Device for measuring a generalised force

The device comprises two rigid plates (1, 2) which are parallel and joined together by springs. This device furthermore comprises six inductive sensors (4) arranged along axes (4a) which are not parallel to each other and not parallel to the plates (1, 2), each for measuring the linear displacement, along one of the six degrees of freedom, of one plate (2) with respect to the other (1). Each sensor (4), which comprises windings (5, 6, 7) housed in a support (4b) fixed to the plate (2) and a ferromagnetic core (9) fixed to the plate (1), is sensitive only to the component of the displacement along its respective axis (4a). This device may be used in a vector accelerometer.