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US 5,604,312 AGranted
Rate-of-rotation sensor
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorMarkus Lutz
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Abstract
A rate-of-rotation sensor comprises an oscillatory mass on which an acceleration sensor is disposed so that the acceleration sensor can be deflected parallel to the surface of the oscillatory mass. With this arrangement, a measurement of the Coriolis force parallel to the surface of the oscillatory mass is possible.
Claims6
A rate-of-rotation sensor comprising:
- a plurality of webs elongated in a first direction, the plurality of webs being arranged parallel to one another in the first direction;
- an oscillatory system including at least one oscillatory mass suspended on the plurality of webs;
- means for exciting the oscillatory system into oscillations in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction;
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- at least one acceleration sensor, coupled to the oscillatory system, for detecting an acceleration in the first direction.
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