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4258577 Gyroscopic apparatus  
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...
4246801 Semi-active laser seeker gyroscope  
A gyro in which an elastomeric material is used as a spherical bearing suce in an air bearing type gyro to sustain 12,500 g set back acceleration level during gun launch and have the capability of...
4199329 Process and apparatus for the removal of vaporized contaminants from closed gas system  
An eliminator of vaporized contaminants from gas in a closed system in which high pressure gas is subjected to a substantially adiabatic expansion with accompanying temperature drop at a point...
4169391 Variable speed transmission  
A gyroscopic type, infinitely variable, fully automatic, mechanical power transmission, speed changer, or torque converter capable of transmitting a wide range of output torques and automatically...
4161889 Gyroscopic power transmission system  
A constant torque power transmission consisting of a rotating mass, or gyroscope, rotating around a first axis and supported by a frame or enclosure in turn pivotally supported about a second axis...
4158261 Gyro compass and directional gyro arrangement  
In a gyro arranged to be mounted in a vehicle and operable selectively as a directional gyro or as a gyro compass, which gyro includes a gyro rotor rotatable about a horizontal spin axis, an inner...
4152942 Inertial platforms  
An inertial platform having four gimbals, an intermediate one of which is capable of only limited movement, has pickoffs and torque motors on each gimbal axis. Part of the intermediate gimbal and...
4150579 Hydraulic torquer device for floated inertial platform  
A fluid floated inertial platform is inertially stabilized by means of a plurality of hydraulic torquers which operate in response to electrical stabilization signals which may be generated in...
4150580 Gyroscopic exerciser  
The following specification describes a rotor and case in a gyroscopic device generally forming a ball-shaped apparatus having an internal circular race. The internal circular race supports the...
4114452 Moving magnet miniature angular rate sensor  
A steering rate sensing device for use in the control of a rotating air frame comprises a base member adapted to be secured to the frame for rotation therewith about its rotary axis, a magnetic...
4114451 Moving coil miniature angular rate sensor  
A steering rate sensing device for rolling air frames includes a base member for attachment to the air frame, a magnetic member fixed to the base member, and a pick up coil pivotally mounted to the...
4095484 Balancing system for rotary element  
A system for balancing a rotary element involving two or more materials of different melting temperatures normally fixed in position relative to the rotary element. Heating of the materials first...
4094200 Method and equipment for making roll and pitch data inputs into a piloting instrument  
In a gyro horizon type of equipment, roll corrections are fed to the aircraft symbol which is a normally fixed display element and pitch correction is introduced on a movable display element or...
4085825 Vibratory system isolation and flexure pivot  
A ring laser gyro body is rotationally dithered about a single cantilevered flexure pivot and its rotational vibration is isolated by a counter-rotating mass driven from the gyro body by a tightly...
4085982 Seal free liquid bearing  
A liquid bearing having general utility but beneficial use in a gyroscope comprising Peltier elements which remove heat from a holder and from the thrust and journal bearing, and a low viscosity...
4068533 ESG Reflected impedance pickoff  
An electrostatic pickoff well suited for use in a two-axis electrostatically-captured rotor rate gyroscope is shown. Displacement currents, which flow between stator electrodes and the V-shaped...
4061043 Electrostatic rate gyroscope  
A two-axis rate gyroscope of the captured type is provided having a cylindrical rotor with one or more inwardly projecting flanges. The rotor is disposed within a sealed toroidal cavity in a rotor...
4030371 Gyroscopic apparatus  
Gyroscopic apparatus in which the rotor is elastically-connected to its drive, whereby deflection of the rotor bends the connection and thus sets up a deflection torque which acts upon the rotor....
4020701 Gyroscopic apparatus  
A floated gyroscope having a float pivoted within a housing for limited rotational movement is provided with a rotational limit control for limiting rotation when the gyroscope is not in use. The...
4019392 Torquing system for stabilizing inertial platforms  
A spherical inertial platform has a plurality of rotary torquer units spaced around the periphery thereof for torquing the platform relative to its housing in response to stabilization signals...
4008623 Gyroscopic instrument  
A gyroscopic instrument which may be a compass includes a hollow sphere enclosing at least one motor-driven gyroscope and floating in an electrically conductive liquid within the inner surface of...
4003265 Mass balancing system for rotatable assemblies  
Disclosed herein is an arrangement for counteracting mass unbalance in a rotatable assembly, such as the rotor assembly of a gyroscope. The invention proposes the use of two coaxially and mutually...
4002078 Dynamically tuned gyroscopes  
A dynamically tuned gyroscope having a single gimbal has torsion flexures with torsional stiffnesses such that, at its tuned speed, the gyroscope is insensitive to angular vibration at a frequency...
3980358 Axial vibration damper for floating bearings  
A floating bearing having a stationary member and an axially translating member including a pair of O-rings which in combination with surfaces of the movable member and the stationary member define...
3945769 Self-oscillating fan  
A fan having a single degree of freedom to torsionally oscillate in a horizontal plane which in one version oscillates about a fixed vertical axis, self-excited by an aerodynamic couple created by...
3885443 Floated gyro with angular inertia compensation  
A single degree of freedom floated gyro in which the floatation fluid is utilized to render the gyro immune to output axis angular acceleration by directing fluid flow under such acceleration...
3844341 ROTATABLE FINNED HEAT TRANSFER DEVICE  
A heat transfer device includes first and second members mounted for contous relative rotation in either of a clockwise or a counterclockwise direction while maintaining substantially equally sized...
3843108 VIBRATION AND SHOCK ISOLATED GYROSCOPE ASSEMBLY  
An assembly in which two rotating members, such as the rotating elements of a flexure supported free rotor gyroscope, are intercoupled in a manner to provide isolation and damping of relative...
3837229 GIMBAL SLIP RING  
A gimbal assembly comprising, an outer gimbal having a longitudinal axis, an inner gimbal pivotally supported by the outer gimbal coaxially therewith, a motor mounted on the inner gimbal with the...
3831454 FLUID ROTOR MOTION SENSOR  
A multipurpose sensing device is disclosed having the sensing capabilities of both a two axis rate gyro and a single axis accelerometer wherein these capabilities are achieved by measuring the...
3827361 SETTABLE PNEUMATIC ALTITUDE DETECTION EQUIPMENT  
A settable pneumatic altitude detection device provides an electrical sig to a missile or projectile for arming and destructing the missile or projectile at preset altitudes. The present...
3822602 AXIALLY ADJUSTABLE GYRO  
A gyroscope rotor is made so that its axial configuration may be simply adjusted by providing a resilient rim having grooves formed in it. Screws around the rim enable the resilient portion to be...
3811493 THERMAL SHIELD  
A thermal shield consisting of a pair of walls forming an enclosed space. A heat exchange fluid is disposed in the space between the walls and is maintained at a working temperature whereby it...
3803924 LIQUID HYDROSTATIC GYRO GIMBAL SUPPORT  
A Liquid Hydrostatic Gyro Gimbal bearing system includes a pump for circulating a liquid, a bellows which allows for thermal expansion of the liquid and a sealed housing containing the gyro float...
3802275 POLARIZED BEARING ASSEMBLY FOR GYRO  
A bearing assembly for use in supporting a gyro rotor in a missile during ight in a missile trajectory. During acceleration, the rear race is supported by a mounting plate. Ball bearings held in a...
3780593 MAGNETIC FLUID HYDRODYNAMIC BEARING  
A pair of stationary soft iron bearings that support the ends of a soft iron shaft each have an annular cavity contiguous with an annular rim. Each shaft end and cavity define a uniform gap that...
3778123 LIQUID BEARING UNIT AND SEAL  
A self-contained, hydrodynamic liquid bearing unit, or cartridge, is provided which has general utility, and which finds particular application in present day gyroscopes. The bearing cartridge of...
3772117 METHOD FOR THE PERMANENT MAKING OF TOOTHED BELTS  
Permanent markings are formed on an elastomeric toothed belt for alignment of the drive system in which the belt is to be used by the application of strips of colored elastomeric material...
3769845 GEAR DRIVE FOR A GYRO CONTROLLED ATTITUDE INDICATOR  
A gyro indicating instrument includes an indicating sphere geared to a gyro through a planetary gear arrangement for being displaced in accordance with the pitch attitude of an aircraft. The gear...
3765250 MULTIPLE ROTATION GYROSCOPE  
In gyroscopic apparatus, A. an inertial element having a first axis of inertial symmetry and a second axis perpendicular to said first axis, B. the moment of inertia of said element with respect to...
3747417 GYROSCOPES INCLUDING GAS LUBRICATED BEARINGS  
A rate gyroscope has a gimbal frame that is divided into two parts that are clamped to opposite ends of the journal assembly of a self-acting gas-lubricated bearing supporting the...
3742769 GYROSCOPE  
A gyroscopic rotor designed to increase the inertia to weight ratio and which may be defined as an inertial rim supported by two thin walled spherical shells. A thin walled hollow cylindrical shaft...
3739480 GYRO COMPASSING APPARATUS AND METHOD  
Gyro compassing apparatus and method for automatically providing a reference position for ground based vehicles. A gyro is displaced about its output axis and said displacement is damped until a...
3727467 SPEED REDUCING BEARING ARRANGEMENT FOR A MECHANICALLY ERECTED VERTICAL GYRO  
A speed reducing bearing arrangement of the type including a dual bearing having a common race and separate complementing races and balls so selected that the contact angle of one complement of...
3727466 GYRO NOISE REDUCTION  
A method and apparatus for reducing output noise from a gyro having a spinning inertial element surrounded by gas. The mass of gas spinning with the rotor is minimized by shrouding the rotor....
3726572 GAS-LUBRICATED BEARINGS  
A gas-lubricated bearing comprises two relatively movable bearing members each of which has a bearing surface opposing the bearing surface of the other with clearance for gas support between them...
3726146 GYROSCOPIC DEVICE  
A rotor is positioned in a support structure which has an internal circular portion provided with an internal groove. The rotor is mounted on a shaft extending diametrically across the circular...
3722295 MULTIPLE ROTATION GYROSCOPE WITH HYDRODYNAMIC SUSPENSION  
A gyroscopic device having an inertial element that is hydrodynamically suspended within a centralized cavity of a gimbal rotating simultaneously about two mutually perpendicular axes in which the...
3719092 END PLATE FOR GYROSCOPE ROTOR  
Support disc or end plate for massive rim of gyroscope rotors that eliminates the cross-coupling effect of radial load causing axial deflection and the resulting change in anti-friction bearing...
3706231 TURBULENCE AND VORTEX SUPPRESSION IN GYROS  
A gyro in which the rotor operates in a fluid medium generally has a non-laminar flow causing gyro drift and hence inaccuracy. Certain inventive features are built into the structure of the tyro...