Patent ID: 6874378

Claim:
A pressure transducer comprising: a first contact member having on a surface thereof a primary contact comprising first and second terminations and portions spaced apart in a first direction, the portions defining a continuous electrical path between the first and second terminations; a spacing member facing the surface of the first contact member, the spacing member having at least one opening aligned with the spaced-apart portions of the primary contact; and a second contact member separated from the first contact member by the spacing member, the second contact member having on a surface thereof a plurality of secondary contacts oriented so as to face and cross multiple spaced-apart portions of the primary contact through the at least one opening in the spacing member; wherein application of an increasing force urges the first and second contact members toward each other and causes an increasing number of the spaced-apart portions to be contacted by an increasing number of the secondary contacts and thereby alter the electrical path between the first and second terminations.