Patents by Inventor Edward A. Urbach

Edward A. Urbach 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).

  • Translational accelerometer and accelerometer assembly method
    Patent number: 4872342
    Abstract: An accelerometer comprising a body (10, 16, 12), a proof mass (18, 30, 32), a mounting strucutre comprising flexures (20, 22) for mounting the proof mass to the body, and force sensing elements (34, 38). The flexures permit translational motion of the proof mass with respect to the body along a sensitive axis SA and rotation of the proof mass with respect to the body about a hinge axis HA that is perpendicular to the sensitive axis. Acceleration of the accelerometer along the sensitive axis results in translational motion of the proof mass along the sensitive axis. The force sensing elements reacts to such translational motion by producing a signal indicative of acceleration along the sensitive axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: Sundstrand Data Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Hanson, Rex B. Peters, Brian L. Norling, Edward A. Urbach