APPARATUS FOR DETECTING PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION
First Claim
1. An apparatus for detecting pressure distribution comprising a transparent plate and a pressure-sensitive structure disposed on said transparent plate, characterized in that said pressuresensitive structure comprises a pin-holding unit board madE of a relatively hard material provided with a plurality of holes and having on its underside a support and a plurality of pins each having its lower portion made of a material capable of being resiliently deformed under pressure and slidably held in the hole of said pin-holding unit board, said lower portion of said pin having a pointed end which is held opposite to said transparent plate.
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Abstract
An apparatus for detecting pressure distribution comprising a transparent plate and a pressure-sensitive structure disposed on the transparent plate, said pressure-sensitive structure comprising a pin holder plate and a plurality of pins each slidably held in said pin holder plate and provided with a lower portion made of a material capable of being resiliently deformed by application of pressure and having a pointed end which is held opposite to the upper surface of said transparent plate.
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4 Claims
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1. An apparatus for detecting pressure distribution comprising a transparent plate and a pressure-sensitive structure disposed on said transparent plate, characterized in that said pressuresensitive structure comprises a pin-holding unit board madE of a relatively hard material provided with a plurality of holes and having on its underside a support and a plurality of pins each having its lower portion made of a material capable of being resiliently deformed under pressure and slidably held in the hole of said pin-holding unit board, said lower portion of said pin having a pointed end which is held opposite to said transparent plate.
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2. An apparatus according to claim 1 is wherein said pin-holding unit board is made of a single board.
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3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said pin-holding unit board is composed of a plurality of members.
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4. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the pin-holding unit boards are combined to form a board of a desired area.
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Current AssigneeKazuo Tsuchiya, Susumu Usami
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Original AssigneeKazuo Tsuchiya, Susumu Usami
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InventorsUsami, Susumu, Tsuchiya, Kazuo
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Primary Examiner(s)Queisser, Richard C.
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Assistant Examiner(s)Corr, Denis E.
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Application NumberUS05/373,808Time in Patent Office518 DaysField of Search73/172 33/3B 128/2S 350/161,16R 282/1BUS Class Current73/172CPC Class CodesA61B 5/1036 Measuring load distribution...A61F 2/76 Means for assembling, fitti...G01L 1/247 using distributed sensing e...
