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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2005
Applicants:
John A. Geen, Tewksbury, MA (US);
William A. Clark, Fremont, CA (US);
Jinbo Kuang, Acton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A coupling apparatus allows anti-phase movements of inertial sensor element frames along parallel axes but substantially prevents in-phase movements of the frames. The coupling apparatus includes a bar coupled between first and second sensor element frames and at least one supporting structure supporting the bar. The at least one structure is coupled to a substrate underlying the frames. The structures allow the bar to rotate at a pivot point when the frames move in anti-phase to one another along substantially parallel axes but substantially prevent in-phase movements of the frames.