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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Keiji Nakagawa, Minowa-machi, JP;
Ryuta Nishizawa, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 19/5621 (2012.01); G01C 19/56 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 19/5621 (2013.01); G01C 19/56 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gyro element as a resonator element includes a drive resonating arm as a drive portion that is driven by application of a voltage, and a detection resonating arm as a detection portion in which charge is generated in response to a Coriolis force generated in the drive resonating arm. An amount of charge detected in the detection resonating arm in a state where the Coriolis force is not generated is greater than 0% and equal to or less than 0.1% of an amount of charge generated in the drive resonating arm when driving the drive resonating arm.