Machine element or mechanism – Gyroscopes – With rotor drive
Patent
1978-07-24
1981-05-26
Bonck, Rodney H.
Machine element or mechanism
Gyroscopes
With rotor drive
318317, 318318, G01C 1908, H02P 700
Patent
active
042690730
ABSTRACT:
A closed-loop controller for controlling the frequency of the power applied to a gyroscope synchronous motor to rotate the seismic mass (wheel) of the gyro so as to compensate for movement of the gyro case about the spin axis of the gyro is disclosed. The controller includes a sensor for sensing fluctuations in the current drawn by the gyro, said fluctuations being directly related to the fluctuations in the load angle of the gyro caused by movement of the gyro case about the spin axis. The current fluctuations create an analog voltage, which is amplified by several orders of magnitude. The result is used to modulate the frequency of the applied power so as to compensate for the load angle fluctuations caused by case movement about the spin axis. In essence, the controller reduces the frequency of the hunting mode of the gyro to a level below which movement of the gyro case about its spin axis has substantially no undesirable effect. In addition, the controller phase shifts the feedback modulation signal so as to damp hunting excursions at the lower hunting mode frequency. Finally, noise signals, particularly noise signals at the motor excitation frequency, are filtered out to prevent such signals from saturating the feedback electronics.
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Bonck Rodney H.
The Boeing Company
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