ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,967, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Silicon Microgravity Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).
"Inertial sensor with flexure arrangement and method" was invented by Madan Parajuli (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Ashwin Seshia (Cambridge, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inertial sensor comprising; a central anchor; a proof mass, wherein the proof mass surrounds the central anchor; a flexure; and a plurality of electrodes is disclosed. The flexure has a shape comprising a first plurality of spiral arms, each winding about the central anchor in a first sense, and a second plurality of spiral arms, each winding about the cent...