ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,124, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SensiBel AS (Oslo, Norway).

"Optical displacement sensors" was invented by Sigbjorn Kolberg (Oslo, Norway), Matthieu Lacolle (Oslo, Norway) and Hallvard Angelskar (Oslo, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical accelerometer including an interferometric arrangement, a light source, a photodetector, a support structure that is static relative to the light source and photo detector, and a dual-layer membrane that is deflectable relative to the support structure. The dual-layer membrane includes first and second membrane layers that are mechanically coupled by a proof mass that is position...