Invention Grant
- Patent Title: MEMS gyros with quadrature reducing springs
- Patent Title (中): 具有正交减压弹簧的MEMS陀螺仪
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Application No.: US12911504Application Date: 2010-10-25
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Publication No.: US08539832B2Publication Date: 2013-09-24
- Inventor: David Patrick Potasek , Marcus Allen Childress , John Carl Christenson
- Applicant: David Patrick Potasek , Marcus Allen Childress , John Carl Christenson
- Applicant Address: US MN Burnsville
- Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Burnsville
- Agency: Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
- Agent Joshua L. Jones; Scott D. Wofsy
- Main IPC: G01C19/56
- IPC: G01C19/56

Abstract:
Spring set configurations that include an advantageous combination of spring geometries are disclosed. Spring elements having curved and straight sections, orientation of spring element anchor points with respect to the common radius, orientation of spring element segments with respect to a specific axis, balance of the length of spring elements about the common radius, and mass balance about the common radius can be used to mitigate unwanted out of plane motion. The spring set provides planar motion while reducing undesired out of plane motion making MEMS devices substantially insensitive to the process-induced etch angle variations of the spring elements. The spring set can be used in a MEMS gyro device which maintains the desired resonant modes and consistently low quadrature error even with process variations in manufacturing causing undesirable etch angles.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120096943A1 MEMS GYROS WITH QUADRATURE REDUCING SPRINGS Public/Granted day:2012-04-26
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