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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2005
Applicant:
Michiyuki Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventor:
Michiyuki Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Denso Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 17/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An inclination sensor is provided with a main body fixed to a vehicle, a pendulum supported by the main body so as to swing in response to an inclination of the vehicle, and a magnetic sensor that senses the inclination of the pendulum in order to detect as to whether or not the vehicle has been inclined. The pendulum is swingable around two axes as to both a width direction of the vehicle, and forward/backward directions thereof. A sensitivity of the pendulum as to the width direction is higher than a sensitivity thereof as to the forward/backward directions.