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公开(公告)号:US12092460B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-17
申请号:US17980045
申请日:2022-11-03
Applicant: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
Inventor: Eugene H. Cook , Jonathan J. Bernstein , Mirela G. Bancu , Marc Steven Weinberg , William Sawyer
IPC: G01C19/5621 , B81B3/00 , B81C1/00 , G01C19/5628
CPC classification number: G01C19/5621 , B81B3/0097 , B81C1/00166 , G01C19/5628 , B81B2201/0242 , B81B2203/04 , B81B2207/096 , B81C2201/0132 , B81C2201/0133 , B81C2203/035 , B81C2203/036
Abstract: Methods for fabricating MEMS tuning fork gyroscope sensor system using silicon wafers. This provides the possibly to avoid glass. The sense plates can be formed in a device layer of a silicon on insulator (SOI) wafer or in a deposited polysilicon layer in a few examples.
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公开(公告)号:US11237335B1
公开(公告)日:2022-02-01
申请号:US16586249
申请日:2019-09-27
Applicant: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
Inventor: Michael G. Moebius , Steven J. Spector , Eugene H. Cook , Jonathan J. Bernstein
IPC: G02B6/35
Abstract: MEMS-actuated optical switches can be implemented on photonic chips. These switches are compact, essentially planar, simple to implement and include only one moving MEMS component per switch. The switches exhibit low optical loss, require low power to operate, and are simple to control and easy to integrate with other optical devices. Each switch has two optical waveguides that are optically coupled in an ON switch state and not coupled in an OFF switch state. An end or a medial section of one of the two waveguides may translate between the ON and OFF states to affect the coupling. Alternatively, a coupling frustrator may translate between the ON and OFF states to affect the coupling.
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公开(公告)号:US20200096336A1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-26
申请号:US16580618
申请日:2019-09-24
Applicant: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
Inventor: Eugene H. Cook , Jonathan J. Bernstein , Mirela G. Bancu , Marc Steven Weinberg , William Sawyer
IPC: G01C19/5621 , B81C1/00 , B81B3/00 , G01C19/5628
Abstract: Methods for fabricating MEMS tuning fork gyroscope sensor system using silicon wafers. This provides the possibly to avoid glass. The sense plates can be formed in a device layer of a silicon on insulator (SOI) wafer or in a deposited polysilicon layer in a few examples.
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公开(公告)号:US10345332B2
公开(公告)日:2019-07-09
申请号:US15288843
申请日:2016-10-07
Inventor: Jonathan J. Bernstein , Marc S. Weinberg , Amy Duwel , Paul A. Ward , Nicol E. McGruer , Matteo Rinaldi , Eugene H. Cook
IPC: G01P15/135 , H01H1/00 , H01H35/14
Abstract: An environmental physical sensor is provided that includes a power input terminal, a sensor output terminal, and a resonant switch. The resonant switch includes a mechanical element that is responsive to an environmental stimulus and is coupled to an electrical switch. The electrical switch is operable between an open position and a closed position and electrically connects the power input terminal to the sensor output terminal when in the closed position. The mechanical element is configured to intermittently actuate the electrical switch into the closed position responsive to the environmental stimulus.
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公开(公告)号:US09801563B2
公开(公告)日:2017-10-31
申请号:US14533661
申请日:2014-11-05
Applicant: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
Inventor: Jonathan J. Bernstein
IPC: A61B5/05 , A61B5/0478 , A61B5/04 , A61B5/00
CPC classification number: A61B5/05 , A61B5/04008 , A61B5/0478 , A61B5/6868 , A61B5/6869 , A61B5/6877 , A61B2503/42
Abstract: The present disclosure describes system and methods for detecting and amplifying weak magnetic fields generated by anatomical structures. The disclosure describes an implantable magnetic reporter system. The magnetic reporter system includes a magnetic reporter. The magnetic reporter includes a platform coupled to a support structure by a plurality of torsional flexures. A magnet is disposed on the platform, and the magnet and platform rotate when exposed to a magnetic field. The rotation of the magnet generates a stronger magnet field that is detectable external to the patient.
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公开(公告)号:US20160341551A1
公开(公告)日:2016-11-24
申请号:US15160421
申请日:2016-05-20
Applicant: THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC.
Inventor: Eugene H. Cook , Marc S. Weinberg , Jonathan J. Bernstein
IPC: G01C19/5726 , G01C19/5733
CPC classification number: G01C19/5726 , G01C19/5684 , G01C19/5733
Abstract: According to one aspect, embodiments herein provide a gyroscope comprising a central anchor, a plurality of internal flexures, a plurality of masses, each mass coupled to the central anchor via at least one of the plurality of internal flexures and configured to translate in a plane of the gyroscope, and a plurality of mass-to-mass couplers, each mass-to-mass coupler coupled between two adjacent masses of the plurality of masses, and a plurality of transducers, each configured to perform at least one of driving and sensing motion of a corresponding one of the plurality of masses, wherein the plurality of transducers is configured to drive the plurality of masses in at least a first vibratory mode and a second vibratory mode.
Abstract translation: 根据一个方面,本文的实施例提供了一种陀螺仪,其包括中心锚固体,多个内部挠曲件,多个质量块,每个质量块通过所述多个内部挠曲件中的至少一个连接到所述中心锚固件并且构造成在平面中平移 以及多个质量对质量耦合器,每个质量对质量耦合器耦合在所述多个质量块的两个相邻质量块之间,以及多个换能器,每个换能器被配置为执行驱动和感测中的至少一个 所述多个传感器中的相应一个质量块的运动被配置成以至少第一振动模式和第二振动模式驱动所述多个质量块。
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公开(公告)号:US11530917B2
公开(公告)日:2022-12-20
申请号:US16580618
申请日:2019-09-24
Applicant: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
Inventor: Eugene H. Cook , Jonathan J. Bernstein , Mirela G. Bancu , Marc Steven Weinberg , William Sawyer
IPC: G01C19/5621 , B81C1/00 , B81B3/00 , G01C19/5628
Abstract: Methods for fabricating MEMS tuning fork gyroscope sensor system using silicon wafers. This provides the possibly to avoid glass. The sense plates can be formed in a device layer of a silicon on insulator (SOI) wafer or in a deposited polysilicon layer in a few examples.
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公开(公告)号:US10334714B2
公开(公告)日:2019-06-25
申请号:US15724906
申请日:2017-10-04
Applicant: THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC.
Inventor: Jonathan J. Bernstein
IPC: H05H3/02 , H01J27/02 , G21K1/00 , B28B11/24 , B22F7/04 , C25D3/12 , C25D3/56 , C25D5/02 , C25D13/02
Abstract: A bi-directional device for generating or absorbing atoms or ions. In some embodiments, the device comprises a solid-phase ion-conducting material, a first electrode positioned on a first surface of the solid-phase ion-conducting material, and a second electrode positioned on a second surface of the solid-phase ion-conducting material. The first electrode includes a plurality of triple phase boundaries, each located at an interface between the solid-phase ion-conducting material and the first electrode. A density of the triple phase boundaries is in the range of about 104 m/m2 to about 2×107 m/m2 on the first surface of the ion-conducting material. A method of operating the bi-directional device and a method of fabricating a bi-directional device are also provided.
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公开(公告)号:US10113873B2
公开(公告)日:2018-10-30
申请号:US15160421
申请日:2016-05-20
Applicant: THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC.
Inventor: Eugene H. Cook , Marc S. Weinberg , Jonathan J. Bernstein
IPC: G01C19/574 , G01C19/5684 , G01C19/5726 , G01C19/5733
Abstract: According to one aspect, embodiments herein provide a gyroscope comprising a central anchor, a plurality of internal flexures, a plurality of masses, each mass coupled to the central anchor via at least one of the plurality of internal flexures and configured to translate in a plane of the gyroscope, and a plurality of mass-to-mass couplers, each mass-to-mass coupler coupled between two adjacent masses of the plurality of masses, and a plurality of transducers, each configured to perform at least one of driving and sensing motion of a corresponding one of the plurality of masses, wherein the plurality of transducers is configured to drive the plurality of masses in at least a first vibratory mode and a second vibratory mode.
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公开(公告)号:US20170102263A1
公开(公告)日:2017-04-13
申请号:US15288843
申请日:2016-10-07
Inventor: Jonathan J. Bernstein , Marc S. Weinberg , Amy Duwel , Paul A. Ward , Nicol E. McGruer , Matteo Rinaldi , Eugene H. Cook
CPC classification number: G01P15/135 , H01H1/0036 , H01H35/144 , H01H2001/0063 , H01H2001/0078 , H01H2001/0084
Abstract: An environmental physical sensor is provided that includes a power input terminal, a sensor output terminal, and a resonant switch. The resonant switch includes a mechanical element that is responsive to an environmental stimulus and is coupled to an electrical switch. The electrical switch is operable between an open position and a closed position and electrically connects the power input terminal to the sensor output terminal when in the closed position. The mechanical element is configured to intermittently actuate the electrical switch into the closed position responsive to the environmental stimulus.
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