Patents Represented by Attorney L. A. Wright
  • Patent number: 3992955
    Abstract: A caging mechanism for a gyro in which a flat split ring lying in a plane perpendicular to the gyro rotor spin axis is deformable so that its inside diameter is enabled to capture the gyro rotor. A gas activated piston separates tabs formed on the split ring causing it to cage or uncage the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1974
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1976
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventors: John L. Evans, Donald R. Boerner