ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,281, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Micromechanical sensor structure with damping structure" was invented by Jochen Reinmuth (Reutlingen, Germany) and Monika Koster (Reutlingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micromechanical sensor structure. The micromechanical sensor structure including: a substrate; a mass which can be elastically deflected relative to the substrate; a measuring unit for detecting a deflection of the mass; and a damping structure for damping a deflection of the mass. The damping structure includes first and second damping combs which mesh together. The first d...