Angular velocity sensor
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsHideo Okoshi, Toshiyuki Nozoe, Tomomasa Omawari
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Abstract
A vibrator is received within a case and the case is contained in a containing portion. Further, the case is arranged to be supported by the surrounding terminals having first ends thereof embedded in the containing portion. By virtue of the described configuration, the vibrator is securely retained by the case even if strong vibrations are applied to the terminals. With this configuration, an angular velocity sensor ensuring the strength to retain the vibrator even if the vibrator is reduced in size and causing no degradation of the output characteristic even when subjected to strong vibrations can be provided.
Claims20
An angular velocity sensor comprising:
- a vibrator;
- a case receiving said vibrator;
- at least one terminal with a first end thereof connected with said vibrator;
- and
- a containing portion containing said case and having a second end of said at least one terminal embedded therein, wherein
- said case is supported within said containing portion by said at least one terminal so that said at least one terminal is operable to attenuate external vibrations transmitted to said vibrator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.