Snapping microswitches with adjustable acceleration threshold

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 54, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 579-583

  Go, Jeung Sang ^a   Cho, Young Ho ^a   Kwak, Byung Man ^a   Park, Kwanhum ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Hyundai Motor Co   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acceleration switches; Bimorphs; Microswitches

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000865065     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(97)80018-0     Document Type: Article

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