Patents by Inventor David S. Nokes

David S. Nokes has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Temperature compensated oscillating accelerometer with force multiplier
    Patent number: 6269696
    Abstract: A temperature compensated oscillating accelerometer with force multiplier includes a support substrate; a tuning fork suspended above the substrate; a primary anchor device connected between the tuning fork and substrate; a proof mass having an input axis; a force multiplier interconnected between the proof mass and the tuning fork; and a force multiplier anchor connected to the substrate and disposed at approximately the same area along the input axis as the primary anchor for offsetting the opposing effects of thermal expansion and stiffness in response to variations in temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc S. Weinberg, Nathan A. St. Michel, David S. Nokes, Jeffrey T. Borenstein