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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 1978
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas J Hutchings, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Virgil E Sanders, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Litton Systems, Inc., Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ; G01P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3561 / ; 331 / ;
Abstract
A compact and reliable dithered laser gyro utilizes a rectangular laser path geometry to reduce scattering and thereby improve anti-locking capabilities of the laser gyro. In addition, the rectangular geometry serves to reduce the overall package size of the laser gyro and permits the mounting of the anti-lock mechanical dithering drive mechanism within the laser gyro unit. A counterbalance is also provided to reduce vibration from the unit.