Electrical generator or motor structure – Non-dynamoelectric – Piezoelectric elements and devices
Patent
1997-11-17
1999-12-07
Budd, Mark O.
Electrical generator or motor structure
Non-dynamoelectric
Piezoelectric elements and devices
310321, 310316, 310370, 310366, 73505, H01L 4108
Patent
active
059989114
ABSTRACT:
A vibrator of a vibratory gyroscope comprises a main arm having a base part and at least one bending-vibration piece extending from the base part in a direction crossing the longitudinal direction of the base part and a fixing part for fixing one end of the base part, and the base part and the bending-vibration piece are formed so as to extend substantially in a specified plane. Preferably, at the opposite side to one end of the base part, a projection projecting from the bending-vibration piece is provided, or at least a pair of resonant arms resonating with vibration of the base part, said pair of resonant arms projecting from the fixing part are provided. Thanks to this, it has been possible to detect a turning angular rate in a sufficiently high accuracy without providing a projection which has a certain weight and extends from the vibrator toward the axis of turning even in case of arranging the vibrator so that the vibration arm of the vibrator extends perpendicularly to the axis of turning.
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Gouji Shosaku
Kikuchi Takayuki
Osugi Yukihisa
Soma Takao
Budd Mark O.
NGK Insulators Ltd.
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