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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2017
Applicant:
Trumpf Schweiz Ag, Gruesch, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TRUMPF Schweiz AG, Gruesch, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 5/0019 (2013.01); G02B 26/0833 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to systems that include a substrate and a platform connected to the substrate by at least one flexure hinge. The platform is movable relative to the substrate. The systems also include at least one position sensor having a plurality of piezoresistive elements that are connected to one another so as to form an electrical bridge. One of the piezoresistive elements of the plurality of piezoresistive elements is positioned on the at least one flexure hinge. At least one other piezoresistive element of the plurality of piezoresistive elements is positioned on at least one of the substrate and the platform.