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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
May. 22, 2001
Terje Kvisteroey, Horten, NO;
Asgeir Nord, Taarnaasen, NO;
Ralph Berstein, Oslo, NO;
Sigurd Moe, Oslo, NO;
Paul Skulstad, Oslo, NO;
Kai Viggo Munch, Oslo, NO;
Norman Goalby, Wales, GB;
SensoNor asa, Horten, NO;
Abstract
An accelerometer comprises a housing including a mass-supporting frame and a mass supported on the frame by a pair of outer spring member aligned along a first axis. The mass may comprise an outer mass connected to the pair of outer spring members and an inner mass connected to the outer mass by a number of inner spring members, the inner spring members aligned along one or more axes, which form a plane which the axis of the outer spring members also may be aligned. Also provided is means for detecting rotation of the mass and translation of the inner mass.