Patents Assigned to The Microelectronics Applications Research Institute Limited
  • Tactile sensor device
    Patent number: 4866412
    Abstract: A tactile sensor device, of value in a sensor system for identifying an object by contact, in the form of a first array of parallel elongated lengths of electroconductive material, a second array of parallel elongated lengths of electroconductive material, disposed transverse to the first array so that lengths in the two arrays intersect, and a resilient piezoresistive material disposed in continuous contact with the lengths of electroconductive material in one of the arrays and located between the arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Assignee: The Microelectronics Applications Research Institute Limited
    Inventor: Zenon G. Rzepczynski