Patents by Inventor Mark D. Mozgowiec

Mark D. Mozgowiec 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).

  • Accelerometer with strain isolated sensor
    Patent number: 5343748
    Abstract: An accelerometer device particularly adapted for use in automotive safety air bag applications comprises an electrically insulating substrate having electrically conducting circuit paths, signal conditioning circuit components, and an accelerometer unit mounted thereon, the substrate being fixed in position on three pins within a housing. The accelerometer comprises a silicon mass movable in a silicon body relative to an integral silicon support to provide strain in the silicon body in response to acceleration and has piezoresistive sensors formed in the silicon body to be responsive to that strain to provide an electrical signal corresponding to the acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark D. Mozgowiec, Kai L. Keasey, Steven Beringhause
  • Accelerometer
    Patent number: 5233873
    Abstract: An accelerometer device particularly adapted for use in automotive safety air bag applications comprises an electrically insulating substrate having electrically conducting circuit paths, signal conditioning circuit components, and an accelerometer unit mounted thereon, the substrate being fixed in position on three pins within a housing. The accelerometer comprises a silicon mass movable in a silicon body relative to an integral silicon support to provide strain in the silicon body in response to acceleration and has piezoresistive sensors formed in the silicon body to be responsive to that strain to provide an electrical signal corresponding to the acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark D. Mozgowiec, Kai L. Keasey, Steven Beringhause