Machine element or mechanism – Gyroscopes – Gyroscope control
Patent
1992-08-18
1994-10-11
Bonck, Rodney H.
Machine element or mechanism
Gyroscopes
Gyroscope control
74 56D, 74 57, G01C 1924
Patent
active
053536568
ABSTRACT:
An integrated electrostatically-controlled micromechanical gyroscope with a rotor encompassed within a rotor cavity and electrostatically spun within the cavity. The gyroscope includes a plurality of axial electrostatic rotor actuators above and below the rotor for controlling the axial and tilt position of the rotor within the cavity, and a plurality of radial electrostatic actuators spaced circumferentially around the rotor for controlling the radial and tilt position of the rotor within the cavity. The position of the rotor within the cavity is then resolved to determine the external forces acting on the rotor.
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Hawkey Timothy
Johnson Bruce
Torti Richard
Bonck Rodney H.
Iandiorio Joseph S.
SatCon Technology Corporation
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