Combined Patents (Class 74/5.22)
  • Patent number: 6301982
    Abstract: A housed gyro-sensor 31 is housed in a rotation plate 33. The gyro-sensor 31 is mounted so that a rotation operation is enabled in a pitch axis direction about an axis in a mounting hole 24 formed on a housing of an inner face of the car navigation system 21. In this way, as shown in FIG. 8, even when the main body of the car navigation system 21 is not housed horizontally with respect to the vehicle, it is possible to regulate the mounting angle of the housed gyro sensor 31 in a horizontal direction by rotating the rotation plate 33. In order to realize how many times the rotation plate 33 needs to be rotated, standards for angle settings may be provided by directly printing the name of the vehicle type on an outer face of the rotation plate 33 or by printing the major angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Kubo, Kazunari Yamakado, Yasushi Takahashi, Hiroaki Sugino
  • Patent number: 6276985
    Abstract: A gyroscopic motion device constructed for relative motion over an external support structure. The device includes a frame structure configured to support a pair of spaced apart gyroscopes. The device also includes a substructure operatively interposed the pair of gyroscopes which initiates a precessing effect, which results in a change in the angular disposition of the axes of rotation of the gyroscopes to cause the device to move relative to the external support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Inventor: Howard M. Kober