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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161832 | Method of keeping given direction and device for its implementation The present technical solution solves a problem of keeping a given direction by use of an element stabilized in a given plane of inertial space, irrespective of disturbing torques, precessions of gyroscopes, and turns of a movable object in the given plane of inerti... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7366613 | RF wireless communication for deeply embedded aerospace systems A wireless communication interface for inertial measurement unit is disclosed. One or more instrumentation sensors, a processor, a wireless radio frequency transceiver with an antenna, and a power source are sealed within an inertial sensor assembly. The processor i... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363717 | System and method for using rotation sensors within a borehole A system and method for using a survey tool within a borehole is provided. The survey tool includes a plurality of rotation sensors each having a sensing axis and a direction of least acceleration sensitivity. The sensing axes of the plurality of rotation sensors ar... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364128 | Methods and apparatus for support mechanism assembly Methods and apparatus for a support mechanism are provided. The support mechanism includes an engagement pin including an engagement surface and a latch surface wherein the engagement pin is coupled to a base. The support mechanism also includes a pawl that includes... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7305286 | System and method for gyro enhanced vertical flight information A flight instrument and associated method where vertical speed information is combined with gyro information to produce gyro enhanced vertical speed information that is displayed to a pilot. The gyro information may include a pitch rate gyro and may include an azimu... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7273196 | System for vehicle attitude and/or momentum control A vehicle control system is provided that includes a slat having an axis, a plurality of microwheels disposed on the slat, each microwheel having a first stator wafer, a second stator wafer, and a rotor wafer disposed therebetween, the first and second stator wafers... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7241103 | Method and system for adjusting a position of an object According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for adjusting a position of an object to compensate for tilt includes providing a rotatable base supporting an object and directing the object relative to the base such that the position of the object is... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239106 | System and method for facilitating fluid three-dimensional movement of an object via directional force A reeving system for filming movies, sporting events, or any other activity that requires fluid movement of a camera or other object to any position within a defined volume of space. To accomplish positioning embodiments move an object throughout three-dimensional s... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7225550 | System and method for using microgyros to measure the orientation of a survey tool within a borehole A system and method for determining an orientation of the survey tool within a borehole utilizes a survey tool including a plurality of rotation sensors each having a sensing axis and a direction of least acceleration sensitivity. The plurality of rotation sensors a... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223063 | Method and system for adjusting a position of an object According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for adjusting a position of an object to compensate for tilt includes providing a rotatable base supporting an object and directing the object relative to the base such that the position of the object is... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7190097 | Cross plane wide-gap motor system for gimbal An apparatus for the control and alignment of a sensor on a moving vehicle is provided that includes a gimbal ball supported by an outer axis structure and adapted to pivot about an outer elevation axis and about an outer azimuth axis. The outer axis structure is mo... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185855 | Method and system for steering a momentum control system A momentum-control system comprising a plurality of momentum actuators and a platform upon which the plurality of momentum actuators are mounted. The momentum control system further comprises a plurality of active struts mounted on the bottom side of the platform. T... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185858 | Spacecraft gyro calibration system A method of calibrating a gyro (42) of a spacecraft (14) may include determining a yaw attitude residual of the spacecraft. Roll gyro bias residual is determined in response to the yaw attitude residual. The gyro (42) is calibrated in response t... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7164975 | Geometric track and track/vehicle analyzers and methods for controlling railroad systems Track and track/vehicle analyzers for determining geometric parameters of tracks, determining the relation of tracks to vehicles and trains, analyzing the parameters in real-time, and communicating corrective measures to various control mechanisms are provided. In o... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7152495 | System and method for adaptive cancellation of disturbances A disturbance-cancellation system and method is provided that facilitates the adaptive cancellation of periodic disturbances. The disturbance-cancellation system and method includes a pair of control moment gyroscopes (CMGs) arranged together as a scissored pair. Th... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7121159 | Apparatus and method for gyroscopic propulsion The present invention is a combination of three interconnected gyroscopic ring-like rotating masses, with each of the three ring-like masses being configured to rotate in various planes, depending on the desired orientation. Regardless of the orientation of the thre... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117605 | System and method for using microgyros to measure the orientation of a survey tool within a borehole A system and method for determining an orientation of the survey tool within a borehole utilizes a survey tool including a plurality of rotation sensors each having a sensing axis and a direction of least acceleration sensitivity. The plurality of rotation sensors a... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7106189 | Tracking system and methods thereof The present invention relates generally to tracking systems and methods for monitoring the location of an asset or group of assets. In particular, the present invention provides systems for monitoring the location of a large group of assets. Furthermore, the present... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102258 | Manual electric generating device The present invention discloses a manual electric generating device, which comprises an upper casing, a lower casing; a rotor, a fixed stand, a hollow cylinder, a coil for generating power supply; and a printed circuit board for processing and outputting the power s... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097140 | System and method for spacecraft attitude control A momentum management system for attitude control of a spacecraft includes a housing to be fixed to the spacecraft and a momentum wheel rotor in the housing for storing angular momentum. A gimbal assembly mounts the rotor in the housing. The rotor is driven by a dri... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7051608 | Gyroscopic actuator The gyroscopic actuator is a new device based on a mechanism designed to make us of the conservation of the kinetic momentum, so that it supplies a torque (momentum) to the platform where it is located. Thus it can orientate this platform in pitching, rolling or yaw... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6978965 | Seeker for target-tracking missiles A target tracking device for target tracking missiles having an electro-optical seeker assembly mounted in a missile structure through gimbals. The seeker assembly responds to target radiation and provides target deviation signals. Actuators, controlled by the targe... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6955235 | Torque platform transport device A vehicle transport system including a torque platform with counter-rotating flywheels, whose axes of rotation are parallel to one another, is featured. One or more torque platforms are joined together with a platform rotating mechanism to rotate the platforms relat... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6928400 | Method for designing a deployment mechanism The present invention concerns a method for designing a deployment mechanism for a flight surface on an airborne body, including the steps of determining a stowed position of the flight surface, determining a deployed position of the flight surface, identifying a fi... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6907800 | Shaftless gyrostabilizer for aerial platforms Gyrostabilizer methods and apparatus having simultaneously counter-revolving masses that do not require physical shafts or axles. The stabilizer can have dual counter-revolving concentric rings, or tracks filled with weights such as spherical balls, that are propell... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6772978 | Dynamic unbalance compensation system and method A dynamic unbalance compensation system that compensates for dynamic unbalance of a rotating assembly on a vehicle, such as a spacecraft, to compensate for the presence of a dynamic unbalance moment. The system includes a vehicle, such as a spacecraft, a rotational ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6679457 | Reaction wheel system with vernier control rotor A reaction wheel system is provided that includes at least two rotors. The first rotor is the primary rotor that provides the large output torques to the vehicle. The second rotor is a vernier control rotor. The primary rotor and vernier control rotor eac... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6568291 | Shaftless gyrostabilizer A gyrostabilizer without a physical shaft or axle is constructed. The stabilizer has dual counter-revolving concentric rings filled with weights such as spherical balls that are propelled in orbital fashion by fluid pressure or electromagnet propulsion. T... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6401556 | Precessional device and method thereof A precessional device featuring a pair of axles each containing at least one flywheel forming a pair of rotors. The pair of axles are each mounted on circular track assemblies in which they rotate and generate a precessional torque that provides variable ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6396235 | Stabilized common gimbal A two axis (azimuth and elevation) stabilized common gimbal (SGC) for use on a wide variety of commercial vehicles and military vehicles which are employed in combat situations capable of stabilizing a payload of primary sensors and of mounting a secondar... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6276985 | Gyroscopic motion device A gyroscopic motion device constructed for relative motion over an external support structure. The device includes a frame structure configured to support a pair of spaced apart gyroscopes. The device also includes a substructure operatively interposed th... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6196048 | Turntable acceleration generating apparatus A turntable acceleration generating apparatus includes a first servo motor, a large-diameter turntable rotated by the first servo motor, and a small-diameter turntable being mounted on the large-diameter turntable at a position offset from the central axi... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6019013 | Machine tool operated by gyroscopic precession A machine tool operated by gyroscopic precession is disclosed. The machine tool is provided with a rotatable member disposed for rotation in a single plane, the member mounted to a base. A gyroscopic mass supported by a gimbal is mounted to the rotatable ... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5875676 | Non colocated rate sensing for control moment gyroscopes A feedback system for use in controlling control moment gyroscopes that are used in positioning a spacecraft where the relative rate of rotation is determined from the difference between the rotation rate of the gimbals of the CMGs and the rotation rate o... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5871249 | Stable positioning system for suspended loads A stable positioning system for a suspended payload. A stabilizer, control unit and positioner are located above a suspended payload. The stabilizer includes a plurality of flywheels within a casing. The axis of rotation of each flywheel is aligned with o... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5868031 | Triaxial gyroscopic stabilizer for movie or television camera A triaxial gyroscopic stabilizer for a movie or television camera has a camera in a cardan suspension unit, two three-stage gyroscopes, controlled linkages for adjusting course, banking and pitch, booster-converters, a set of accelerometers, a pitch angle... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5860317 | Propulsion system A propulsion and positioning system for a vehicle comprises a first gyroscope mounted for precession about an axis remote from the center of said gyroscope. A support structure connects the gyroscope to the vehicle. Gyroscopes are used to cause the first ... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5835193 | Compensation mechanism for the elimination of manual backpan on camera cranes and jib arms A new circuit is connected to the pan servo amplifier 38 of a camera remote pan head 44 for the purpose of eliminating the need for manual backpan. The circuit comprises a tachometer 20 mounted on the pan arm of a camera crane or jib arm 28 and connected ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5751078 | Reactionless, momentum compensated payload positioner A reactionless momentum compensated payload positioner adapted to be mounted on a supporting body for providing momentum compensation of an oscillatory and scanning payload and for suppressing reactions in the supporting body to the torques that occur as ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5655412 | Machine tool free of jerks and vibrations caused by the newtonian reaction forces A prime mover for a rotatable member supported for rotation in a single plane on a stationary base is provided wherein reaction torque applied to the base due to powering such rotation is greatly reduced. At least one gyroscopic mass in a gimbal support i... | 08/12/1997 |
