US 7,518,954 B2
Motion transducer
Arend L. Hagedoorn, Voorschoten (Netherlands)
Assigned to Input/Output, Inc., Houston, Tex. (US)
Filed on Jun. 01, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/756,842.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/810744, filed on Jun. 02, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2008/0001597 A1, Jan. 03, 2008
Int. Cl. G01V 1/18 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 367—185 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motion transducer apparatus, comprising:
a case having an inner surface;
a first cap that closes the case at a first end;
a second cap that closes the case at a second end, the case inner surface, first cap and second cap defining a space within the case;
at least one inner plate member separating the space into at a first compartment and a second compartment within the case;
a coil-magnet assembly that produces a signal when subjected to motion, the coil-magnet assembly disposed immediately within the case and in the first compartment; and
an electronic circuit disposed within the second compartment that modifies the signal.