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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013
Applicants:

Silicon Audio Seismic, Llc, Austin, TX (US);

Bradley Dean Avenson, Pflugerville, TX (US);

Matthew Raymon Christensen, Austin, TX (US);

Caesar Theodore Garcia, Austin, TX (US);

Neal Allen Hall, Austin, TX (US);

Abiden Guclu Onaran, Austin, TX (US);

James Coe Schlicher, Los Ranchos, NM (US);

Ahmad Zaatari, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Bradley Dean Avenson, Pflugerville, TX (US);

Matthew Raymon Christensen, Austin, TX (US);

Caesar Theodore Garcia, Austin, TX (US);

Neal Allen Hall, Austin, TX (US);

Abidin Guclu Onaran, Austin, TX (US);

James Coe Schlicher, Los Ranchos, NM (US);

Ahmad Zaatari, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

SILICON AUDIO SEISMIC, LLC, Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/18 (2006.01); G01H 9/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01); G01D 5/20 (2006.01); G01R 27/26 (2006.01); G01B 21/16 (2006.01); G01P 15/093 (2006.01); G01P 15/13 (2006.01); G01V 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/181 (2013.01); G01B 11/00 (2013.01); G01B 21/16 (2013.01); G01D 5/20 (2013.01); G01H 9/00 (2013.01); G01H 9/006 (2013.01); G01P 15/093 (2013.01); G01P 15/132 (2013.01); G01R 27/2611 (2013.01); G01V 1/18 (2013.01); G01V 1/182 (2013.01); G01V 13/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one aspect, an apparatus is disclosed comprising: a housing; a proof mass movable within the housing; an optical element mounted on one of the housing and the proof mass; a reflective element on the other one of the housing and the proof mass; a light source configured to illuminate grating and minor; and one or more detectors configured to detect light incident from the reflective element and the diffractive element and generate a signal indicative of the relative displacement of proof mass and the housing.


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