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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:
Mar. 17, 1992
Filed:
May. 11, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
James W Holm-Kennedy, Honolulu, HI (US);
Gordon P Lee, Waipahu, HI (US);
Michael H Kaneshiro, Pearl City, HI (US);
Assignee:
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L / ; G01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7386204 ; 7351 / ; 7386264 ;
Abstract
A multibeam structure measures displacement of one or more response elements to detect multiple components of applied force. The flexible beams are each coupled to a response element which may be displaced by a force arising from linear acceleration, angular acceleration, fluid flow, electric/magnetic/gravitational fields, and others sources. The displacement of the response element is detected with a variety of sensing methods including capacitive and piezoresistive sensing.