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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2012
Robert M. Cullen, Temple, NH (US);
Chad Lawrence Andrews, Greenfield, NH (US);
Frederic Schoff Boericke, Ii, Mont Vernon, NH (US);
Stephen G. Boucher, Amherst, NH (US);
Roger Henry Tancrell, Wilmington, MA (US);
Robert M. Cullen, Temple, NH (US);
Chad Lawrence Andrews, Greenfield, NH (US);
Frederic Schoff Boericke, II, Mont Vernon, NH (US);
Stephen G. Boucher, Amherst, NH (US);
Roger Henry Tancrell, Wilmington, MA (US);
Airmar Technology Corporation, Milford, NH (US);
Abstract
A precipitation sensor including a cantilevered sensor member having a cantilevered portion and an upper and a lower surface extending on opposite sides of the cantilevered portion. The sensor member can receive falling precipitation on the upper surface and vibrate when struck by such precipitation. The cantilevered portion can have outer perimeter edges that are sloped downwardly for shedding the precipitation off the cantilevered portion. An electromechanical sensor can be incorporated with at least a part of the cantilevered portion of the sensor member for sensing the vibrations of the sensor member caused by the precipitation, and generating an electrical response from which precipitation properties can be determined. A support structure can be connected to the lower surface of the cantilevered portion at about a central region of the sensor member for supporting the sensor member. The cantilevered portion extends outwardly beyond the support structure.