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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1980
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rudolf R August, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Virgil H Strahan, Orange, CA (US);
Kenneth A James, Corona Del Mar, CA (US);
Donald K Nichols, Long Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell International Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502 / ; 7351 / ;
Abstract
An inexpensive, light weight fiber optic accelerometer to convert input mechanical motion (e.g. acceleration) into digitized optical output signals. The output of the accelerometer may be connected directly to data processing apparatus without the necessity of space consuming analog to digital interface means.