Patents by Inventor Christopher Michael DiBiasio

Christopher Michael DiBiasio 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).

  • Modal decoupling via flexure-based transmissions as applied to a micromachined tuning fork gyroscope
    Patent number: 9546868
    Abstract: A gyroscope includes a first mass, a second mass, and a drive structure configured to drive each of the first mass and the second mass in a drive mode. The drive structure includes a first portion and a second portion, with the first portion being configured to drive the first mass in a direction along a drive axis and the second portion being configured to drive the second mass in a direction opposite to the first mass along the drive axis. The gyroscope further includes a sense structure configured to sense motion of each of the first mass and the second mass in a sense mode along a direction substantially perpendicular to the drive axis, and a plurality of flexures configured to couple the first portion to the second portion and further configured to decouple the drive mode and the sense mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignees: THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Christopher Michael DiBiasio, Martin Luther Culpepper, Marcel Thomas, Robert Matthew Panas
  • MODAL DECOUPLING VIA FLEXURE-BASED TRANSMISSIONS AS APPLIED TO A MICROMACHINED TUNING FORK GYROSCOPE
    Publication number: 20150168145
    Abstract: A gyroscope includes a first mass, a second mass, and a drive structure configured to drive each of the first mass and the second mass in a drive mode. The drive structure includes a first portion and a second portion, with the first portion being configured to drive the first mass in a direction along a drive axis and the second portion being configured to drive the second mass in a direction opposite to the first mass along the drive axis. The gyroscope further includes a sense structure configured to sense motion of each of the first mass and the second mass in a sense mode along a direction substantially perpendicular to the drive axis, and a plurality of flexures configured to couple the first portion to the second portion and further configured to decouple the drive mode and the sense mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher Michael DiBiasio, Martin Luther Culpepper, Marcel Thomas, Robert Matthew Panas