Micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) pressure sensor for footwear
| DWPI Title: Footwear has several micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) pressure sensors which are coupled to flexible wiring board and encapsulated within several sealed cavities |
| Abstract: Footwear comprises a sole and a plurality of sealed cavities contained within the sole. The sealed cavities can be incorporated as deformable containers within an elastic medium, comprising the sole. A plurality of micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) pressure sensors are respectively contained within the sealed cavity plurality, and can be adapted to measure static and dynamic pressure within each of the sealed cavities. The pressure measurements can provide information relating to the contact pressure distribution between the sole of the footwear and the wearer's environment. |
| Use: Footwear. |
| Advantage: Accurate pressure measurement can be performed using the MEMS pressure sensor. |
| Novelty: A flexible printed wiring board (606) is coupled to the upper sole (604) and the lower sole (602) of footwear. Several sealed cavities (608) are formed within the elastic media of upper and lower soles. A MEMS pressure sensor (612) is coupled to the flexible printed wiring board and is encapsulated within the sealed cavities of the elastic media. |
| Filed: 5/4/2006 |
| Application Number: US2006417755A |
| Tech ID: SD 7734.0 |
| This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |
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