- Patent Title: System and method of electrostatic carouseling for gyrocompassing
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Application No.: US14954108Application Date: 2015-11-30
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Publication No.: US09879996B2Publication Date: 2018-01-30
- Inventor: Yizhen Lin , Todd Frederick Miller , Sergey Alexandrovich Zotov
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, SC
- Agent Jean K. Testa
- Main IPC: G01C19/56
- IPC: G01C19/56

Abstract:
A system and method for electrostatic carouseling for inertial sensor gyrocompassing is disclosed. For performing such electrostatic carouseling for inertial sensor gyrocompassing, a three-rotational degree of freedom spring-mass system is provided that includes a proof mass suspended by a plurality of support springs and having three rotational degrees of freedom, a plurality of driving electrodes, and a controller operably connected to the plurality of driving electrodes. The control applies an excitation voltage to the driving electrodes to generate an electrostatic force, with the controller selectively applying the excitation voltage to the plurality of driving electrodes to generate an electrostatic force that varies an orientation of a gyroscope sensitivity axis for carouseling of the three-rotational degree of freedom spring-mass system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170153109A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ELECTROSTATIC CAROUSELING FOR GYROCOMPASSING Public/Granted day:2017-06-01
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