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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2003
Applicants:
Alexis Boletis, Lugano, CH;
François Barrot, Chavannes, CH;
Roland Moser, Lausanne, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to an inertial sensor based on the magnetic levitation of an inertial mass comprising an active magnetic bearing unit arranged in such a way as to levitate the inertial mass and characterized by the fact that it furthermore comprises additional active magnetic bearings units arranged in such a way as to control the position of said inertial mass along three independent axis and to create, for any of said independent axis, restoring forces that can be oriented in any of the two directions of these independent axis.