ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,366, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Three-axis accelerometer with two masses" was invented by Ville-Pekka Rytkonen (Klaukkala, Finland), Anssi Blomqvist (Helsinki) and Matti Liukku (Helsinki).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accelerometer comprising a first proof mass and a second proof mass which are coupled to each other with a coupling structure which extends from the first proof mass to the second proof mass. The coupling structure synchronizes the movement of the first and second proof masses so that the first and second proof masses may be linearly displaced from their res...