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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
James R Downer, Canton, MA (US);
David B Eisenhaure, Hull, MA (US);
Richard L Hockney, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Bruce G Johnson, Nahant, MA (US);
Assignee:
SatCon Technology Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ; G01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74-546 ; 74-57 ; 310 905 ;
Abstract
A magnetic rotor suspension system including a magnetic rotor having a spin axis, and a generally spherical housing spaced from the rotor. The system includes means attached to the housing for applying magnetic fields to the rotor to fix its lateral and axial position relative to the housing and to adjust the angular orientation of the spin axis of the rotor relative to the housing.