Fabrication and Characterization of a Low-g Inertial Microswitch With Flexible Contact Point and Limit-Block Constraints

The Design, Simulation and Fabrication of an Omnidirectional Inertial Switch with Rectangular Suspension Spring

“…Through the stiffness comparison analysis of the system with the S-shaped springs and rectangular springs, the following conclusions can be drawn: The stiffness of the system with the S-shaped springs in the x-direction is greater than the direction of 22.5 degrees. To improve the threshold consistency of omnidirectional switches, the transverse stiffness of the S-springs can be improved by increasing the linewidth of springs [ 16 ]. However, the increasement of transverse stiffness of the S-spring also leads to the increasement of longitudinal stiffness of the S-spring.…”

Multi-Threshold Inertial Switch With Acceleration Direction Detection Capability

“…The majority of the reported inertial switches have a single acceleration threshold, so that they only provide ON-OFF information [16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. They produce ON signal if the acceleration is higher than the predesignated threshold level and OFF signal otherwise.…”

Multi-Threshold Inertial Switch for Quantitative Acceleration Measurements

“…In most cases, an inertia switch is designed to be trigged beyond a single acceleration threshold making them binary with on-off information. In other words, it can only show that the applied acceleration is lower or higher than the preset threshold level, but it cannot indicate quantitative information about how much acceleration the inertial switch is subjected to [25][26][27]. This kind of acceleration switch with a single threshold value can be referred to as a single bit digital accelerometer.…”