Tilt Sensor and Detecting System

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025003748-A1
Application number	US-202118710970-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 22, 2021
Priority date	Nov 22, 2021
Publication date	Jan 2, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

An inclination sensor includes a notification unit that notifies occurrence of inclination of a structure, a water storage tank that contains an electrolytic solution, and a primary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. In the inclination sensor, when the water storage tank is inclined with the inclination of the structure, an electrolytic solution is injected into the separator, and the primary battery starts power generation and supplies electric power necessary for driving the notification unit.

First claim

1 . An inclination sensor comprising:
a notification unit configured to notify occurrence of inclination of a structure; a water storage tank configured to contain an electrolytic solution; and a primary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein, when the water storage tank is inclined with the inclination of the structure, the electrolytic solution is injected into the separator, and the primary battery starts power generation and supplies power necessary for driving the notification unit.

2 . The inclination sensor according to claim 1 , further comprising: a plurality of the primary batteries connected in series.

3 . The inclination sensor according to claim 1 , wherein,
in a state where the inclination sensor is installed in the structure, the water storage tank is installed above the primary battery, and an upper portion of the water storage tank is opened.

4 . The inclination sensor according to claim 3 , wherein
the primary battery is formed of the positive electrode, the separator, and the negative electrode in this order from a bottom, and a size of a horizontal surface of the separator is formed to be larger than a size of the positive electrode.

5 . The inclination sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode is formed of one or more metals selected from magnesium, zinc, aluminum, and iron, or an alloy containing, as a main component, one or more metals selected from magnesium, zinc, aluminum, and iron.

6 . The inclination sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the separator is formed of an insulator having water absorbency.

7 . A detection system comprising:
the inclination sensor according to claim 1 ; and a detection server connected to the inclination sensor, and configured to detect a notification of the inclination sensor and refer to a unique identifier of the inclination sensor and an installation position of the inclination sensor, wherein the notification unit of the inclination sensor notifies the unique identifier of the inclination sensor, and the detection server outputs a number of the notified unique identifiers and the installation position of the inclination sensor specified from the notified unique identifier.

8 . The detection system according to claim 7 , wherein
the detection server further refers to an inclination angle notifiable by the inclination sensor, the inclination angle being specified from a specification of a water storage tank of the inclination sensor and an amount of an electrolytic solution contained in the water storage tank, and outputs the inclination angle notifiable by the inclination sensor specified from the unique identifier.

Assignees

• Nippon Telegraph & Telephone

Inventors

• Taguchi Hiroaki
• Komatsu Takeshi
• Iwata Mikayo
• Nohara Masaya
• Sakamoto Shuhei
• Okubo Sho

Classifications

• G01C9/06

  Electric or photoelectric indication or reading means · CPC title

• G01C2009/182

  conductive · CPC title

• H01M6/12 Primary

  with flat electrodes · CPC title

• G01C9/18 Primary

  by using liquids · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title