Patents by Inventor Virgil O. Bennett

Virgil O. Bennett 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).

  • Isolation flexure for gyroscopes
    Patent number: 4242917
    Abstract: An illustrative embodiment of the invention provides an isolation flexure assembly for the control moment gyroscope of a spacecraft attitude control system for attenuation of vibratory disturbances therein, due to rotor static and dynamic unbalance and spin bearing radial forces. The isolation flexure assembly isolates the rotor, the main generator of the vibratory disturbances, from the spacecraft permitting ultraprecise pointing or precision torquing of the spacecraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1981
    Assignee: Sperry Corporation
    Inventors: Virgil O. Bennett, George W. Wilson