G01C 19/56
Turn-sensitive devices using vibrating masses
Official title: Turn-sensitive devices using vibrating masses, e.g. vibratory angular rate sensors based on Coriolis forces
G01C19/56 (Turn-sensitive devices using vibrating masses) appears on 3,845 US grants and 3,784 published applications in this corpus.
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| 2026 | 72 | 66 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G01C 19/5719Using planar vibrating masses driven in a translation vibration along an axis1,508
- G01C 19/5607Using vibrating tuning forks630
- G01C 19/5776Signal processing not specific to any of the devices covered by groups592
- G01C 19/5705Using masses driven in reciprocating rotary motion about an axis524
- G01C 19/5642Using vibrating bars or beams452
- G01C 19/567Using the phase shift of a vibration node or antinode369
- G01C 19/5783Mountings or housings not specific to any of the devices covered by279
- G01C 19/5698Using acoustic waves52
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