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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176779 | Vibrating micro-mechanical sensor of angular velocity Embodiments of the invention relate to measuring devices used in measuring angular velocity and, more precisely, to vibrating micro-mechanical sensors of angular velocity. The sensor of angular velocity according to an embodiment of the invention is adapted to measu... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8124435 | Method for manufacturing a microelectromechanical component, and a microelectromechanical component The invention relates to microelectromechanical components, like microelectromechanical gauges used in measuring e.g. acceleration, angular acceleration, angular velocity, or other physical quantities. The microelectromechanical component, according to the invention... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8104343 | Vibrating micromechanical sensor of angular velocity The invention relates to measuring devices to be used in the measuring of angular velocity and, more precisely, to vibrating micromechanical sensors of angular velocity. In a sensor of angular velocity according to the invention, a mass is supported to the frame of ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102224 | Micromechanical resonator The invention relates to design of micromechanical resonators and, more precisely, to the design of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) resonators. The invention provides an improved design structure for a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) resonator in which t... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7982291 | Method for manufacturing a microelectromechanical component, and a microelectromechanical component The invention relates to microelectromechanical components, like microelectromechanical gauges used in measuring e.g. acceleration, angular acceleration, angular velocity, or other physical quantities. The microelectromechanical component, according to the invention... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7962309 | Method and device for measuring the progress of a moving person The invention relates to measuring devices to be used in physical measuring, and more particularly, to a method and a device for measuring the progress of a moving person. In the solution according to the invention the quantities describing the progress of the movin... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7932568 | Microelectromechanical component The invention relates to microelectromechanical components, like microelectromechanical gauges used in measuring e.g. acceleration, angular acceleration, angular velocity, or other physical quantities. The microelectromechanical component, according to the invention... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7716983 | Capacitive acceleration sensor The invention relates to measuring devices used in the measuring of acceleration and, more specifically, to capacitive acceleration sensors. The capacitive acceleration sensor according to the present invention contains a movable electrode (5) supported at an... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7682861 | Method for manufacturing a micromechanical motion sensor, and a micromechanical motion sensor The present invention relates to measuring devices used in measuring physical quantities, such as acceleration, angular acceleration, or angular velocity, and, more precisely, to micromechanical motion sensors. The area, in the wafer plane, of a motion sensor compon... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7555950 | Capacitive sensor and a method for manufacturing the capacitive sensor The present invention relates to measuring devices for use in physical measuring, and in particular to capacitive sensors. In the sensor according to the invention, the shape of the stationary electrode (3), (4), (12), (17-20), ( | 07/07/2009 |
| 7516038 | Method for the mircomechanical measurement of acceleration and a micromechanical acceleration sensor The invention relates to measurement devices used in the measurement of acceleration, and more specifically, to micromechanical acceleration sensors. The invention seeks to offer an improved method for the measurement of acceleration directed to three or two dimensi... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7454971 | Oscillating micro-mechanical sensor of angular velocity The invention relates to measuring devices used in measuring angular velocity, and, more specifically, to oscillating micro-mechanical sensors of angular velocity. In the sensor of angular velocity according to the present invention seismic masses (1), (2 | 11/25/2008 |
| 7426863 | Method of manufacturing a capacitive acceleration sensor, and a capacitive acceleration sensor The present invention relates to measuring devices used in measuring acceleration and, more precisely, to capacitive acceleration sensors. The object of the invention is to provide an improved method of manufacturing a capacitive acceleration sensor, and to provide ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7398683 | Capacitive acceleration sensor The invention relates to measuring devices used in the measurement of acceleration and, more specifically, to capacitive acceleration sensors. The capacitive acceleration sensor according to the present invention contains a movable electrode (5) of the accele... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7340955 | Capacitive acceleration sensor arrangement The present invention relates to measuring devices used in measuring acceleration, and, more specifically, to capacitive acceleration sensors. The improved sensor arrangement of the invention enables reliable and effective measuring of acceleration, in small capacit... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7325451 | Oscillating micro-mechanical sensor of angular velocity The present invention relates to measuring devices used in measuring angular velocity and, more specifically, to oscillating micro-mechanical sensors of angular velocity. In the sensors of angular velocity according to the present invention, at least one pair of ele... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7302857 | Method for reducing the temperature dependence of a capacitive sensor and a capacitive sensor construction A method of manufacturing a sensor including forming an insulating layer on top of a conductive substrate, and forming a conducting electrode on top of the insulating layer. Further, the insulating layer is formed to include support areas formed at edges of the cond... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7252007 | Method for the manufacturing of a capacitive pressure sensor, and a capacitive pressure sensor The invention relates to measuring devices for the measuring of pressure, and more specifically to capacitive pressure sensors. The silicon crystal planes {111} are located at the corners of a wet etched membrane well of a pressure sensor element according to... | 08/07/2007 |
| 6998059 | Method for manufacturing a silicon sensor and a silicon sensor The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a silicon sensor structure and a silicon sensor. According to the method, into a single-crystal silicon wafer (10) is formed by etched opening at least one spring element configuration (7) and at leas... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6938485 | Capacitive acceleration sensor The invention relates to measuring devices used for the measuring of acceleration, and specifically to capacitive acceleration sensors. The capacitive acceleration sensor according to the present invention comprises a pair of electrodes composed of a movable electro... | 09/06/2005 |
