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Vibration damper assembly for a vibrating structure gyroscope resonator

US6191521A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 13, 1999
Grant dateFeb 20, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/1257
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A vibration damper assembly for a ring resonator of a vibrating structure gyroscope has a female portion attachable to a body of the gyroscope so as to have limited resiliency with respect to the body in a direction substantially perpendicular to the body. A male portion is fixedly attachable at one end to a resonator of the gyroscope, projectable into the female portion and fixedly attachable at its other end in and to the female portion. The assembly permits damping of vibratory movement of the resonator in a direction substantially perpendicular thereto whilst retaining stiffness and freedom to vibrate for the resonator in the plane thereof.

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