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Contact sensor

Granted 28 Oct 2025 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. · originally Amazon, Inc.

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Inventors: Mark D. Siminoff, Christopher Loew, Wen-Yo Lu, Andrew Louis Russell +4 · Examiner: Katherine Glennon · AU 2923 · TC 2900

Application
29/933,741
filed 21 Mar 2024
Publication
Not published
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US D1099732
granted 28 Oct 2025

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front, top, left-side perspective…

FIG. 1 is a front, top, left-side perspective view of a contact sensor;

FIG. 2 is a front, top, left-side perspective view thereof with a disclaimed portion removed;

FIG. 3 is a back, bottom, right-side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left-side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a left-side elevation view thereof with the disclaimed portion removed;

FIG. 8 is a right-side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 9 is front elevation view thereof; and,

FIG. 10 is a back elevation view thereof.

The dashed broken lines depict portions of the contact sensor that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D10/106.6

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Examiner
Katherine Glennon
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USUS-D1024806-SS130 Apr 202427 Jun 2022grantedContact sensor
USthis patentUS-D1099732-SS128 Oct 202521 Mar 2024grantedContact sensor
JPJP-1677183-SS18 Jan 202124 Apr 2020grantedno title held

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