| US 7,559,148 B2 | ||
| Magnetic azimuth detecting device | ||
| Tsuyoshi Hayama, Miyagi-ken (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 13, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/138,713. | ||
| Application 12/138713 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2006/325841, filed on Dec. 26, 2006. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-375422 (JP), filed on Dec. 27, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0276474 A1, Nov. 13, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01C 17/38 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 33—355R [33/356] | 5 Claims |
| 1. A magnetic azimuth detecting device wherein three or more magnetic sensors and a control semiconductor controlling these are attached to and mounted on a surface of a circuit substrate, the magnetic sensors and the control semiconductor device are encapsulated and integrated by an encapsulation member, the magnetic sensors are divided into at least two groups, and the terminal forming surface or surfaces of the magnetic sensor or sensors of one group are disposed so as to be perpendicular to the terminal forming surface or surfaces of the magnetic sensor or sensors of another group. |