Nutational motion damping means for gyroscopic apparatus
Abstract
Abstract A GYROSCOPE LINKAGE FOR INTERCONNECTING A LOW FRICTION BALANCE OPTICAL DEVICE WITH THE GYROSCOPE HAVING A YIELDABLE INTERCONNECTING ELEMENT CONNECTED TO THE GYROSCOPE AND THE OPTICAL ELEMENT AFFORDING HIGH ENERGY ABSORBING YIELDABILITY DURING TORQUE STRESSES DUE TO ANGULAR VAIRATION TO THE GYROSCOPE WITH RESPECT TO THE OPTICAL DEVICE AND HAVING A SUFFICIENT CONSTRAINING BIAS TO MAINTAIN ON-AXIS REGISTRATION OF THE TWO ELEMENTS USING, FOR EXAMPLE, A CYLINDER CONNECTED TO THE GYROSCOPE AND PISTON CONNECTED TO THE OPTICAL DEVICE IN WHICH THE PISTON IS RECIPROCALLY MOUNTED WITHIN THE CYLINDER, SPRING BIAS IN THE CYLINDER YIELDABLY HOLDING THE PISTON IN A BIASED POSITION, AND A FRICTION PRODUCING FLUID FIELD BETWEEN THE PISTON AND THE CYLINDER TO ABSORB ENERGY DUE TO RECIPROCATING MOTION OF THE PISTON RELATIVE TO THE CYLINDER.
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- 👤 William E Humphrey
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