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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Ecole Polytechnique Federale DE Lausanne (Epfl), Lausanne, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL), Lausanne, CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B 17/04 (2006.01); G04B 15/14 (2006.01); G04B 21/08 (2006.01); G04B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B 17/04 (2013.01); G04B 15/14 (2013.01); G04B 17/045 (2013.01); G04B 21/08 (2013.01); G04B 23/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mechanical isotropic harmonic oscillator including a two rotational degrees of freedom linkage supporting an orbiting mass with respect to a fixed base with at least one spring element having isotropic and linear restoring force properties, such that a high degree of spring stiffness and reduced mass isotropy provides for reduced sensitivity to linear and angular accelerations.