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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 1984
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas E Flanders, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
33366 ; 3336 / ;
Abstract
An inclinometer has a ferromagnetic ball levitated between pairs of electromagnets. When the inclinometer changes attitude, the ball moves in response to the change in relative gravity direction. Alternating currents are applied to the proper electromagnets and in the magnitudes needed to re-center the ball. The same signals which determine the re-centering currents are the inclinometer outputs.