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Method and arrangement for sensing the acceleration of oscillating bodies

US4498341A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. · DE

Inventors

Elmar Breitbach · Oebisfelde, DE
Ernst-August Dehne · Dransfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 28, 1982
Grant date	Feb 12, 1985
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 28, 2002

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01P2015/0817
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A resiliently suspended mass varies the resistance of a pair of ohmic resors located in a magnetic field by changing the magnetic field by changing position in response to acceleration. The mass may be made of soft iron or contain a magnet to affect the change in the magnetic field.

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