US 11,927,494 B2
Functional soft materials and methods of making and using thereof
Cory Berkland, Wildwood, MO (US); Jonathan Whitlow, Hutchinson, KS (US); and Jean Salash, Overland Park, KS (US)
Assigned to UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, Lawrence, KS (US)
Filed by UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, Lawrence, KS (US)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/901,380.
Application 17/901,380 is a continuation of application No. 16/895,965, filed on Jun. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,460,356.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/858,946, filed on Jun. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0273076 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. G01L 1/12 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); C09D 11/037 (2014.01); C09D 11/102 (2014.01); H01F 7/20 (2006.01); B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B29K 83/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/16 (2006.01); B29K 509/08 (2006.01); H01F 1/032 (2006.01)
CPC G01L 1/12 (2013.01) [B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); C09D 11/037 (2013.01); C09D 11/102 (2013.01); H01F 7/20 (2013.01); B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B29K 2083/00 (2013.01); B29K 2105/162 (2013.01); B29K 2509/08 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0008 (2013.01); H01F 1/032 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a 3-dimensional article formed from a composition comprising an elastomeric resin and a population of anisotropic magnetic particles dispersed within the elastomeric resin, wherein the anisotropic magnetic particles are aligned and/or oriented within the article;
a magnetometer or a Hall Effect sensor configured to interrogate the magnetic field strength within the article; and
a processor configured to calculate a force applied to the article based on a measurement of a change in the magnetic field strength within the article.