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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 13, 2016
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Keiichi Yamaguchi, Ina, JP;

Seiichiro Ogura, Minowa, JP;

Takayuki Kikuchi, Okaya, JP;

Ryuta Nishizawa, Matsumoto, JP;

Seiji Osawa, Minowa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 19/56 (2012.01); G01C 19/5621 (2012.01); G01C 19/5628 (2012.01); G01C 19/5607 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 19/5607 (2013.01); G01C 19/5621 (2013.01); G01C 19/5628 (2013.01); G01P 9/04 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49 (2015.01); Y10T 74/12 (2015.01);
Abstract

A vibrator element includes a pair of first and second drive vibrating arms that extend in opposite directions from a base portion; a first weight that is spaced from a tip of at least one of the first and second drive vibrating arms toward the base portion and is provided in a first region of the at least one of the drive vibrating arms; and a second weight that is provided in a second region that is a region between a tip of the first weight and the tip of the at least one of the drive vibrating arms. When an area of the first region is represented as A, a mass of the first weight is represented as B, an area of the second region is represented as A, and a mass of the second weight is represented as B, B/A>B/Ais established.


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