Patent ID: 8640540

Claim:
A vibrating element comprising: a first support portion and a second support portion; a first vibrating arm which extends along a first axis, one end of the first vibrating arm being connected to the first support portion; a second vibrating arm which extends along the first axis, one end of the second vibrating arm being connected to the second support portion; an oscillating member which is sandwiched between the other ends of the first vibrating arm and the second vibrating arm, and which has openings, and detection arms which extend along a second axis in a second axis direction perpendicular to the first axis from the inner walls of the openings of the oscillating member in plan view, wherein the first vibrating arm and the second vibrating arm vibrate in the second axis direction, and when rotation is applied around the first axis, the detection arms vibrate in a direction perpendicular to the first axis and the second axis.