Patent ID: 8096188

Claim:
A mechanical-to-electrical sensing structure, comprising: first and second and third movable blocks; a first hinge coupled to the first and second movable blocks and configured to resist loads other than flexing of the first hinge; at least a first gage link separated from the first hinge and aligned to provide that a moment tending to rotate one of the first or second blocks relative to the other about the first hinge applies a tensile or compressive force along a length of the first gage link, wherein electrochemistry is used to define the at least first gage; and a second gage link, wherein the first movable block is a rim block around the sensing structure, the second and third movable blocks extend inward from the rim block in a direction toward each other to define a second hinge between the second and third movable blocks, the second hinge being portion of a diaphragm that is continuous within the rim block to provide that the first gage link disposed between the rim block and the second block sees compression at substantially a same time that the second gage link between the second block and the third block sees tension.