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Low impedance single-ended tuning fork and method

US5939631A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 13, 1998
Grant dateAug 17, 1999
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Expiry dateMar 13, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01C19/5607
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Single-ended tuning fork and method in which a body of piezoelectric material is formed with a base and a pair of elongated vibratory tines extending from the base, and drive and pickup electrodes are positioned side-by-side on the tines at substantially equal distances from the base.

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