Patents by Inventor Doug MacGugan

Doug MacGugan 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).

  • MEMS vibrating-beam accelerometer with piezoelectric drive
    Patent number: 9759739
    Abstract: A high-temperature drive component for a double-ended tuning fork (DETF). The drive component attaches to a surface of at least one of the tines. The drive component includes at least one piezoelectric trace sandwiched at least partially between two electrical traces. At least one of the tines includes a doped silicon base with drive component located thereon. One of the electrical traces is electrically connected to the doped silicon base and the other is electrically isolated from the doped silicon base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: John Strehlow, Doug MacGugan
  • MEMS VIBRATING-BEAM ACCELEROMETER WITH PIEZOELECTRIC DRIVE
    Publication number: 20120192649
    Abstract: A high-temperature drive component for a double-ended tuning fork (DETF). The drive component attaches to a surface of at least one of the tines. The drive component includes at least one piezoelectric trace sandwiched at least partially between two electrical traces. At least one of the tines includes a doped silicon base with drive component located thereon. One of the electrical traces is electrically connected to the doped silicon base and the other is electrically isolated from the doped silicon base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: John Strehlow, Doug MacGugan