Method of balancing a vibrating rate sensor by removing a portion of the vibrating cylinder
US5445007A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 23, 1993 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 23, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01C19/5691
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A vibrating cylindrical rate sensor (10) is mechanically balanced and mode aligned with respect to the vibrating portion of the sensor (10) by removing material from a vibrating portion of the vibrating cylinder (34) after the drive and pick-off transducers (30, 32, 30a, 18, 20) are fixed to the vibrating portion of the vibrating cylinder (34) of the cylindrical rate sensor (10).
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