Patent ID: 11898924
Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. A sensor unit according to claim 12 wherein, for such movement of the first and second sensor electrodes:
an inner surface of the first sensor electrode moves closer to a location where the inner surface of the first electrode would overlap an inner surface of the base electrode in the direction oriented along the first inner surface normal vector relative to the location where the inner surface of the first electrode would overlap the inner surface of the base electrode in the absence of the shear force; and
an overlap area of an inner surface of the second sensor electrode that overlaps the inner surface of the base electrode in the direction oriented along the first inner surface normal vector decreases relative to the overlap area of the inner surface of the second sensor electrode that overlaps the inner surface of the base electrode in the absence of the shear force.