Electrolytic tilt sensing device

An electrical circuit comprising:

• a measuring circuit;
• an electrolytic toroidal tilt sensing device coupled to the measuring circuit, the electrolytic toroidal tilt sensing device including:
• an electrolytic fluid;
• a housing body having a channel formed therein for containing the electrolytic fluid, the housing body serving as a common electrode of the toroidal tilt sensor;
• and
• a cover plate having at least one dielectrically insulated electrode formed thereon serving as a working electrode of the sensor, the cover plate being hermetically sealed into the channel of the housing body such that the cover plate and the housing body form a chamber wherein the at least one electrode is at least partially immersed in the electrolytic fluid contained within the chamber;
• the electrolytic fluid exhibiting at least one measurable electrical property with respect to the at least one electrode and a change therein when the device is tilted, the measuring circuit measuring such at least one measurable electrical property and change therein through the working electrode and the common electrode and generating an output signal indicative of the tilting of the device in response thereto.

An electrolytic toroidal tilt sensing device for electrical coupling to an external measuring circuit, the external measuring circuit being responsive to the device and adapted to provide an output signal indicative of a tilting associated with the device, the device comprising:

• an electrolytic fluid;
• a housing body having a precision formed channel therein for containing the electrolytic fluid, the housing body serving as a common electrode when coupled to the measuring circuit;
• and
• a cover plate having a pair of dielectrically isolated substantially semi-circular electrodes formed thereon respectively serving as working electrodes when coupled to the measuring circuit, the cover plate being hermetically sealed into the channel of the housing body such that the cover plate and the housing body form a chamber wherein the at least one of the pair of electrodes is at least partially immersed in the electrolytic fluid contained within the chamber;
• when coupled to the external measuring circuit, the electrolytic fluid exhibiting at least one electrical property with respect to the electrodes and a change therein when the device is tilted, the measuring circuit measuring such at least one electrical property and change therein through connection to the working electrodes and the common electrode of the device and generating the output signal in response thereto.