Method of manufacturing a low density underwater accelerometer
First Claim
1. A method of manufacturing a low density accelerometer comprising the steps of:
- providing a rigid hollow housing having an upper member and a lower member and forming a groove circumferentially along an inner surface of the upper member and lower member of the rigid hollow housing about a location where the upper member is configured to meet the lower member;
providing a sensor assembly including a sensing element affixed to a solid proof mass;
disposing the sensor assembly in the lower member of the rigid hollow housing, such that an outer edge of the sensing element engages and is in physical contact with the groove defined in the inner surface of the lower member of the rigid hollow housing; and
placing the upper member of the rigid hollow housing over the lower member of the rigid hollow housing, to enclose the sensor assembly within the rigid hollow housing, the outer edge of the sensing element of the sensor assembly in physical contact with the groove defined in the inner surface of the upper member of the rigid hollow housing.
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a low density accelerometer comprises the steps of: providing a rigid hollow housing having an upper member and a lower member and forming a groove circumferentially along an inner surface of the rigid hollow housing about a location where the upper member is configured to meet the lower member; providing a sensor assembly including a sensing element affixed to a solid proof mass; disposing the sensor assembly in the lower member of the rigid hollow housing, such that an outer edge of the sensing element engages and is in physical contact with the groove defined in the inner surface of the rigid hollow housing; and placing the upper member of the rigid hollow housing over the lower member of the rigid hollow housing, to enclose the sensor assembly within the rigid hollow housing, wherein the sensor assembly is in physical contact with the rigid hollow housing at the groove.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of manufacturing a low density accelerometer comprising the steps of:
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providing a rigid hollow housing having an upper member and a lower member and forming a groove circumferentially along an inner surface of the upper member and lower member of the rigid hollow housing about a location where the upper member is configured to meet the lower member; providing a sensor assembly including a sensing element affixed to a solid proof mass; disposing the sensor assembly in the lower member of the rigid hollow housing, such that an outer edge of the sensing element engages and is in physical contact with the groove defined in the inner surface of the lower member of the rigid hollow housing; and placing the upper member of the rigid hollow housing over the lower member of the rigid hollow housing, to enclose the sensor assembly within the rigid hollow housing, the outer edge of the sensing element of the sensor assembly in physical contact with the groove defined in the inner surface of the upper member of the rigid hollow housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of manufacturing a low density accelerometer comprising the steps of:
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forming a rigid hollow housing, having an upper member and a lower member; creating a groove circumferentially along an inner surface of the upper member and lower member of the rigid hollow housing about a location where the upper member meets the lower member; forming a sensor assembly, wherein forming the sensor assembly comprises the steps of; forming a sensor element as a ring, an outside perimeter of the sensor element configured to engage the groove along the inner surface of the upper member and the lower member of the rigid hollow housing; and affixing a solid proof mass to the sensor element, the solid proof mass being affixed to the sensor element centered at an aperture defining a center of the sensor element ring; disposing the sensor assembly in the lower member of the rigid hollow housing, such that an outer edge of the sensor element engages and is in physical contact with the groove defined in the inner surface of the lower member of the rigid hollow housing; and placing the upper member of the rigid hollow housing over the lower member of the rigid hollow housing so that a bottom end of the upper member engages a top end of the lower member to enclose the sensor assembly within the rigid hollow housing and retain the outer edge of the sensor element in the groove along the inner surface of the upper member and the lower member of the rigid hollow housing. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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