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Gyroscopic apparatus

US4217787A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 6, 1977
Grant dateAug 19, 1980
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Expiry dateJun 6, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/1275
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A free rotor gyroscope has a gimbal supported for limited rotation about a rotatable shaft by a first flexure suspension and a rotor attached to the gimbal by a second flexure suspension. Pickoff means rotate with the gimbal and detect its movements about its axis of suspension.

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