Gimbal systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture and associated methods

US11643943B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Brandon Stephen Good · Niskayuna, US
• Younkoo Jeong · Clifton Park, US
• Guanghua Wang · Clifton Park, US
• Bijan Chitsaz · Springboro, US
• Gyeong Woo Cheon · Niskayuna, US
• Bernard Patrick Bewlay · Niskayuna, US
• Alberto Santamaria-Pang · Guilderland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 30, 2021
• Grant date: May 9, 2023
• Expiry date: Nov 30, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01J2005/0077
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Improved gimbal systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture and associated methods are disclosed. Examples include a panel including a window, the window to define an aperture for a sensor; a platform to mount the sensor, the platform including a first pinion; a first stepper motor to move the first pinion about a first arched rack; a gimbal body including the first arched rack and a second pinion; and a second stepper motor to move the second pinion about a second arched rack, the second arched rack positioned orthogonally to the first arched rack.