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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Andreas Goehlich, Rheurdt, DE;
Hoc Khiem Trieu, Westergellersen, DE;
Robert Klieber, Dortmund, DE;
Carole Jonville, Graz, AT;
Inventors:
Andreas Goehlich, Rheurdt, DE;
Hoc Khiem Trieu, Westergellersen, DE;
Robert Klieber, Dortmund, DE;
Carole Jonville, Graz, AT;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 7/02 (2006.01); G01B 5/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 7/022 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor device including a mechanical oscillator, an excitation unit which is configured to excite the mechanical oscillator to perform a mechanical oscillation within a non-linear range at a varying excitation frequency, and an evaluation unit configured to detect a jump, arising as a result of anharmonicity, in a resonance oscillation of the mechanical oscillation of the mechanical oscillator.