IP Library Granted Patent US 9,250,260
Granted Patent B2
US 9,250,260 · App. 13/543,098 · Granted Feb 2, 2016

Sensor device, and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Masayasu Sakuma (Kamiina, JP); Yoshihiro Kobayashi (Komagane, JP); Shojiro Kitamura (Suwa, JP); Taketo Chino (Hokutu, JP); Nobuyuki Imai (Shiojiri, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
G01P15/097G01C19/5783G01P15/18
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Patent No.
US 9,250,260
App. No.
13/543,098
Granted
Feb 2, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sensor device includes a mounting board having a first rigid board on which an angular velocity sensor is mounted and a third rigid board on which an angular velocity sensor is mounted, and a pedestal for fixing the mounting board. Further, the pedestal includes a base section having a first fixation surface along an x axis and a y axis, and projecting sections disposed on the base section, and having a second fixation surface along the x axis and a z axis, and a third fixation surface along the y axis and the z axis, each of the rigid boards is supported by at least two of the first fixation surface, the second fixation surface, and the third fixation surface, and the angular velocity sensors have respective detection axes intersecting with each other.

Claims (32)

1. A sensor device comprising:

a mounting board having a plurality of rigid boards, wherein a sensor component is mounted on the mounting board; and

a pedestal adapted to support the mounting board,

wherein when three axes perpendicular to each other are defined as a first axis, a second axis, and a third axis, respectively,

the pedestal includes

a base section having a first fixation surface along the first axis and the second axis, wherein the base section is provided with a recessed section on the first fixation surface along the first axis and the second axis, and

a projecting section disposed on the base section, and having a second fixation surface along the third axis and the first axis, and a third fixation surface along the second axis and the third axis,

each of the rigid boards is supported by at least two of the first fixation surface, the second fixation surface, and the third fixation surface, and

the sensor component is one of a plurality of sensor components having respective detection axes intersecting with each other.

2. The sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one pair of the projecting sections are provided, and

at least one of the rigid boards is supported by the pair of the projecting sections so that the sensor component is located between the pair of the projecting sections.

3. The sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first fixation surface is disposed on a periphery of the recessed section.

4. The sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the rigid board supported by the first fixation surface is supported so that a surface on which the sensor component is mounted faces to the recessed section.

5. The sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the recessed section is filled with an infill.

6. The sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the projecting section is located above the first fixation surface, and has a fourth fixation surface including the first axis and the second axis.

7. The sensor device according to claim 6 , wherein

the plurality of rigid boards includes

an analog circuit board having an analog circuit, and

a digital circuit board having a digital circuit, and

the analog circuit board is supported by one of the first fixation surface and the fourth fixation surface, and

the digital circuit board is supported by the other of the first fixation surface and the fourth fixation surface.

8. The sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of rigid boards are respectively connected by bendable connection sections.

9. The sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the sensor components include at least one of an angular velocity sensor and an acceleration sensor.

10. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the sensor device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2012
From: SAKUMA, MASAYASU; KOBAYASHI, YOSHIHIRO; KITAMURA, SHOJIRO; CHINO, TAKETO; IMAI, NOBUYUKI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-152731 · Jul 11, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130014581A1 · Jan 17, 2013