Gimbal system

US8798450B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FLIR Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Christopher J. Aicher · Tigard, US
• Gregory D. Dent · Hillsboro, US
• Bruce Ellison · Lake Oswego, US
• James H. Weaver · West Linn, US
• John Wiltse · Lake Oswego, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 14, 2009
• Grant date: Aug 5, 2014
• Expiry date: Mar 5, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01C21/18
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A gimbal system. The gimbal system may include space-saving features configured to accommodate one or more payload components, thus increasing the payload capacity of the gimbal ball without necessarily increasing the outer dimensions of the gimbal ball. Alternatively, or in addition, the gimbal system may include a motor configured to move at least one gimbal relative to another gimbal about a first axis, with the motor peripherally mounted distal the axis.