Apparatus for compensating inertial effects
Abstract
Abstract APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING THE LIMB OF AN OPERATOR IN A RELATIVELY FIXED POSITION WITH RESPECT TO HIS BODY WHEN HE IS SUBJECT TO AN ACCELERATION FIELD YET ALLOW THE OPERATOR TO MOVE THE LIMB FREELY WITH RESPECT TO HIS BODY. A LEVER ARM MEMBER ADAPTED TO HOLD THE LIMB OF THE OPERATOR IS MOUNTED AT ONE END TO PIVOT ABOUT A PIVOTAL AXIS BY MEANS OF A ROTARY ACTUATOR. THE ROTARY ACTUATOR IS RESPONSIVE TO THE DIFFERENCE OF A SIGNAL REPRESENTING STRAIN PRODUCED IN THE LEVER ARM MEMBER BY THE ACCELERATION OF THE LEVER ARM MEMBER ABOUT THE PIVOTAL AXIS AND A SIGNAL REPRESENTING THE ACCELERATION OF THE PIVOTAL AXIS IN A DIREC- TION PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE LEVER ARM MEMBER AND THE PIVOTAL AXIS. WHEN THE LEVER ARM MEMBER AND THE ACTUATOR ARE SUBJECT TO A COMMON ACCELERATION FIELD THE MEMBER IS MAINTAINED SUBSTANTIALLY STATIONARY WITH RESPECT TO THE POINT AND WHEN A FORCE IS APPLIED TO THE MEMBER TO PIVOT THE MEMBER ABOUT THE POINT, THE ACTUATOR AIDS THE MOVEMENT OF MEMBER IN THE DIRECTION OF THE APPLIED FORCE.
Inventors
- 👤 Donald A Kugath
- 👤 Ralph S Mosher
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