The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.

Lyle J Jenkins

Jonathan Jay Bernstein

Paul Greiff

Kaplesh Kumar

Donald C Fyler

Ralph Hopkins

Anthony M Moscaritolo

Richard H Coco

Richard M Walker

Edmund R Foster

In one embodiment, an accelerometer includes a suspension frame, a proof mass, and a plurality of flexures suspending the proof mass from the suspension frame. The flexures allow the proof mass to deflect in response to an acceleration along a sensitive axis of the accelerometer. Each flexure exhibits an initial spring rate along the sensitive axis of substantially zero.

Flexure assemblies and methods for manufacturing and using the same

A hybrid wafer gyroscope includes a combination of micro-machined components and traditional electromechanical components to form a miniature gyroscope having a high degree of stability. The gyroscope includes a rotor, gimbal, flexures, and stop cutouts micro-machined out of one or more layers of silicon, forming a unitary, planar, and disk-shaped rotor subassembly, which spins about a drive shaft.

Hybrid wafer gyroscope

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Scituate, MA, United States of America

Lyle J Jenkins