| US 7,555,841 B2 | ||
| Inclination sensor | ||
| Klaus Manfred Steinich, Goethestrasse 8, 85604 Zorneding (Germany) | ||
| Filed on May 31, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/809,101. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10 2006 025 379 (DE), filed on May 31, 2006; and application No. 10 2006 061 198 (DE), filed on Dec. 22, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0047154 A1, Feb. 28, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01C 9/06 (2006.01); G01C 9/12 (2006.01); G01C 9/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 33—366.17 [33/366.24; 33/396; 33/398] | 29 Claims |
| 1. An inclination sensor, said sensor comprising:
a housing (2) with a chamber (4) having one wall (6) made from a material that cannot be magnetized;
an indicator magnet (8) movable directly or indirectly according to gravity in the chamber (4);
a magnetosensitive sensor (9) outside of the chamber (4); and
wherein the indicator magnet (8) is disposed in a rotationally fixed fashion on a pivot axis (10) of a pendulum (25), which is supported ferrofluidic, with its pole axis (15) disposed transversal to the pivot axis (10).
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