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Rate-of-rotation sensor

  • US 5,604,312 A
  • Filed: 09/29/1995
  • Issued: 02/18/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/25/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A rate-of-rotation sensor comprising:

  • a plurality of webs elongated in a first direction, the plurality of webs being arranged parallel to one another in the first direction;

    an oscillatory system including at least one oscillatory mass suspended on the plurality of webs;

    means for exciting the oscillatory system into oscillations in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction; and

    at least one acceleration sensor, coupled to the oscillatory system, for detecting an acceleration in the first direction.

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