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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. 30, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dennis W Smith, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell Inc., , DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74-51 ; 310 905 ;
Abstract
A control moment gyroscope including a rotor extending along a rotor axis. The rotor includes a first and second rotor end. A gimbal housing includes a magnetic suspension system for magnetically suspending the rotor within the gimbal housing to allow rotation of the rotor about the rotor axis. A first and second conical clutch positioned adjacent to the first and second rotor end, respectively, and connected to the gimbal housing couples the rotor to the gimbal housing if the magnetic suspension system is inoperative. The gyroscope also includes an apparatus for forcing the first and second clutches to couple the rotor to the gimbal housing.