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Pressure-sensitive sensors

  • US 4,830,461 A
  • Filed: 01/21/1988
  • Issued: 05/16/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A pressure-sensitive sensor comprising an optical wave guide composed of core and clad each made from an elastomeric material, and a light emitting means and a light receiving means each connected to said optical wave guide, said core being transparent and having a refractive index somewhat larger than that of said clad material and being made from a synthetic rubber selected from the group consisting of chloroprene rubber, urethane rubber, silicone rubber, fluorine rubber, acrylic rubber, ethylene-propylene rubber, ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer rubber and epichlorohydrin rubber.

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