Patents by Inventor Colbert M. McMahon

Colbert M. McMahon 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).

  • Gyroscope
    Patent number: 4690007
    Abstract: A miniature gyroscope having a gas-turbine reaction rotor of dumb-bell form which comprises a pair of masses (62,63) one spaced from the other at opposite ends of a shaft, and an inner gimbal (61) which extends into the space between the two masses and there provides a rotational mounting for the rotor, and means (42) for feeding to the rotor, through the space between the pair of rotor masses, gas to be discharged from the rotor to cause it to spin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1987
    Assignee: Short Brothers PLC
    Inventors: John A. G. Moles, Colbert M. McMahon