The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1999
Horst Muenzel, Reutlingen, DE;
Dietrich Schubert, Reutlingen, DE;
Alexandra Boehringer, Leonberg, DE;
Michael Offenberg, Tuebingen, DE;
Klaus Heyers, Reutlingen, DE;
Markus Lutz, Reutlingen, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
An acceleration sensor is composed of a three-layer system. The acceleration sensor and conductor tracks are patterned out of the third layer. The conductor tracks are electrically isolated from other regions of the third layer by recesses and electrically insulated from a first layer by a second electrically insulating layer. In this manner, a simple electrical contacting is achieved, which is configured out of a three-layer system. One exemplary application of the acceleration sensor includes mounting the acceleration sensor on a vibrational system of an rpm (rate-of-rotation sensor). This simplifies the manufacturing of an rpm sensor, since the vibrational system and the acceleration sensor are configured out of a three-layer system, wherein the conductor tracks are run into the frame of the rpm sensor in which the vibrational system is suspended, so as to allow excursion.