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Precision flexure plate

US7228739B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 23, 2004
Grant dateJun 12, 2007
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Expiry dateNov 23, 2024

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  • 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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