Sensor for detecting angular velocity

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10444015-B2
Application number	US-201515125696-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2015
Priority date	Mar 20, 2014
Publication date	Oct 15, 2019
Grant date	Oct 15, 2019

Abstract

A sensor includes a weight body, a frame which is located so as to surround the weight body when viewed from above, a beam part which is provided with flexibility and in which a first end is connected to the weight body and a second end is connected to the frame, and a detection part which is provided on the beam part and detects deformation of the beam part as an electric signal. The beam part includes a main part in which a cross-sectional shape in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction connecting the first end and the second end is a rectangular shape, and an extending part which protrudes from at least one of an upper surface or a lower surface of the main part and extends in the longitudinal direction or extends in a width direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction when viewed from above.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sensor comprising:
a weight body,
a frame surrounding the weight body, when viewed from above, and having a height,
a beam part having flexibility and comprising a first end connected to the weight body and a second end connected to the frame, the first end and the second end defining a longitudinal direction, and
a detection part on the beam part, which detects deformation of the beam part as an electric signal,
wherein the beam part has a cross-sectional shape in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction that is rectangular,
an extending part which contacts a lower surface of the beam part and extends in a direction of the height of the frame, and

a width, when viewed in cross section in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and in a plane of the height of the frame, of a side of the extending part that is in contact with the beam part is wider than a distal end of the extending part which extends in the direction of the height of the frame.

2. The sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the extending part is joined to both of the beam part and a side surface of the frame on the second end.

3. The sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the extending part is joined to both of the beam part and a side surface of the weight body on the first end.

4. The sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the beam part comprises a first part and a narrow width part along the longitudinal direction, a length of the narrow width part in the width direction being shorter than a length of the first part in the width direction.

5. The sensor according to claim 4 , wherein the extending part is located in the narrow width part.

6. The sensor according to claim 4 , wherein the narrow width part is located at least at one of an end part on the first end and an end part on the second end.

7. The sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the extending part is separate from the beam part and bonded to the beam part.

8. A sensor comprising:
a weight body,
a frame surrounding the weight body when viewed from above, and having a height,
a beam part having flexibility and comprising a first end connected to the weight body and a second end connected to the frame, the first end and the second end defining a longitudinal direction, and
a detection part on the beam part, which detects deformation of the beam part as an electric signal,
wherein the beam part extends in the longitudinal direction, and
an extending part which contacts a lower side of the beam,

when comparing with a case where the beam part does not comprise an extending part, an amount of increase of a moment of inertia of area in a thickness direction of the beam part is larger than an amount of increase of the moment of inertia of area in a surface direction of the beam part, and
a width, when viewed in cross section in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and in a plane of the height of the frame, of a side of the extending part that is in contact with the beam part is wider than a distal end of the extending part which extends in a direction of the height of the frame.

9. The sensor according to claim 8 , wherein the extending part is joined to both of the beam part and a side surface of the frame on the second end.

10. The sensor according to claim 8 , wherein the extending part is joined to both of the beam part and a side surface of the weight body on the first end.

11. The sensor according to claim 8 , wherein the beam part comprises a first part and a narrow width part along the longitudinal direction, a length of the narrow width part in the width direction being shorter than a length of the first part in the width direction.

12. The sensor according to claim 11 , wherein the extending part is located in the narrow width part.

13. The sensor according to claim 11 , wherein the narrow width part is located at least at one of an end part on the first end and an end part on the second end.

14. The sensor according to claim 8 , wherein the extending part is separate from the beam part and bonded to the beam part.

Assignees

• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Nagata Masaru
• Yamaji Tokuichi
• Tanahashi Shigeo

Classifications

• G01P15/123

  by piezo-resistive elements, e.g. semiconductor strain gauges · CPC title

• B81B2201/0242

  Gyroscopes · CPC title

• G01C19/5762 Primary

  the sensing mass being connected to a driving mass, e.g. driving frames · CPC title

• G01P15/18

  in two or more dimensions · CPC title

• B81B2203/019

  characterized by their profile · CPC title