METHOD OF DETERMINING TILT ANGLE AND APPARATUS FOR REALISING SAID METHOD Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC G01C9/10 G01B7/30 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: apparatus has a housing with a cover, a rolling surface superimposed with the inner surface of the housing to create a chamber in the housing, a rolling body and an active element lying under the rolling surface. Distance between the active element and the rolling surface can be adjusted. The rolling body can be in form of a sphere, a cylinder or a disc and can be a permanent magnet. The active element can be in form of a capacitor plate, an inductance coil, a magnetically operated contact or a Hall sensor.

EFFECT: simplification, higher reliability, manufacturability, easier integration into existing systems for automating technological processes, low weight and small size and stability of output characteristics.

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