Patent ID: 7211998
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: B60R,G01D,G01P

Abstract:
1. A sensing apparatus comprising: a sensor that senses a physical acceleration in a predetermined direction and is shaped into a quadrangular form, wherein: a first connector terminal that conducts an input/output signal to the first input/output contact and is arranged such that a sensor side end of the first connector terminal is opposed to one of two adjacent sides of the sensor, which come together at the corner portion of the sensor where the first input/output contact is arranged; a second connector terminal that conducts an input/output signal to the second input/output contact and is arranged such that a sensor side end of the second connector terminal is opposed to an opposite side of the sensor that is opposite from the side of the sensor, to which the sensor side end of the first connector terminal is opposed; at least one reference connector terminal that conducts a reference signal to the at least one reference contact and is arranged such that a sensor side end of each of the at least one reference connector terminal is opposed to a corresponding one of two mutually opposed sides of the sensor, to which the first connector terminal and the second connector terminal are not opposed; and a plurality of leads that connect the first input/output contact, the second input/output contact and the at least one reference contact to the first connector terminal, the second connector terminal and the at least one reference connector terminal, respectively.