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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2005
Seth S. Kessler, Brookline, MA (US);
Kristin A. Jugenheimer, Cambridge, MA (US);
Aaron B. Size, Cambridge, MA (US);
Seth S. Kessler, Brookline, MA (US);
Kristin A. Jugenheimer, Cambridge, MA (US);
Aaron B. Size, Cambridge, MA (US);
Metis Design Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A device for use in detecting an event in a structure includes a sensor encapsulation, the encapsulation containing a sensor, an actuator positioned substantially in-plane to the sensor within the housing and a printed circuit board in communication with at least one of the sensor and the actuator. The printed circuit board includes a microprocessor constructed and arranged to collect data from at least one of the sensor and the actuator, a signal generator constructed and arranged to provide excitation to at least one of the sensor and the actuator, and an amplifier to condition the excitation.