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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:
May. 12, 1981
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alan P Liebing, West Linton, GB;
Assignee:
Ferranti Limited, Cheadle, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ; G01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74-51 ; 74 / ; 74-55 ; 74-58 ;
Abstract
Gyroscopic apparatus comprises a gyroscopic device having two mutually perpendicular sensitive axes. The device is suspended in a two-axis gimbal system by means of cross-spring pivots of zero stiffeners. The gimbal system is further supported by a subsidiary suspension about two horizontal axes, and the subsidiary suspension carries damping means to damp movements of the gimbal system.