Abstract: In one aspect the invention provides an electrical sensor having an electrical capacitance which varies with mechanical deformation to allow instrumenting of deformation by a connected electric circuit, the sensor comprising conductive material separated by dielectric material and operable to deform and change in capacitance with deformation of the capacitor, the capacitor arranged to have a structure of a twisted plane wherein the capacitor is supported in that arrangement by support material.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 4, 2015
Publication date:
July 6, 2017
Applicant:
STRETCHSENSE LIMITED
Inventors:
Benjamin Marc O'Brien, Todd Alan Gisby, Antoni Edward Harbuz, Samuel Schlatter, Ian Scott-Woods