ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,248, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Simmonds Precision Products Inc. (Vergennes, Vt.).
"MEMS accelerometer systems" was invented by Richard A. Hull (Kissimmee, Fla.) and Vasileios Tsachouridis (Cork City, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A MEMS accelerometer system can include a proof mass device having a proof mass configured to move from an initial position in response to an input acceleration, a transducer operatively connected to the proof mass device to output a transducer signal correlating to a movement and/or position of the proof mass, a driver operatively connected to the proof mass device and configured to drive th...