Shock sensor
US5506568A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 30, 1995 |
| Grant date | Apr 9, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 30, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08B13/1681
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A shock sensor includes a mass suspended in a flexible support arranged to resonate when subjected to a mechanical shock, a microphone spaced closely to the mass, the mass and microphone forming a first air pressure chamber with the flexible support for transmittal therethrough of air pressure waves from the resonating mass to the microphone, the microphone arranged to produce an electronic signal when it detects changes in air pressure from the pressure waves traveling through the chamber.
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