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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1997

Filed:

Dec. 27, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:

Masayoshi Suzuki, Hitachioota, JP;

Takao Sasayama, Hitachi, JP;

Keizi Hanzawa, Mito, JP;

Norio Ichikawa, Mito, JP;

Junichi Horie, Hitachinaka, JP;

Yukiko Sugisawa, Hitachinaka, JP;

Yuuji Ogasawara, Hitachinaka, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7351432 ; 73493 ; 7351436 ;
Abstract

A capacitance acceleration sensor includes a movable electrode etched from a silicon plate which is clamped between two solid dielectric plate members of glass, silicon oxides, or oxygen oxides. Static electrodes are secured to surfaces of the dielectric members facing opposite the movable electrode, thereby providing easy manufacturing assessibility for leadout wires from these electrodes. In certain embodiments, the movable electrode is formed integrally with a monocrystalline silicon plate member which also contains an integrated circuit for generating an output acceleration signal in response to movement of the movable electrode when the assembly experiences acceleration forces.


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