Abstract: A stabilized antenna system is disclosed. The stabilized antenna platform includes an acceleration displaceable mass which compensates for linear acceleration forces to inhibit tipping of the antenna platform. The stabilized antenna system may include in combination a gimbal mounting and one or more gyros.
Abstract: An interconnect system from a combination gyro and pendulum weight passive stabilization system unit and an equipment platform, such as an antenna platform, whereby the platform is position stabilized in pitch and roll as controlled by the passive stabilization system unit. The interconnect system may take the form of a selsyn system used with a generator and a motor interconnected by multiple wire circuitry to permit location of a passive stabilization system unit at an ideal location in an ocean-going ship, such as in the epicenter region of the ship, with minimized pitch and roll acceleration forces, and with the antenna platform stabilized thereby ideally located for antenna purposes as much as hundreds of feet away from the passive stabilization system unit.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 22, 1980
Date of Patent:
February 21, 1984
Assignee:
Tracor BEI, Inc.
Inventors:
Dorsey T. Smith, Albert H. Bieser, Warren H. Kintzinger