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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2009
Applicant:
Meng Gao, Shanghai, CN;
Inventor:
Meng Gao, Shanghai, CN;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 1/00 (2006.01); G01C 15/10 (2006.01); F41G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An azimuth angle measurement system includes a rotatable ring, a wire coupled at a first end to the ring, a length measurement device configured to measure a length of a portion of the wire that extends from the ring, and a control system configured to determine an azimuth angle based on the length of the portion of the wire extending from the ring.