US Patent Issued to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona on March 17 for "Membrane-based optomechanical accelerometer, methods of making the same and systems using the same" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,357, issued on March 17, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Membrane-based optomechanical accelerometer, methods of making the same and systems using the same" was invented by Dalziel Wilson (Tucson, Ariz.) and Aman Rajendra Agrawal (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an optomechanical accelerometer that includes a first membrane having a first susceptibility; a second membrane having a second susceptibility that is greater than the first susceptibility; and at least one support member; wherein: the second membrane is supported a...