Inertial measurement unit apparatus for use with guidance systems

US8957355B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Angelo Truncale · Lake Forest, US
• James K. Gingrich · Newark, US
• Stephen T. Butscher · Tecate Mission Road, US
• Joseph E. Justin · Corona, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 20, 2012
• Grant date: Feb 17, 2015
• Expiry date: Mar 23, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/12
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Inertial measurement unit apparatus for use with guidance systems are disclosed herein. An example guidance system includes an inertial measurement unit removably coupled in a cavity of a guidance wafer via an access port of the guidance wafer defining a port axis that is non-parallel relative to a longitudinal axis of the guidance wafer.