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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7562575 | Impact-resistant acceleration sensor An acceleration sensor, which has realized such a high impact-resistance that a weight bottom surface of an acceleration sensor element does not directly collide with an inner bottom plate of a protection case made of ceramic, glass or silicon to avoid edges and cor... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7464592 | Physical quantity sensor The angular velocity sensor includes a container, a sensing element in the container and a viscous fluid between the container and the sensing element. The sensing element is supported by the viscous fluid such as an ER fluid or an MR fluid. The angular velocity sen... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7025525 | Dynamic road marking system and road segment provided with said system A system for effecting merging of a first vehicle traveling in a first roadway with successive vehicles traveling in a second roadway, said system including: a sensor capable of detecting the movement of the successive vehicles in the second roadway; conversion mean... | 04/11/2006 |
| 5668316 | Vibrating gyroscope A vibrating gyroscope includes a vibrator. The vibrator is installed on a work plate via supporting members. A work cover is installed on the work plate so as to cover the vibrator. The vibrator, the work plate, and the work cover are installed on one mai... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5656846 | Semiconductor acceleration sensor and method of fabrication thereof An acceleration sensor is provided with damping means on an upper surface and/or an lower surface of a movable portion of a sensor body and/or opposite regions surrounded by the movable portion and a rim of the sensor body in order to provide damping of a... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5581032 | Angular velocity sensor device In an angular velocity sensor device, a vibration isolation member, a sensor support plate on which a tuning fork unit functioning as a vibrating type angular velocity sensor is mounted, a collar, a circuit board on which a circuit pattern is formed for d... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5275048 | Acceleration overload protection mechanism for sensor devices An acceleration overload protection mechanism for use with a sensor unit. The sensor unit is generally defined by a sensor element or elements (i.e., proof mass, flexures, etc.) that are movable in relation to a sensor frame. The overload protection mecha... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5269185 | Sensor for measuring a physical parameter A sensor for measuring a physical parameter is described having a frame, at least one support which is resiliently flexible under the influence of a physical parameter and which is integral with the frame, and at least one resonator integral with the supp... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5239866 | Sensor for measuring a physical parameter A measurement sensor is disclosed having a frame, a support which is resiliently flexible under the influence of a physical parameter and is fixed to the frame, a mass connected to the support, a housing which is formed by the frame and surrounds the mass... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5231879 | Semiconductor acceleration detecting apparatus The fixed end of an acceleration detection beam of a semiconductor acceleration detecting apparatus is mounted onto a board through a supporting base. A weight for increasing the sensitivity to acceleration is disposed on the free end of the acceleration ... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5182949 | Accelerometer with support caging An improved accelerometer of the type that comprises a paddle (30), a support (32), and suspension means (34) for suspending the paddle from the support, such that the paddle can move along a sensing axis. The support includes an unclamped portion (42) to... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5014554 | Angular rate sensor An angular rate sensor has a tuning fork structure composed of vibratory components. The vibratory components include piezoelectric drive and detection elements which are joined together into a tuning fork configuration, the drive and detection elements l... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4953398 | Method and apparatus for detecting acoustic vibrations in a borehole A method of measuring acoustic vibrations affecting the fluid in a well at a plurality of points which are angularly distributed around the axis of the well and which are in the proximity of the wall of the well by means of an apparatus including an elong... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4949573 | Velocity transducer for vehicle suspension system The transducer is directly associated with a fluid-type damper having a cover member and a cylinder member that undergo telescopic movement relative to each other in response to relative movement between vehicle components interconnected by the damper. In... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4825697 | Acceleration sensor The acceleration sensor consists substantially of a leaf spring (12) with an eddy current disk (13), which is arranged at its free end as an inertia mass, and an eddy current brake with magnets which are polarized in opposite directions (16, 17), and a fl... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4811604 | Accelerometers An accelerometer includes a flexible beam member, a support and mounting holes. An inertial mass is carried by the beam member and is spaced from the mounting holes. A spring allows the beam to pivotably move in a plane transverse to a first direction. Th... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4653190 | Displacement transducer accommodating extreme environmental conditions A displacement transducer for accurately detecting both linear and angular displacements and velocities, between objects moving relative to one another. The displacement transducer is structured to accurately operate under large gravitational acceleration... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4426970 | Resilient drive for fuel injection pump governors A resilient drive for a fuel injection pump governor comprising a resilient coupling connecting the governor speed sensing mechanism to the governor shaft. In a preferred embodiment, the governor flyweight assembly is rotatably mounted with respect to the... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4362139 | Vibration absorber for centrifugal governor A vibration absorber which comprises a damper provided between the flyweights and the shifter of a centrifugal governor for absorbing or lessening axial and/or radial vibrations produced in the flyweights. The absorber has a very simple construction, of w... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4263881 | Vibration absorber for centrifugal governor A vibration absorber which comprises a damper provided between the flyweights and the shifter of a centrifugal governor for absorbing or lessening axial and/or radial vibrations produced in the flyweights. The absorber has a very simple construction, of w... | 04/28/1981 |
