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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Inventors:
William A. Welsh, North Haven, CT (US);
Yuriy Gmirya, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Assignee:
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/00 (2006.01); F16F 1/00 (2006.01); F16F 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/001 (2013.01); F16F 1/00 (2013.01); F16F 15/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vibration control assembly for an aircraft including a housing operatively coupled to the aircraft. Also included is a cage disposed within an interior region of the housing, the cage rotatable within the housing about a first axis. Further included is a gyroscope wheel disposed within the cage and rotatable about a second axis other than the first axis, wherein a controllable moment is imposed on the aircraft upon rotation of the gyroscope wheel to counter vibratory moments produced by the vehicle.