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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert R Sychra, Washington, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ; G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340689 ; 33366 ; 33377 ; 340501 ; 364559 ;
Abstract
An inclination sensor is disclosed. The sensor includes two temperature controlled inclination devices that are mounted orthogonal to each other. The inclination devices include an oven, a resistive element attached to the oven, an inclination transducer mounted in the oven and a thermistor being mounted to the oven. The thermistor produces a signal representative of the actual temperature of the oven. A microprocessor receives the actual temperature signal of each inclination device and produce heating signals to energize the corresponding resistive elements to control the temperature of the respective ovens to a desired temperature.