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Mounting apparatus and method for piezoelectric tuning fork

  • US 4,429,248 A
  • Filed: 05/27/1981
  • Issued: 01/31/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A microresonator, comprising:

  • a pedestal having a forward edge and at least one support surface;

    a flexural mode tuning fork having a stem with a forward means portion and a rearward portion, said forward means portion having a length d for suppressing overtone components when said tuning fork is operated at its fundamental frequency, a pair of tines extending forward from said forward means portion of said stem, a slot between said tines and a crotch at the base of said slot where said tines join said forward means portion of said stem, said rearward portion of said stem being positioned on said support surface of said pedestal to support said tuning fork and said length d of said forward means portion beginning at said forward edge of said pedestal and extending to said crotch.

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