Stress relaxation insensitive designs for metal compliant mechanism threshold accelerometers

We present two designs for metal compliant mechanisms for use as threshold accelerometers which require zero external power. Both designs rely on long, thin flexures positioned orthogonally to a flat body. The first design involves cutting or stamping a thin spring-steel sheet and then bending eleme...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Carlos Vilorio, Brittany Stark, Aaron R. Hawkins, Kendal Frogget, Brian Jensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-12-01
Series:Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214180415300246