Plastic latching accelerometer based on bistable compliant mechanisms

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1967-1972

  Hansen, B J ^a   Carron, C J ^a   Jensen, B D ^a   Hawkins, A R ^a   Schultz, S M ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; FLIP FLOP CIRCUITS; PLASTIC SHEETS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

BISTABLE COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; SWITCHING THRESHOLDS;

ACCELEROMETERS;

EID: 39749139544     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/16/5/055     Document Type: Article

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