CAPACITIVE SENSOR
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Abstract
A capacitive sensor for detecting at a surface that an object is approaching which is designed to be flexurally rigid and/or torsionally rigid. The capacitive sensor includes a circuit carrier and/or a spacer element and/or a carrier. In this case, the circuit carrier is designed to be flexurally rigid and/or torsionally rigid and/or the spacer element is designed to be flexurally rigid and/or torsionally rigid and/or the carrier is designed to be flexurally rigid and/or torsionally rigid. The circuit carrier is in the form of a circuit board and is used for making electrical contact with the electrically conductive surfaces of the capacitive sensor. The spacer element is situated between the electrically conductive surfaces and the circuit carrier. The carrier is designed for connecting the capacitive sensor to a machine part, in particular to a machine part of an industrial robot.
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33 Claims
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1-15. -15. (canceled)
- 16. A capacitive sensor for detecting at a surface that an object, the capacitive sensor being designed to be at least one of flexurally rigid and torsionally rigid.
- 32. A machine part including multiple capacitive sensors, the capacitive sensors being at least one of flexurally rigid and torsionally rigid, the capacitive sensors including at least two electrically conductive surfaces which are laterally spaced apart and adjoin one another, the conductive surfaces being insulated with respect to one another and form an electrical capacitor in such a way that a value of the capacitance of the electrical capacitor changes when an object is approaching, wherein the capacitive sensors cover the entire outer surface of the machine part in such a way that spatial surroundings of the machine part are monitored for the approach by an object.
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