Acceleration sensor
AssigneeSignalQuest, Inc.
InventorWhitmore B. Kelley, Jr.
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Abstract
An acceleration sensor is provided. The acceleration sensor contains a first electrically conductive element and a second electrically conductive element. An electrically insulative element is connected to the first electrically conductive element and the second electrically conductive element, where at least a portion of the first electrically conductive element and at least a portion of the second electrically conductive element make contact with the electrically insulative element. At least one electrically conductive spring is located within a cavity of the sensor, wherein the cavity is defined by at least one surface of the first electrically conductive element, at least one surface of the electrically insulative element, and at least one surface of the second electrically conductive element.
Claims13
A sensor, comprising:
- a first electrically conductive element having a first diameter on a proximate portion of the first electrically conductive element and a second diameter on a distal portion of the first electrically conductive element;
- a second electrically conductive element having a first diameter on a proximate portion of the second electrically conductive element and a second diameter on a distal portion of the second electrically conductive element;
- an electrically insulative element connected to the first electrically conductive element and the second electrically conductive element, where at least a portion of the first electrically conductive element and at least a portion of the second electrically conductive element make contact with the electrically insulative element;
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- at least one electrically conductive spring located within a cavity of the sensor, wherein the cavity is defined by at least one surface of the first electrically conductive element, at least one surface of the electrically insulative element, and at least one surface of the second electrically conductive element,
- wherein the at least one electrically conductive spring is connected to an inner surface of the second electrically conductive element and is movable inside the cavity between a first position not contacting the first electrically conductive element, and a second position in contact with an inner surface of the first electrically conductive element.
A sensor, comprising:
- a first electrically conductive element having a first diameter on a proximate portion of the first electrically conductive element and a second diameter on a distal portion of the first electrically conductive element;
- a second electrically conductive element having a first diameter on a proximate portion of the second electrically conductive element and a second diameter on a distal portion of the second electrically conductive element;
- an electrically insulative element connected to the first electrically conductive element and the second electrically conductive element, where at least a portion of the first electrically conductive element and at least a portion of the second electrically conductive element make contact with the electrically insulative element;
- at least one electrically conductive spring located within a cavity of the sensor, wherein the cavity is defined by at least one inner surface of the first electrically conductive element, at least one inner surface of the electrically insulative element, and at least one inner surface of the second electrically conductive element;
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- a first electrically conductive weight located within the cavity of the sensor, wherein the first electrically conductive weight is connected to a first end of the electrically conductive spring, and
- wherein the first electrically conductive weight is movable inside the cavity between a first position not contacting the first electrically conductive element, and a second position in contact with an inner surface of the first electrically conductive element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.