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Pendular accelerometer for detecting threshold oscillation values

  • US 9,404,937 B2
  • Filed: 06/19/2012
  • Issued: 08/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for measuring an acceleration of a moving body, the device comprising:

  • a pendulum configured to oscillate about an instantaneous center of rotation;

    a detection system configured to detect an oscillation of said pendulum resulting from the acceleration;

    said pendulum having a geometric configuration enabling said pendulum to interact with said detection system, and said geometric configuration configured to only allow said detection system to indicate an oscillation of said pendulum exceeding a threshold oscillation value; and

    a brake configured to damp said pendulum only when an oscillation exceeds said threshold oscillation value.

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