Gyroscopic apparatus
First Claim
1. Gyroscopic apparatus which includes a rotatable shaft, a gimbal attached to the shaft by a flexure suspension allowing limited rotation of the gimbal relative to the shaft about an axis perpendicular to the spin axis of the shaft, a rotor attached to the gimbal by a further flexure suspension allowing limited rotation of the rotor relative to the gimbal about an axis perpendicular to the spin axis of the shaft and to the axis of rotation of the gimbal, and pick-off means rotatable with and spaced from the gimbal and responsive to rotational movements of the gimbal about its axis of suspension to deliver output signals representing the sense and magnitude of such movements.
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Abstract
A free rotor gyroscope has a gimbal supported for limited rotation about a rotatable shaft by a first flexure suspension and a rotor attached to the gimbal by a second flexure suspension. Pickoff means rotate with the gimbal and detect its movements about its axis of suspension.
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8 Claims
- 1. Gyroscopic apparatus which includes a rotatable shaft, a gimbal attached to the shaft by a flexure suspension allowing limited rotation of the gimbal relative to the shaft about an axis perpendicular to the spin axis of the shaft, a rotor attached to the gimbal by a further flexure suspension allowing limited rotation of the rotor relative to the gimbal about an axis perpendicular to the spin axis of the shaft and to the axis of rotation of the gimbal, and pick-off means rotatable with and spaced from the gimbal and responsive to rotational movements of the gimbal about its axis of suspension to deliver output signals representing the sense and magnitude of such movements.
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