Force balanced piezoelectric vibratory rate sensor
US4264838A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 1, 1979 |
| Grant date | Apr 28, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01P15/133
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention is an inertial rate of turn sensor of the vibratory type employing force feed back techniques for maintaining the free end of a cantilever in a nulled lineal path, constant with respect to the casing of the instrument. The current required to maintain the constant lineal path is then a measure of the amplitude of the rate of turn of the case and the phase sense of that current defines the sense of rotation of the case and therefor of the craft.
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