Gyroscopic apparatus
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1. Gyroscopic apparatus including:
- a drive member, adapted to rotate about a drive axis;
a sensitive element attached to said drive member,said sensitive element comprising a sprung mass system including spring members and having its centre of mass offset from said drive axis, said spring members extending away from the points of said attachment of said sprung mass system to said drive member in directions having a radially-inwards component relative to said drive axis and being free to permit vibration of said element in a direction parallel to said drive axis, andmeans to detect said vibration and convert it to gyroscopically-useful signals.
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Abstract
A gyroscope in which sprung elements are supported in cantilever fashion from a rotor and extend in a generally inward direction towards the rotor axis. The centers of mass of the elements are out of alignment with the rotor axis and the elements are free to vibrate in directions parallel to that axis. The output of the gyroscope is derived from detection of these vibrations.
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1. Gyroscopic apparatus including:
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a drive member, adapted to rotate about a drive axis; a sensitive element attached to said drive member, said sensitive element comprising a sprung mass system including spring members and having its centre of mass offset from said drive axis, said spring members extending away from the points of said attachment of said sprung mass system to said drive member in directions having a radially-inwards component relative to said drive axis and being free to permit vibration of said element in a direction parallel to said drive axis, and means to detect said vibration and convert it to gyroscopically-useful signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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