Patent ID: 8250919

Claim:
A latching assembly for decreasing an aspect ratio between a capacitive sensor and a ring in a vibratory gyroscopic device, the device includes a substrate, the ring, at least one capacitive actuator and at least one capacitive sensor, a central support having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the ring and a plurality of support springs, the central support being coupled with the substrate, the support springs being coupled with the central support and with the ring, the at least one capacitive actuator being coupled with the substrate and capacitively coupled with the ring, for applying an oscillating electric force on the ring, a frequency of the oscillating electric force being an elliptic mode frequency of the ring, the capacitive sensor being capacitively coupled with the ring, for sensing the changes in capacitance between the ring and the at least one capacitive sensor, the assembly comprising: a movable frame coupled with said capacitive sensor, said movable frame latches from a manufacturing configuration to an operating configuration in response to a force applied thereto, wherein an aspect ratio at the manufacturing configuration is lower than an aspect ratio at the operating configuration.