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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8026714 | Accelerometer with enhanced DC stability An accelerometer with improved immunity to sensitivity drift is disclosed. In some embodiments, the accelerometer comprises an actuator that induces a known acceleration on a reference frame. A signal based on this known acceleration is used to calibrate the acceler... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7378721 | Chip on lead frame for small package speed sensor A sensor package apparatus includes a lead frame substrate that supports one or more electrical components, which are connected to and located on the lead frame substrate. A plurality of wire bonds are also provided, which electrically connect the electrical compone... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7253609 | Encapsulated measuring apparatus for detecting a velocity and/or acceleration of a rotationally or linearly moved component An encapsulated measuring device for detecting a velocity and/or acceleration of a rotationally or linearly moved component. The device includes a measuring device housing having a wall, and a scanning unit arranged in the housing, the scanning unit including a scan... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7216053 | Low power motion detector An energy-efficient acceleration measurement system is presented. The system includes an accelerometer, responsive to acceleration of the system, for providing an accelerometer output signal having a magnitude indicative of at least one component of the acceleration... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211998 | Acceleration sensing apparatus A collision sensing apparatus includes an acceleration sensor, first and second connector terminals, reference connector terminals and leads. The acceleration sensor is shaped into a square form. First and second contacts are provided in two diagonally opposed corne... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7196509 | Thermopile temperature sensing with color contouring A color contour of an object is displayed from information that is obtained using an array of thermopile sensors. A color contour of an object is generated by pre-establishing a relationship between IR radiation power and color, measuring the power of incident IR ra... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7146856 | Dynamically balanced capacitive pick-off accelerometer A Micro Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) acceleration sensing device formed of a silicon substrate having a substantially planar surface; a pendulous sensing element having a substantially planar surface suspended in close proximity to the substrate planar surface; ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143001 | Method for monitoring operating characteristics of a single axis machine A method for use with an accelerometer that monitors movement of a machine component and generates acceleration values that include at least some noise associated therewith, the method for tracking machine component velocity via the acceleration values, the method c... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7121141 | Z-axis accelerometer with at least two gap sizes and travel stops disposed outside an active capacitor area An accelerometer includes a pair of conductive plates fixedly mounted on a substrate surface, a structure coupled to the substrate surface and suspended above the conductive plates, and at least one protective shield mounted on the substrate surface. The structure i... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7116095 | Wheel rotation detecting device A sensor unit is supported on a stationary ring which does not rotate even when it is in use, and the rotation of the rotary ring can be detected by a rotation detecting sensor held within the sensor unit. Within the sensor unit, besides the rotation detecting senso... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114579 | System and method for interpreting drilling date A method is disclosed for identifying potential drilling hazards in a wellbore, including measuring a drilling parameter, correlating the parameter to depth in the wellbore at which selected components of a drill string pass, determining changes in the parameter eac... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7082829 | Ferraris sensor A Ferraris sensor for measuring an acceleration of a moving body along a direction. The sensor includes a flat eddy current body and a scanning head arranged on one side of the eddy current body. The scanning head includes N magnets that generate an external magneti... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7043376 | Vibration measurement apparatus and method An apparatus for measuring vibration in a article having a rotating member. A motion sensitive transducer produces a time domain analog signal in response to the vibration. An analog-to-digital data acquisition member samples the transducer signal and produces a tim... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7023334 | Method for assigning tire pressure measurement devices in a motor vehicle to wheel positions and device for measuring the tire pressure When a vehicle travels a bend, tire pressure measurement devices (2) are assigned to wheel positions. For this purpose, it is determined by means of ABS (4) whether it is a left-hand or right-hand bend. Wheel revolution counts are then measured in each... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7004021 | Method and system for detecting conditions inside a wellbore Embodiments of methods and systems for detecting conditions inside a wellbore according to the invention are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention of the system includes a pipe (150) that is configured to rotate in a wellbore (140). A first detect... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6974397 | Racket with self-powered piezoelectric damping system According to one embodiment of the invention, a sports racket includes a racket frame comprising a head portion, handle portion and a throat portion joining the head portion to the handle portion. The racket frame also comprises a self-powered piezoelectric damping ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6894484 | Wheel rotation detecting device A wheel rotation detecting device including a sensor unit that is supported on a stationary ring which does not rotate even when the wheel is in use, and the rotation of the wheel that is attached to a rotary ring can be detected by a rotation detecting sensor held ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6841992 | MEMS enhanced capacitive pick-off and electrostatic rebalance electrode placement A Micro Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) acceleration sensing device, formed of a sensing element having first and second substantially planar and parallel spaced apart opposing surfaces and being suspended for pendulous motion about a hinge axis oriented along a mi... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6462535 | Eddy current sensor with a modification coil for reducing extensive heating and a method for operating such an eddy current sensor An eddy current sensor including an arrangement for generating a first magenetic flux, which is essentially directed vertically with respect to a moved body, a detector coil for detecting an eddy field in the moved body and a second arrangement which gene... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6384594 | Revolution speed detecting apparatus for extracting signal corresponding to revolution speed Through differentiation of input signal Vw from a sensor the angular frequency ω becomes included in the amplitude component. Through a plurality of differential operations the amplitude including the angular frequency ω varies, but the time-dependent t... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6265867 | Position encoder utilizing fluxgate sensors An improved position encoder system for providing an output signal representative of the position of a movable body, relative to a reference position, includes at least one magnetic element fixedly attached to the movable body. The system further includes... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6262670 | Source measure unit having secondary feedback for eliminating transients during range changing A source measure unit provides a constant voltage while measuring current and provides a constant current while measuring voltage. An output stage amplifier with a primary feedback loop provides the voltage and current. A secondary feedback loop includes ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6199020 | External force measuring apparatus In an external measuring apparatus, a past zero signal value V0 is first read out. A subtracted value obtained by subtracting the zero signal value V0 from a read signal value Vin from an angular velocity detector is compared with a preset first threshold... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5960376 | Moving object controller containing a differential of acceleration measurer In order to control a movable object such as an automobile, the differential of acceleration is derived and used as control information. In order to derive that differential, a value representing the acceleration may be differentiated, but preferably a se... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5923163 | Method for defect detection in rotational speed sensors At certain operating points, a plausibility test of the detected rotational speed signals is used to recognize an existing defect. The operating point for implementing the plausibility test is determined when it is detected that the motor vehicle has acce... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5914520 | Micromechanical sensor device A micromechanical device contains, on a carrier or substrate (1, 10), a micromechanical region which is covered on the chip by a planar covering (D) arranged on the carrier. A method for the production of a micromechanical device of this type provides tha... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5742160 | Apparatus for determining angular position and rotational speed using a rotating magnet and a directional magnetometer In a preferred embodiment, an apparatus for detecting the angular position, rotational speed, and/or acceleration of a rotatable member, including: an annular magnetic source circumferentially disposed on the rotatable member and rotatable therewith; a di... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5469358 | Method for generating wheel acceleration control signals and wheel deceleration control signals A method is provided for the generation of wheel acceleration control signals and wheel deceleration control signals for an anti-lock system for wheels of a vehicle. The vehicle is furnished with a digital electronic anti-lock system with at least one mic... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5418442 | Method of and an apparatus for detecting an angular velocity of a motor and for controlling the same The present invention is directed to a method of and an apparatus for detecting an angular velocity and a rotation angle of a rotary member and for controlling a motor disposed to drive the rotary member. In the present invention, first and second acceler... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5384534 | Self-powered electro-optic rotational position sensor with magnetic pickup An indicating system for measuring movement of a material, having a magnetic pickup device, waveform conditioning circuit and light signal emitter functioning under the system's own self-made power, having a light waveguide or optic fiber connecting the l... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5381091 | Sensor having mutually perpendicular sections using zigzag coils for detecting displacement A sensor having a wide sensing range is capable of being controll by a small scale processor. The sensor comprises: a plurality of planar zigzag coils being provided on substrates, the planar zigzag coils having the same coil pitch and being formed into z... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5373740 | Acceleration sensor for sensing speed through movement of magnetica poles An acceleration sensor is formed of a magnet having a magnetizing pattern in which N and S poles are alternately arrayed in one direction, a housing for slidingly holding the magnet in one direction, and a magneto-electric converting element provided with... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5372041 | Acceleration sensor with magnetic flux directing device An acceleration sensor is formed of a coil and a magnet which is capable of moving forward and back relative to the coil in the axial direction thereof. A change in speed applied to the acceleration sensor is detected through a magnitude of voltage genera... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5343411 | Accelerometer arrangement An accelerometer arrangement includes an accelerometer for producing a signal representative of the acceleration or deceleration of a vehicle and processing circuitry for processing the signal from the accelerometer by either integrating or differentiatin... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5323437 | Full and partial cycle counting apparatus and method Apparatus for determining the number of cycles occurring in a frequency modulated signal during a sample period, including not only the number of full cycles but any portion of a cycle, by determining the number of whole cycles and adding to this a value ... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5305640 | Digital flexure beam accelerometer Acceleration is measured using an array of micro-machined elements. The array is configured so each successive element is deflected by a higher acceleration. For each acceleration there will be a set of elements that is deflected. By determining the trans... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5200896 | Method for estimating longitudinal acceleration or deceleration of a vehicle body With the method of the present invention, a detected value in the longitudinal acceleration-deceleration detector can be corrected for a gradient of a slope acting on the detector when the vehicle is traveling on a sloped road surface. Assuming that a veh... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5166610 | Dual range speed indicator with acceleration display A solid state speed indicator for railroad locomotives is provided with a plurality of indications in addition to speed. These include an acceleration indicator and an overspeed indicator. In addition, the speed indicator is provided with a dual range spe... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5003481 | Anti-skid brake control system for automotive brake system including projection of vehicular speed representative data An anti-skid brake control system derives a projected vehicular speed representative data by summing a time dependent acceleration and deceleration value and a latched wheel speed data which is periodically updated. The time dependent acceleration and dec... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4964047 | Anti-skid brake control system for automotive brake system with projection of vehicular speed representative data on the basis of longitudinal acceleration exerted on vehicle body An anti-skid brake control system employs a technique for correcting a longitudinally based vehicular speed variation gradient by a road slop dependent correction value. The road slop dependent correction value is derived on the basis of an assumed road s... | 10/16/1990 |
