Shaftless gyrostabilizer
    1.
    发明授权
    Shaftless gyrostabilizer 失效
    无轴陀螺稳定器

    公开(公告)号:US06568291B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-05-27

    申请号:US09680495

    申请日:2000-10-05

    申请人: William E. Inman

    发明人: William E. Inman

    IPC分类号: G01C1902

    摘要: A gyrostabilizer without a physical shaft or axle is constructed. The stabilizer has dual counter-revolving concentric rings filled with weights such as spherical balls that are propelled in orbital fashion by fluid pressure or electromagnet propulsion. The diameter of the concentric ring can vary from a few inches to more than ten (10) feet. Without an axle or shaft the weight of the gyrostabilizer is shifted to the perimeter where most of the momentum is generated at a fraction of the weight of gyrostabilizers that spin on an axle. Also without an axle or shaft the space between the center of revolution and the revolving balls is usable or void. When properly mounted in a vehicle or structure unsteadiness such as tremors, vibrations, sway, pitch, roll, yaw can be dampened.

    摘要翻译: 没有物理轴或轴的陀螺稳定器被构造。 稳定器具有双重反向旋转的同心环,其中装有诸如通过流体压力或电磁推进以轨道方式推进的球形球的重量。 同心环的直径可以从几英寸到十(10)英尺不等。 在没有轴或轴的情况下,陀螺稳定器的重量被转移到周边,其中大部分动量是在旋转轴上的陀螺仪的重量的一部分产生的。 也没有轴或轴,旋转中心和旋转球之间的空间可用或无效。 当正确地安装在车辆或结构中时,诸如震颤,振动,摇摆,俯仰,滚动,偏航的不稳定性可以被抑制。

    Floated gimbal optical platform
    2.
    发明授权
    Floated gimbal optical platform 有权
    浮动云台光学平台

    公开(公告)号:US6145393A

    公开(公告)日:2000-11-14

    申请号:US433345

    申请日:1999-11-04

    申请人: Dino Canton

    发明人: Dino Canton

    摘要: The invention is a floated gimbal instrument platform that provides a stable optical path for optical instruments. The instrument platform has an outer vessel with a transparent viewing port, an inner vessel also with a transparent viewing port, a transparent suspending fluid filling the outer vessel and in which the inner vessel floats in neutral buoyancy, an optical instrument secured inside the inner vessel, spacing studs which centrally position the inner vessel within the outer vessel, and jets which align the second viewing port with the first viewing port, the jets being used to rotate the inner vessel in the suspending fluid. Any misalignment between the viewing ports can be compensated by rotating the inner vessel and any translational forces applied to the platform is dampened by the fluid, thereby eliminating jitter.

    摘要翻译: 本发明是提供光学仪器的稳定光路的浮动万向节仪器平台。 仪器平台具有外部容器,其具有透明观察口,内部容器也具有透明观察口,透明悬浮液填充外部容器,内部容器以中性浮力浮动,固定在内部容器内的光学仪器 将内部容器中心定位在外部容器内的间隔螺柱以及将第二观察口与第一观察口对准的射流,所述射流用于使内部容器在悬浮液中旋转。 可以通过旋转内部容器来补偿观察端口之间的任何不对准,并且施加到平台的任何平移力被流体阻尼,从而消除抖动。

    Agitator powered by electric motor having a spherical rotor
    3.
    发明授权
    Agitator powered by electric motor having a spherical rotor 失效
    搅拌机由具有球形转子的电动机驱动

    公开(公告)号:US5542762A

    公开(公告)日:1996-08-06

    申请号:US357023

    申请日:1994-12-15

    摘要: An agitator includes a multi-freedom electric motor having a broad operational range. The electric motor includes a spherical rotor, a plurality of magnets disposed on an outer surface of the rotor with polarities of the respective adjacent magnetic poles being different from one another, a stator provided along the outer surface of the rotor, and a plurality of magnets opposed to the magnets disposed on an inner surface of the stator. The rotor is supported by a spherical bearing provided on the stator. Either the magnets on the rotor or the magnets on the stator are electromagnets. Electric currents are supplied to the electromagnets as controlled by a controller. In one form of the agitator, the electric motor is disposed at the bottom of a container and the bottom end of a screw is connected to the spherical rotor of the motor. The top end of the screw is supported by an arm pivotably mounted to the container. In this way, the motor can rotate the screw about its own axis and revolve the screw around the container. In another form of the agitator, agitating elements are fixed to the rotor itself, and these agitating elements are moved to agitate material charged into the agitator.

    摘要翻译: 搅拌器包括具有广泛工作范围的多自由度电动机。 电动机包括球形转子,设置在转子的外表面上的多个磁体,各相邻磁极的极性彼此不同,沿着转子的外表面设置的定子和多个磁体 与设置在定子的内表面上的磁体相对。 转子由设置在定子上的球面轴承支撑。 转子上的磁体或定子上的磁体都是电磁体。 电流由控制器控制供给电磁铁。 在一种形式的搅拌器中,电动机设置在容器的底部,螺钉的底端连接到电动机的球形转子。 螺杆的顶端由可枢转地安装到容器上的臂支撑。 以这种方式,马达可以围绕其自身的轴线旋转螺钉并围绕容器旋转螺钉。 在搅拌器的另​​一种形式中,搅拌元件固定在转子本身上,并且这些搅拌元件被移动以搅拌装入搅拌器中的材料。

    Electric motor having a spherical rotor and its application apparatus
    4.
    发明授权
    Electric motor having a spherical rotor and its application apparatus 失效
    具有球形转子的电动机及其应用装置

    公开(公告)号:US5413010A

    公开(公告)日:1995-05-09

    申请号:US922836

    申请日:1992-07-31

    摘要: A multi-freedom electric motor has a broad operational range and a wide space for accommodating an article. The electric motor includes a spherical rotor, a plurality of magnets disposed on an outer surface of the rotor with polarities of the respective adjacent magnetic poles being different from one another, a stator provided along the outer surface of the rotor, and a plurality of magnets opposed to the magnets disposed on an inner surface of the stator. The rotor is supported by a spherical bearing provided on the stator. Either the magnets on the rotor or the magnets on the stator are electromagnets. Electric current are supplied to the electromagnets as controlled by a controller. The multi-freedom electric motor can be employed in a space stabilizer for maintaining the spherical attitude of an article, a control moment gyro for performing an attitude control in space, and an agitating apparatus.

    摘要翻译: 多自由度电动机具有广泛的操作范围和用于容纳物品的宽广空间。 电动机包括球形转子,设置在转子的外表面上的多个磁体,各相邻磁极的极性彼此不同,沿着转子的外表面设置的定子和多个磁体 与设置在定子的内表面上的磁体相对。 转子由设置在定子上的球面轴承支撑。 转子上的磁体或定子上的磁体都是电磁体。 电流由控制器控制供给电磁铁。 多自由度电动机可以用于用于保持物品的球形姿态的空间稳定器,用于在空间中执行姿态控制的控制力矩陀螺仪和搅拌装置。

    Direct torque control moment gyroscope
    5.
    发明授权
    Direct torque control moment gyroscope 失效
    直接转矩控制力矩陀螺仪

    公开(公告)号:US5386738A

    公开(公告)日:1995-02-07

    申请号:US995477

    申请日:1992-12-22

    摘要: A control moment gyroscope for providing directional control in a spacecraft. The control moment gyroscope has a rotor which is electrostatically or magnetically supported within a gimbal housing so as not to touch any of the interior surfaces of the housing. The housing is mounted on a gimbal support which in turn is mounted on the spacecraft. Connected to the gimbal housing is a torque motor which rotates the housing around a gimbal axis. In order to induce a direction changing torque on the spacecraft, the rotor is first spun about its rotor axis. A torque is then induced on the rotor about the output axis. This induced torque will cause the rotor to precess about the gimbal axis which the torque motor follow. The torque induced around the output axis is transferred directly to the spacecraft.

    摘要翻译: 用于在航天器中提供方向控制的控制力矩陀螺仪。 控制力矩陀螺仪具有静电或磁力支撑在万向架壳体内的转子,以便不接触壳体的任何内表面。 外壳安装在万向支架上,万向支架又安装在航天器上。 连接到万向节壳体的是扭矩电机,其使壳体围绕万向轴旋转。 为了引起航天器上的方向改变扭矩,转子首先围绕其转子轴线旋转。 然后在转子上围绕输出轴线产生转矩。 这种引起的扭矩将导致转子绕转矩马达跟随的万向轴方向前进。 输出轴周围产生的转矩直接转移到航天器。

    Polar loop implementation for a two degree of freedom gyro
    6.
    发明授权
    Polar loop implementation for a two degree of freedom gyro 失效
    极地环路实现了一个两自由度的陀螺仪

    公开(公告)号:US5321986A

    公开(公告)日:1994-06-21

    申请号:US933277

    申请日:1992-08-21

    IPC分类号: G01C19/30 G01C19/28

    摘要: A two degree of freedom gyroscope having a drive motor (20), with a permanent magnet rotor (22), which comprises a sensing coil (32) looped around the permanent magnet rotor (22) and disposed in a plane orthogonal to a null spin axis, a torquer coil looped around the permanent magnet rotor (22) and disposed in a plane orthogonal to the null spin axis, and torque drive elements (62, 64, 65) responsive to the signal induced in the sensing coil (32) when the actual rotor (22) spin axis is displaced from the null spin axis (28) for providing current to said torquer coil (34) to urge the axes to coincide. Demodulators (70, 72) can be provided for providing output information in an X-Y coordinate format which is indicative of the actual input angular rates about corresponding axes.

    摘要翻译: 一种具有驱动马达(20)的两自由度陀螺仪,其具有永磁转子(22),该永磁转子包括围绕永磁转子(22)环绕并且设置在与零旋转正交的平面中的感测线圈(32) 围绕永磁转子(22)环绕并设置在与零自旋轴正交的平面中的扭矩线圈和响应于感测线圈(32)中感应的信号的扭矩驱动元件(62,64,65) 实际的转子(22)旋转轴线与零点自旋轴线(28)位移,用于向所述绞盘线圈(34)提供电流以促使轴线重合。 可以提供解调器(70,72)以提供X-Y坐标格式的输出信息,其表示关于相应轴的实际输入角速率。

    Dynamically tuned gyro
    7.
    发明授权
    Dynamically tuned gyro 失效
    动态调整陀螺仪

    公开(公告)号:US5105669A

    公开(公告)日:1992-04-21

    申请号:US658092

    申请日:1991-02-20

    申请人: Josef P. Gruber

    发明人: Josef P. Gruber

    IPC分类号: G01C19/30

    摘要: With an electrically caged, dynamically tuned gyro, the torquers (34, 36) contain two annular discs (58, 60) which extend out radially and are attached to the gyro rotor (18). The annulalr discs (58, 60) are axially magnetized and an air gap (66) is formed therein between. The torquers (34, 36) fcurthermore contain flat coils (68, 70; 72, 74) which are radially arranged and partially extend out into the air gap (66).

    摘要翻译: 使用电笼式动态调谐的陀螺仪,所述托架(34,36)包含两个径向延伸并连接到所述陀螺转子(18)的环形盘(58,60)。 环形盘(58,60)被轴向磁化,并且在其间形成气隙(66)。 螺杆(34,36)还包括径向布置并部分延伸到气隙(66)中的扁平线圈(68,70,62,74)。

    Gyroscope system
    9.
    发明授权
    Gyroscope system 失效
    陀螺仪系统

    公开(公告)号:US4993274A

    公开(公告)日:1991-02-19

    申请号:US305760

    申请日:1989-02-03

    申请人: Geoffrey Downton

    发明人: Geoffrey Downton

    IPC分类号: G01C19/30 G01C19/42 G01C21/16

    摘要: A gyroscope system comprises a dual-axis rate gyroscope (1) including angle pick-offs and rotor torque applying device (5), and a control circuit (3) arranged to supply a control signal to the rotor torque applying device (5) in accordance with the output angle sensed by the angle pick-offs. The system further comprises an angular acceleration sensor (2) which is independent of the dual-axis rate gyroscope and is arranged to output a signal to the control circuit (3). The signal modifies in accordance with the sensed angular acceleration the control signal supplied to the torque applying device (5). Preferably the angular acceleration sensor (2) forms part of a guidance system independent of the dual-axis rate gyroscope (1).

    Apparatus and method for reducing gyro activation time
    10.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for reducing gyro activation time 失效
    减少陀螺仪激活时间的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US4648284A

    公开(公告)日:1987-03-10

    申请号:US617228

    申请日:1984-06-04

    IPC分类号: G01C19/16 G01C19/20 G01C19/24

    摘要: The apparatus and method for reducing gyro activation time is to be used with a gyroscope including a float floated within an outer case. An electromagnetic suspension is provided for maintaining the float at an equilibrium position within the outer case. In accordance with the present invention, the centering force is increased and the activation time decreased by selectively disabling one of the electromagnets in the suspension.

    摘要翻译: 用于减少陀螺仪激活时间的装置和方法将与包括漂浮在外壳内的浮子的陀螺仪一起使用。 提供电磁悬浮以将浮子保持在外壳内的平衡位置。 根据本发明,通过选择性地禁用悬架中的一个电磁体,定心力增加并且激活时间减少。