GB2300047B - Inertial sensor assemblies - Google Patents

Inertial sensor assemblies

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Publication number
GB2300047B
GB2300047B GB9604112A GB9604112A GB2300047B GB 2300047 B GB2300047 B GB 2300047B GB 9604112 A GB9604112 A GB 9604112A GB 9604112 A GB9604112 A GB 9604112A GB 2300047 B GB2300047 B GB 2300047B
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Prior art keywords
inertial sensor
sensor assemblies
assemblies
inertial
sensor
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GB9604112A
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GB2300047A (en
Inventor
Roger Sean Fitzpatrick
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Smiths Group PLC
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Smiths Group PLC
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Priority claimed from GBGB9507930.7A external-priority patent/GB9507930D0/en
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Publication of GB2300047A publication Critical patent/GB2300047A/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01P—MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT
    • G01P15/00—Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration
    • G01P15/02—Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration by making use of inertia forces using solid seismic masses
    • G01P15/08—Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration by making use of inertia forces using solid seismic masses with conversion into electric or magnetic values
    • G01P15/097—Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration by making use of inertia forces using solid seismic masses with conversion into electric or magnetic values by vibratory elements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
    • G01C21/00—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00
    • G01C21/10—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00 by using measurements of speed or acceleration
    • G01C21/12—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00 by using measurements of speed or acceleration executed aboard the object being navigated; Dead reckoning
    • G01C21/16—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00 by using measurements of speed or acceleration executed aboard the object being navigated; Dead reckoning by integrating acceleration or speed, i.e. inertial navigation
    • G01C21/166—Mechanical, construction or arrangement details of inertial navigation systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
    • G01C19/00—Gyroscopes; Turn-sensitive devices using vibrating masses; Turn-sensitive devices without moving masses; Measuring angular rate using gyroscopic effects
    • G01C19/56—Turn-sensitive devices using vibrating masses, e.g. vibratory angular rate sensors based on Coriolis forces
    • G01C19/5607—Turn-sensitive devices using vibrating masses, e.g. vibratory angular rate sensors based on Coriolis forces using vibrating tuning forks
    • G01C19/5628—Manufacturing; Trimming; Mounting; Housings
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01P—MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT
    • G01P1/00—Details of instruments
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01P—MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT
    • G01P1/00—Details of instruments
    • G01P1/02—Housings
    • G01P1/023—Housings for acceleration measuring devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01P—MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT
    • G01P15/00—Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration
    • G01P15/18—Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration in two or more dimensions
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01P—MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT
    • G01P15/00—Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration
    • G01P15/02—Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration by making use of inertia forces using solid seismic masses
    • G01P15/08—Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration by making use of inertia forces using solid seismic masses with conversion into electric or magnetic values
    • G01P2015/0805—Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration by making use of inertia forces using solid seismic masses with conversion into electric or magnetic values being provided with a particular type of spring-mass-system for defining the displacement of a seismic mass due to an external acceleration
    • G01P2015/0822—Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration by making use of inertia forces using solid seismic masses with conversion into electric or magnetic values being provided with a particular type of spring-mass-system for defining the displacement of a seismic mass due to an external acceleration for defining out-of-plane movement of the mass
    • G01P2015/0825—Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration by making use of inertia forces using solid seismic masses with conversion into electric or magnetic values being provided with a particular type of spring-mass-system for defining the displacement of a seismic mass due to an external acceleration for defining out-of-plane movement of the mass for one single degree of freedom of movement of the mass
    • G01P2015/0828—Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration by making use of inertia forces using solid seismic masses with conversion into electric or magnetic values being provided with a particular type of spring-mass-system for defining the displacement of a seismic mass due to an external acceleration for defining out-of-plane movement of the mass for one single degree of freedom of movement of the mass the mass being of the paddle type being suspended at one of its longitudinal ends

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Radar, Positioning & Navigation (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Automation & Control Theory (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Gyroscopes (AREA)
  • Pressure Sensors (AREA)
GB9604112A 1995-04-19 1996-02-27 Inertial sensor assemblies Expired - Fee Related GB2300047B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

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GB9604112A GB2300047B (en) 1995-04-19 1996-02-27 Inertial sensor assemblies

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GBGB9507930.7A GB9507930D0 (en) 1995-04-19 1995-04-19 Inertial sensor assemblies
GB9604112A GB2300047B (en) 1995-04-19 1996-02-27 Inertial sensor assemblies

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GB9604112D0 GB9604112D0 (en) 1996-05-01
GB2300047A GB2300047A (en) 1996-10-23
GB2300047B true GB2300047B (en) 1999-04-14

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FR2917233B1 (en) * 2007-06-07 2009-11-06 Commissariat Energie Atomique 3D INTEGRATION OF VERTICAL COMPONENTS IN RECONSTITUTED SUBSTRATES.

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GB2151022A (en) * 1983-12-05 1985-07-10 Litton Systems Inc Two axis multisensor
US4891984A (en) * 1985-10-08 1990-01-09 Nippondenso Co., Ltd. Acceleration detecting apparatus formed by semiconductor
US5012316A (en) * 1989-03-28 1991-04-30 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. Multiaxial transducer interconnection apparatus
GB2242026A (en) * 1990-03-17 1991-09-18 Daimler Benz Ag Multicomponent acceleration sensor
US5275048A (en) * 1992-01-21 1994-01-04 Sundstrand Corporation Acceleration overload protection mechanism for sensor devices
US5326726A (en) * 1990-08-17 1994-07-05 Analog Devices, Inc. Method for fabricating monolithic chip containing integrated circuitry and suspended microstructure

Patent Citations (6)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2151022A (en) * 1983-12-05 1985-07-10 Litton Systems Inc Two axis multisensor
US4891984A (en) * 1985-10-08 1990-01-09 Nippondenso Co., Ltd. Acceleration detecting apparatus formed by semiconductor
US5012316A (en) * 1989-03-28 1991-04-30 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. Multiaxial transducer interconnection apparatus
GB2242026A (en) * 1990-03-17 1991-09-18 Daimler Benz Ag Multicomponent acceleration sensor
US5326726A (en) * 1990-08-17 1994-07-05 Analog Devices, Inc. Method for fabricating monolithic chip containing integrated circuitry and suspended microstructure
US5275048A (en) * 1992-01-21 1994-01-04 Sundstrand Corporation Acceleration overload protection mechanism for sensor devices

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