US Patent Issued to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES on July 7 for "Micro-electro-mechanical device" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,668, issued on July 7, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Micro-electro-mechanical device" was invented by Loic Joet (Grenoble Cedex, France) and Patrice Rey (Grenoble Cedex, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micro-electromechanical device includes a frame; a proof mass connected to the frame through a first mechanical link which allows pivoting of the proof mass to relative to the frame about a first axis of rotation parallel to a mean plane of the frame; and a lever for detecting pivoting of the mass, connected to the proof mass through a second mechanical link allowing rot...