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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1996
Nobuo Kurata, Hekinan, JP;
Nobuyoshi Sugitani, Toyota, JP;
Takashi Ozaki, Nagoya, JP;
Kenji Harada, Toyota, JP;
Kimitoshi Tsuji, Toyota, JP;
Yutaka Nonomura, Nagoya, JP;
Takeshi Morikawa, Seto, JP;
Masayuki Okuwa, Nagoya, JP;
Kouji Tsukada, Seto, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vibration-sensing gyro composed of a light alloy such as duralumin includes a base and a first pair of tines projecting parallel to each other from the base. Piezoelectric elements are mounted on the root of the side faces of the first pair of tines to excite the first pair of tines along an X axis. The vibrations of the first pair of tines along the X axis are then propagated to a second pair of tines to vibrate the second pair of tines along the X axis. Piezoelectric elements are mounted on the root of the upper and the lower faces of the second pair of tines to detect vibrations of the second pair of tines along an Y axis. When the second pair of tines receives the Coriolis force based on an angular velocity .omega. around a Z axis and vibrates along the Y axis, the vibrations along the Y axis are detected as electric signals (alternating current voltages) by piezoelectric effects of the piezoelectric elements.