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Inertia sensitive device

US4712098A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 25, 1986
Grant dateDec 8, 1987
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Expiry dateJul 25, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08B13/02
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An improved inertia sensitive device, which is directionally sensitive to activating impulses, comprises a piezoelectric plate (7), a housing (3,4) gripping the plate along at least a major part of its periphery, a weight (9) supported at or adjacent to the center of the plate, and means (FIG. 2) to detect signals generated by the plate (7).

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