Inventors:
Neil B. Kimerer - State College PA
Assignee:
The Penn State Research Foundation - University Park PA
International Classification:
G01N 332
Abstract:
An accelerometer includes a bottom leg, two side legs, a beam, two support strips, a mass, a loading column, and at least one resistor mounted on the beam. The two side legs extend upwardly from the bottom leg, and a lower end of each side leg is connected to the bottom leg. The beam is fixed above the bottom leg and between the side legs, and is connected to each of the side legs. The two support strips extend from the side legs toward each other, and the mass is mounted above the beam and connected to the side legs by the support strips. The loading column connects the mass and the beam, such that an acceleration experienced by the mass causes a bending in said beam.