Safety mat for safeguarding a technical installation

    公开(公告)号:US10060761B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-28

    申请号:US15335782

    申请日:2016-10-27

    IPC分类号: G01R27/08 G01D5/16 H03K17/96

    摘要: Safety mat for safeguarding a technical installation, comprising a sensor, a rigid supporting body and an evaluation unit. The sensor has an active sensor area and a flexible connection region for contacting the sensor area. The flexible connection region is formed at a border of the active sensor area. The supporting body has a base with a top side and a side face which adjoins the said top side. The evaluation unit is arranged in the interior of the supporting body below the active sensor area and is configured to generate an output signal depending on the actuation of the active sensor area. The active sensor area covers the top side of the base of the supporting body completely, and the connection region of the sensor is folded around the side face through 180° and guided into the interior of the supporting body.

    Woven fabric having a plurality of woven fabric layers

    公开(公告)号:US11150147B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-19

    申请号:US16135144

    申请日:2018-09-19

    摘要: A woven fabric includes first and second woven fabric layers with an intermediate layer in between, which form a sensor with an electrical characteristic that changes while a force is acting on the woven fabric. The first layer includes electrically conductive strips and electrically non-conductive strips arranged adjacent to one another in an alternating manner. The second layer includes alternating conductive strips and non-conductive strips that extend transverse to the strips of the first layer. At least some of the threads in each of the conductive strips of the first layer are conductive weft threads. At least some of the threads in each of the conductive strips of the second layer are conductive weft threads. The non-conductive strips of the first and second layers are weft threads.

    Safety device for monitoring a technical installation with a pressure-sensitive sensor

    公开(公告)号:US11112317B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-07

    申请号:US16254864

    申请日:2019-01-23

    摘要: A safety device for monitoring a technical installation with a pressure-sensitive sensor. The pressure sensitive sensor having a plurality of first and second electrodes, wherein each first electrode overlaps each second electrode in an associated coupling site. Furthermore, each first electrode is spaced apart from the associated second electrode in the associated coupling site by a pressure sensitive material. Upon application of a force at the coupling site, an electrical resistance between the associated first and second electrode changes. A measuring circuitry coupled to said plurality of first and second electrodes successively determines the electrical resistance at associated coupling sites. For determining the electrical resistance at a coupling site via the associated first and second electrode, the measuring circuitry connects the further first and second electrodes to a terminal for receiving a defined potential to enable isolated measurement of the electrical resistance at the coupling site.

    Multi-layer tactile sensor
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    公开(公告)号:US10350764B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-16

    申请号:US15962604

    申请日:2018-04-25

    摘要: A sensor assembly comprising first, second and third layers of flexible material forming, when superposed, a pressure-sensitive sensor having at least two sensor cells. The first layer comprises first and second electrically conductive regions mechanically connected to each other via an electrically non-conductive region. The second layer comprises a third electrically conductive region. The third electrically conductive region of the second layer overlaps the first and second electrically conductive regions of the first layer. The region of overlap defines an active region of a first and a second sensor cell. The third layer is formed of a conductive elastic material that cooperates under a local mechanical load in the active region with the first and second conductive regions of the first layer so that an electrical resistance between the electrical conductive regions changes in the place of the compressive load. Furthermore, the sensor assembly comprises a fixation adapted to fix the first and the second layers together. The fixation is arranged outside the active region so that the first and third layers lie unloaded on top of each other in the active region and the surfaces of the first and third layers facing each other are substantially free of a fixation.

    Multilayer tactile sensor with fastening means

    公开(公告)号:US10663360B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-26

    申请号:US15869153

    申请日:2018-01-12

    摘要: Multilayer tactile sensor with a first layer that comprises a first electrode, a second layer that comprises a second electrode and an intermediate layer of pressure-sensitive material that is disposed between the first and second layers and that spaces apart the first electrode from the second electrode. The sensor further comprises a fastening means for fixing the first and second electrodes relative to each other. At least the first electrode is made of electrically conductive yarn and extends along a defined longitudinal direction. The fastening means comprises at least a first seam that extends in the longitudinal direction and that comprises at least one thread that is fed repeatedly multiple times through the pressure-sensitive material in order to fix the first electrode in a defined position.