Coupling apparatus for inertial sensors
US7347094B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 14, 2005 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 9, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01C19/574
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A coupling apparatus allows anti-phase movements of inertial sensor element frames along parallel axes but substantially prevents in-phase movements of the frames. The coupling apparatus includes a bar coupled between first and second sensor element frames and at least one supporting structure supporting the bar. The at least one structure is coupled to a substrate underlying the frames. The structures allow the bar to rotate at a pivot point when the frames move in anti-phase to one another along substantially parallel axes but substantially prevent in-phase movements of the frames.
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