Precision flexure plate
US7228739B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 23, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jun 12, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01P15/18
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A precision flexure plate includes a flat disk positioned between two capacitor plates and supported by S-shaped beams. Deflection of the disk due to gravitational loads and resulting capacitance change is used to measure the accelerations in the direction perpendicular to the disk.
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