US 12,264,983 B2
Bracelet sensing array
Peter J. Carini, Williston, VT (US); Eric DeWind, Richmond, VT (US); and Nathan Palmer, Williston, VT (US)
Assigned to Simmonds Precision Products, Inc., Vergennes, VT (US)
Filed by Simmonds Precision Products, Inc., Vergennes, VT (US)
Filed on May 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/829,068.
Prior Publication US 2023/0408350 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G01L 1/24 (2006.01); G01K 11/3206 (2021.01)
CPC G01L 1/246 (2013.01) [G01K 11/3206 (2013.01); G01L 1/247 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor mat, comprising:
a first substrate configured to wrap about a component to which the sensor mat is configured to attach, the component extending about a central axis and the first substrate having a length extending along a horizontal axis from a first end to a second end;
a plurality of sensors disposed on or within the first substrate at predetermined locations and configured to sense one or more forces acting on the component to which the sensor mat is configured to attach,
wherein the predetermined locations are based on a geometry of the component to which the sensor mat is configured to attach;
and
wherein the horizontal axis of the first substrate is configured to extend parallel to the central axis of the component when the sensor mat is attached to the component; and
wherein the plurality of sensors are arranged in two or more sensor clusters and wherein the two or more sensor clusters are arranged in complimentary pairs disposed at locations defined relative to one another based on the geometry of the component.