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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6386886 | Gimbal system A system includes a slip ring plate and a pair of brush assemblies mounted on each side of a housing. The disk-shaped slip ring plate is mounted to a first gimbal member and has a plurality of concentric, truncated circular shaped electrical conductive se... | 05/14/2002 |
| 5752412 | Process for scanning of gyroscopic instrument and a gyroscopic instrument using this process The invention refers to a process for scanning a gyroscopic instrument. The invention is characterised by the collection of gyroscopic data being effected by true angle scanning. In order to apply the process of the invention, a gyroscopic instrument incl... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5719335 | Electrostatic rate gyroscope An acceleration detection gyro apparatus is of the electrostatic supporting type. This gyro apparatus can be made inexpensive, long in life, excellent in durability and can be applied to a wide variety of fields. A gyro rotor (20) is supported relative to... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5561246 | Biaxial rate gyro comprising elastic joint parts A two-axis rate gyro has two articulation elements arranged sequentially. The first articulation element is connected with a drive shaft of the rate gyro and the second articulation element is connected with a gyro rotor. The two articulation elements are... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5559417 | Electronically commutated two-axis gyro control system A two degree of freedom gyroscope having a drive motor (20), with a permanent magnet rotor (22), which includes an optical sensor (11) for providing an X-axis signal and a Y-axis signal which are indicative of the displacement of the actual rotor (22) spi... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5353656 | Electrostatically controlled micromechanical gyroscope An integrated electrostatically-controlled micromechanical gyroscope with a rotor encompassed within a rotor cavity and electrostatically spun within the cavity. The gyroscope includes a plurality of axial electrostatic rotor actuators above and below the... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5256942 | Stabilization system for a freely rotatable platform A stabilization system for space platforms, satellites and the like. One arrangement for demonstration purposes incorporates a frame and a pair of motor/flywheel units which are pivotably mounted to the frame. These units are retained in positions of alig... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5156056 | Gyroscope having a specifically restrained piezoelectric crystal A gyroscope which comprises a gyroscopic element mounted to a base which is mounted coaxially to a spin motor. Preferably at least one hinge is between the gyroscopic element and the base. There is at least one piezoelectric crystal, preferably a bender e... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5105668 | Hydrostatic bearing gyroscope with integral level sensor A gyro having a liquid hydrostatic bearing includes an integral liquid hydrostatic suspended pendulum arrangement which senses the direction of the gravity vector of the gyro housing. The configuration described provides close coupling of the hydrostatica... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5001940 | Gyro for detecting signals along two axes A gyro comprises a support member and a rod member supported by the support member. A vibrator attached to the rod member has two pairs of vibrating members projecting at right angles to the rod member. A driving mechanism is attached to the rod member an... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4916957 | Flexible disc rotor rate gyro A gyroscopic rate sensor has a motor driven shaft on which is mounted a flexible disc rotor enclosed in a gas-filled housing with a rotating rigid plate, also mounted on the shaft, to provide viscous gaseous restraint. A rotating capacitive plate assembly... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4908558 | Spherical motion simulator A flight motion simulator includes a unit under test supported on a stationary frame for angular and translational movement along pitch, roll, and yaw axes. A rotor element is secured to the unit under test and has a spherical configuration. Magnetic bear... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4838099 | Gyrocompass A gyroscope employing a rotor in rolling contact with a ball positioned at the end of a drive shaft, the arrangement establishing a loose fitting ball and socket suspension for the rotor. Contact points of the rotor on the ball establishes the necessary p... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4811613 | Two-axis angular rate gyroscope A two-axis angular rate gyroscopic apparatus is provided having a rotatable dish. The dish has a central hub portion and a plurality of flexible members, each of which extends from the hub portion. The entire disk is electrically conductive and connected ... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4793195 | Vibrating cylinder gyroscope and method The gyroscope includes a symmetric and concentric, freely vibrating cylinder. Electromagnetic forcers are arranged to apply forces on the cylinder to excite the cylinder's lowest order radially oscillating mode. The forcers also steer the resulting nodal ... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4779469 | Power and signal transfer unit A power and signal transfer unit has a stator assembly and a rotor assembly for a control moment gyroscope and for overcoming the problem of electrical noise in a slip ring by using a slip ring having a flexible cable. A stator assembly has a frame member... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4722233 | Gyroscopic device for generating an angle corresponding to magnetic flux changes The disclosure relates to a gyroscope in which an electric signal corresponding to an angle (-, +) between the rotor of the gyroscope and the frame of the rotor is generated. The rotor is provided with one or more permanent magnets. An eleme... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4690007 | Gyroscope A miniature gyroscope having a gas-turbine reaction rotor of dumb-bell form which comprises a pair of masses (62,63) one spaced from the other at opposite ends of a shaft, and an inner gimbal (61) which extends into the space between the two masses and th... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4686404 | Controlled radial magnetic bearing device A controlled radial magnetic bearing device which has an X-axis electromagnet and a Y-axis electromagnet provided on the X-axis and Y-axis perpendicular to each other in a plane normal to the axis of a rotary shaft, X-axis and Y-axis position sensors for ... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4633722 | Gyroscope apparatus A single-axis servoed rate gyroscope has a sealed gimbal assembly that is mounted by bearings for angular displacement about a rotational axis, at right angles to the gyroscope spin axis. The gyroscope torquer comprises a circular, cylindrical coil mounte... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4612819 | Torquer for gyros In a dry tuned gyro, two pairs of coils 44 having ferromagnetic cores 46 are provided as torquers, which act on a ferromagnetic gyro rotor 36. The coils 44 are each angularly offset by 90°. Opposite coils 44 are energized in opposite directions by a dire... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4610172 | Induction feedback stabilized suspension gyroscope A suspension gyroscope has a stator and a rotor rotatably mounted with respect to the stator. The rotor has at least one generally hemispherical portion which is, at least in part, electrically conductive. The rotor may also have disc-like portions which ... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4608874 | Gyroscope apparatus rotating casing for a rotor A gyroscope constructed in accordance with the present invention includes a flywheel (220) which can oscillate with at least two degrees of freedom about a central position in which the flywheel axis is aligned with the axis of a drive shaft (200), the fl... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4587860 | Gyroscope apparatus, in particular a flexibly suspended and electrostatically supported gyro accelerometer A flexibly suspended gyroscope apparatus comprises a fixed body (100), a rotary drive shaft (200) supported in said body, and a flywheel (220) mounted on said drive shaft by a rotary joint (222). The joint serves to retain the flywheel radially and to tra... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4553439 | Apparatus for demodulating gyroscope position information A synchronous demodulator is configured so as to extract gyroscope position nformation in a polar coordinate format and then resolve it into position information in a more useful cartesian coordinate format. The technique involves integration of a gyroscop... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4521854 | Closed loop electrostatic levitation system An electrostatic levitation system is described, which can closely control the position of objects of appreciable size. A plurality of electrodes surround the desired position of an electrostatically charged object, the position of the object is monitored... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4491029 | Position gyroscope The present positional gyroscope is used for stabilizing and steering a fng body, especially a secondary flying body ejected from a primary or carrier flying body which is rotating or rolling about its longitudinal or roll axis. Such gyroscopes are suppo... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4464721 | Digitized pickoff system A digitized pickoff system is provided for sensing displacement of complementary elements of a dual element pickoff assembly in an inertial sensor for use in an inertial navigation system comprising a relaxation oscillator adapted to sequentially select e... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4451990 | Gyrocompass In a gyrocompass in which a gyro is housed in a gyro case with a spin axis arranged substantially horizontal, a container is provided for surrounding the gyro case and for containing a liquid. A suspension wire supports the gyro case within the container ... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4445375 | Tuned coriolis angular rate measuring device A tuned coriolis, angular rate measuring device includes a substantially hollow, generally annular rotor driven by a high-speed, synchronous spin motor. The rotor is made unsymmetrical by mounting within the rotor near its periphey at least a pair of high... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4426889 | Molded inertial sensor Structural elements of an inertial sensor are fabricated from molded plastic materials. The structural elements are characterized by relatively, small cross-section areas, and further incorporate keys and keyways, as well as guide and alignment slots, mol... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4395922 | Gimballed stabilization system with means for suppression of dither characteristics A gimballed platform stabilization system includes at least one outer member, an inner member, and an intermediate inertia bearing member. The intermediate member has limited coaxial angular freedom about an isolation axis with respect to the inner and ou... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4386535 | Resonator restrained gyro A gyro includes a rotatable hub with a flexing member centrally supporting a rotor. The rotor is further supported by a pair of piezoelectric force transducers angularly separated by 90 degrees. The rotor turns with the hub. Oscillators drive the transduc... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4361054 | Hot-wire anemometer gyro pickoff An arrangement of hot-wire anemometers is set partially into the rotor boary layer so that they form two resistors of a wheatstone bridge circuit for each axis. The hot wire resistors change in resistance according to the angular offset from null of the ... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4342226 | Turn indicator for ships or aircraft A turning indicator for indicating the turning direction and the turning speed of course changes of a ship or an aircraft, in which an electromotor is movably mounted between two supports of a carrier. An axle of the carrier is fixedly connected with the ... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4335927 | Multi-circuit rotary electrical conductor assembly A full or partial rotational, substantially zero friction electrical conductor assembly conducts the electrical currents of a large number of electrical circuits between a pair of relatively rotatable members in a minimum axial length. A plurality of conc... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4329884 | Signal processor for a resonator restrained gyro A gyro includes piezoelectric force transducers which are oscillator driven. As the gyro undergoes angular displacement, the oscillators "follow" the instant natural frequency of the transducers and FM signals are generated at the oscillator outputs which... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4320669 | Two degree of freedom gyro having an axial gap permanent magnet motor A two degree of freedom gyro having an axial gap, permanent magnet motor. The gyro motor includes a stator having two sets of series connected coils wound in quadrature. The motor further includes a rotor which is adapted for continuous rotation about a s... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4281555 | Molded inertial sensor Structural elements of an inertial sensor are fabricated from molded plastic materials. The structural elements are characterized by relatively, small cross-section areas, and further incorporate keys and keyways, as well as guide and alignment slots, mol... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4267737 | Dual suspension gyroscopic device having powered gimbal support A dual suspension gyroscopic device includes a gyro having at least a single degree of freedom and defining an output axis, i.e., the sensitive axis of the gyroscopic device. The gyro is supported by a gimbal which in turn is supported in a case for unlim... | 05/19/1981 |
