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Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2007
Applicants:

Takao Noguchi, Tokyo, JP;

Kenichi Tochi, Tokyo, JP;

Ken Unno, Tokyo, JP;

Tatsuo Namikawa, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takao Noguchi, Tokyo, JP;

Kenichi Tochi, Tokyo, JP;

Ken Unno, Tokyo, JP;

Tatsuo Namikawa, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 3/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An angular velocity sensor of a horizontally located type, which can easily remove the translational acceleration influence thereto from the lateral direction, is provided. It includes a fixed portion fixed to the surface of a sensor element supporting portion of a casing, an upper detection arm and a lower detection arm, each of them being connected to the fixed portion on sides opposite to each other and extending along a plane parallel to the surface place of the sensor element supporting portion, and a pair of upper vibration arms connected to the fixed portion in such a manner as to form a pair of arms with the upper detection arm in between and extending in a direction parallel to the extending direction of the upper detection arm.


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