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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:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2011
Applicants:
Stanley F. Wyse, Encino, CA (US);
Robert E. Stewart, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stanley F. Wyse, Encino, CA (US);
Robert E. Stewart, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Falls Church, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 19/56 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The method and apparatus in one embodiment may have: providing a two-dimensional oscillator having a beam containing two principal elastic axes and two principal damping axes; driving the beam with drive components to oscillate across corners of the beam at approximately 45 degrees to sides of the beam, the drive components having forcer components that provide drive and pickoff components that provide feedback; and oscillating the beam in a normal mode and a reverse mode.