Patent · US Expired

Method of balancing a vibrating rate sensor by removing a portion of the vibrating cylinder

US5445007A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 23, 1993
Grant dateAug 29, 1995
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Expiry dateApr 23, 2013

Classification

  • 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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