by making use of contacts which are actuated by a movable inertial mass

Introduced: January 1980

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration > by making use of inertia forces > with conversion into electric or magnetic values > by making use of contacts which are actuated by a movable inertial mass

Classification Context

Section:: PHYSICS
Class:: MEASURING; TESTING
Subclass:: MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF MOVEMENT; INDICATING DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT