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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Atlantic Inertial Systems Limited, Plymouth, GB;
Inventor:
Christopher Paul Fell, Devon, GB;
Assignee:
Atlantic Inertial Systems Limited, Plymouth, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 19/5783 (2012.01); B81B 7/00 (2006.01); G01C 19/5684 (2012.01); B81B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 19/5783 (2013.01); B81B 3/0021 (2013.01); B81B 7/0048 (2013.01); G01C 19/5684 (2013.01); B81B 2201/0242 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor comprises a substrateand a sensor elementanchored to the substratethe substrateand sensor elementbeing of dissimilar materials and having different coefficients of thermal expansion, the sensor elementand substrateeach having a generally planar face arranged substantially parallel to one another, the sensor further comprising a spacerthe spacerbeing located so as to space at least part of the sensor elementfrom at least part of the substratewherein the spaceris of considerably smaller area than the area of the smaller of face of the substrateand that of the sensor element