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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventor:
Guenther-Nino-Carlo Ullrich, Reutlingen, DE;
Assignee:
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 15/125 (2006.01); B81B 3/00 (2006.01); G01P 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 15/125 (2013.01); B81B 3/0051 (2013.01); B81B 2201/0235 (2013.01); B81B 2203/053 (2013.01); G01P 2015/0831 (2013.01); G01P 2015/0871 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49002 (2015.01);
Abstract
A micromechanical Z-sensor, including a rocker having trough structures which is twistably supported with the aid of a spring device, the rocker having a mass distribution which is asymmetric with respect to the spring device, first electrodes situated above the trough structure, and second electrodes situated below the rocker, and a catch device including at least one spring element against which a stop element which is anchored to a substrate is able to strike, at least two catch devices which are spatially separated from each other being provided per rocker arm of the rocker.