摘要 |
<p>A transducer assembly includes first and second stators (14, 16) which are axially aligned with, and bear upon opposite sides of a proof mass (12). The stators (14, 16) and proof mass (12) are clamped together by means of a sleeve (100) having a side portion (102) with spaced apart upper and lower flanges (104, 106) extending therefrom. The flanges (104, 106) bear against receiving surfaces on the stators with the sleeve under elastic deformation such that a compression force tending to reduce the spacing between the flanges (104, 106) is transmitted to the stators (14, 16) and a proof mass (12) as a controlled compressive axial preload.</p> |