Patents by Inventor James J. Imbault

James J. Imbault has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Inertial instrument with cup-shaped inertial mass
    Patent number: 4397185
    Abstract: An inertial instruments uses a suspension structure that is exterior to and surrounds a cup shaped inertial mass which carries torquing magnets within the cup. Torquer coils are also located within the cup. In a preferred embodiment, axially magnetized disc magnets within the cup cooperate with toroidal torquer coils. In other embodiments segmented or bar magnets are used. The instrument can be used either as a gyroscope by coupling the suspension to a rotor, or as an accelerometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1983
    Assignee: Incosym, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. G. Craig, James J. Imbault, John E. Fitzgerald