Hermetically sealed strip switch

Claim 1

A CONTINUOUS STRIP SEALED SWITCH ASSEMBLY FOR SENSING CONTACT BETWEEN TWO OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE SHAPED TO CONFORM TO THE CONTOUR OF THE SURFACES OF A SENSING OBJECT COMPRISING, A COILED SPRING ELECTRODE RUNNING THE LENGTH OF SAID STRIP, AN ELONGATED ELECTRODE ELEMENT FOR MAKING ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH SAID COILED ELECTRODE AND RUNNING THE LENGTH OF SAID STRIP, AND A RESILIENT FLEXIBLE HERMETICALLY SEALED HOUSING HAVING A CURVED OUTER SURFACE FACING AWAY FROM SAID OBJECT, A FLAT OUTER SURFACE FOR PLACING NECT TO SAID SENSING OBJECT AND AN IRREGULARLY SHAPED INNER SURFACE DEFINING A CAVITY CONTAINING SAID ELECTRODES, SAID INNER SURFACE HAVING SIDEWALLS WITH FINGER-LIKE PROJECTIONS EXTENDING THEREFROM INTO SAID CAVITY NORMALLY SUBSTANTIALLY SURROUNDING AND SUPPORTING SAID COILED ELECTRODE IN A SPACED APART RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID ELONGATED ELECTRODE ELEMENT, SAID PROJECTIONS BEING OF SUFFICIENT LENGTH TO COMPLETELY ENCIRCLE SAID COILED SPRING ELECTRODE WHEN PRESSURE DISTORTING FORCES ARE APPLIED TO SAID HOUSING CURVED SURFACE PREVENTING ELECTRICAL CONTACT OF SAID ELECTRODES, WHICH SPREAD AWAY FROM SAID COILED SPRING WHEN A LOCALIZED DISTORTING FORCE IS APPLIED TO A POINT ON SAID CURVED SURFACE PERMITTING SAID ELECTRODES TO MAKE ELECTRICAL CONTACT.