Patents Assigned to AERITALIA -Societa Aerospaziale Italiana S.p.A.
  • Patent number: 5066637
    Abstract: A cryogenic gyroscope for detecting the angular velocity of a rigid system without reference to an external inertial system comprises a closed rigid casing made of a sueprconducting material and kept below its critical superconducting temperature, for example, by immersion in a bath of liquid helium. A rotation-detector device is situated within the superconductor casing. This device, which is rigidly supported by the wall of the casing, includes at least one component of ferromagnetic material, constituted by a plurality of ferromagnetic strips intercalated with layers of electrically-insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1991
    Assignee: AERITALIA -Societa Aerospaziale Italiana S.p.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Cerdonio, Stefano Vitale