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Method of and apparatus for detecting angular motion
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1960-01-13
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Granted: 1966-03-22
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Expires: 1980-01-13
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Jr George C Newton
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 14:21
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01C; G01C19/00; G01C19/56; G01C19/5607; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/12; Y10T74/1261
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
156 words
ANGULAR-MOTION DETECTING APPARATUS HAVING, IN COMBINATION, A ROTOR TWO OF THE MOMENTS OF INERTIA OF WHICH ABOUT ITS PRINCIPAL AXES ARE DIFFERENT, CONSTRAINING MEANS CONNECTED WITH THE ROTOR, MEANS FOR PERMITTING ANGULAR MOTION OF THE ROTOR AND ITS CONSTRAINING MEANS WITH RESPECT TO INERTIAL SPACE, THE CONSTRAINING MEANS CONFINING THE MOVEMENT OF MASS ELEMENTS OF THE ROTOR TO PREDETERMINED TRAJECTORIES WITH RESPECT TO THE CONSTRAINING MEANS AT A PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY, WHEREBY A CORIOLIS FORCE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO THE SAID ANGULAR MOTION, THE CONNECTION OF THE SAID CONSTRAINING MEANS WITH THE ROTOR BEING RIGID AT LEAST IN THE DIRECTION OF THE DETECTED CORIOLIS FORCE TO INSURE THE SUBSTANTIAL CONSTANCY OF THE SAID PREDETERMINED TRAJECTORIES DURING ANGULAR MOTION OF THE ROTOR AND ITS CONSTRAINING MEANS, AND MEANS DISPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE ROTOR AND CONTRAINING MEANS AND ADAPTED TO DETECT AN ALTERNATING MOMENT PRODUCED BY SUCH CORIOLIS FORCE OF FREQUENCY DIFFERENT FROM THE SAID PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
156 words
ANGULAR-MOTION DETECTING APPARATUS HAVING, IN COMBINATION, A ROTOR TWO OF THE MOMENTS OF INERTIA OF WHICH ABOUT ITS PRINCIPAL AXES ARE DIFFERENT, CONSTRAINING MEANS CONNECTED WITH THE ROTOR, MEANS FOR PERMITTING ANGULAR MOTION OF THE ROTOR AND ITS CONSTRAINING MEANS WITH RESPECT TO INERTIAL SPACE, THE CONSTRAINING MEANS CONFINING THE MOVEMENT OF MASS ELEMENTS OF THE ROTOR TO PREDETERMINED TRAJECTORIES WITH RESPECT TO THE CONSTRAINING MEANS AT A PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY, WHEREBY A CORIOLIS FORCE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO THE SAID ANGULAR MOTION, THE CONNECTION OF THE SAID CONSTRAINING MEANS WITH THE ROTOR BEING RIGID AT LEAST IN THE DIRECTION OF THE DETECTED CORIOLIS FORCE TO INSURE THE SUBSTANTIAL CONSTANCY OF THE SAID PREDETERMINED TRAJECTORIES DURING ANGULAR MOTION OF THE ROTOR AND ITS CONSTRAINING MEANS, AND MEANS DISPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE ROTOR AND CONTRAINING MEANS AND ADAPTED TO DETECT AN ALTERNATING MOMENT PRODUCED BY SUCH CORIOLIS FORCE OF FREQUENCY DIFFERENT FROM THE SAID PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY.
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