US Patent Issued to Honeywell International on Aug. 25 for "Accelerometer with proof mass displacement reduction feature" (Washington, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,912, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Accelerometer with proof mass displacement reduction feature" was invented by Paul W. Dwyer (Seattle), Thomas Campbell (Burien, Wash.) and Clifford T. Molaskey (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accelerometer system comprising: a first magnetic assembly comprising a first pole piece and a first magnet; a second magnetic assembly comprising a second pole piece and a second magnet; a proof mass between the first magnetic assembly and the second magnetic assembly; a first coil disposed around the first pole piece; and a second c...