate translationally movable relative to the first part to move towards the first part when a force is transferred to the sensor and to reduce reluctance of a magnetic circuit formed by the first and second parts in series with a variable gap; and an electronic detection circuit configured to generate a signal dependent on the reluctance of the magnetic circuit. The ferromagnetic plate is formed by an amorphous metal alloy.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190103870A1 FORCE SENSOR, PARTICULARLY FOR A TOUCH PAD Public/Granted day:2019-04-04
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