ANALYTICAL GYRO-COMPASS FOR QUASI-STATIC MEASUREMENTS Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC G01C19/38 

FIELD: instrument making.

SUBSTANCE: gyro-compass includes base, platform installed on the basis with possibility of being turned about the axis perpendicular to the base, and fastening in the specified position, gyroscope and accelerometre, which are fixed on platform, sensitivity axis of accelerometre is perpendicular to rotation axis of platform, information processing unit and platform control unit. Gyroscope is fixed on the platform by means of attachment assembly located above gyroscope gravity centre and including uniaxial suspension or double-axial gimbal suspension. In addition, gyro-compass can be equipped with hollow housing arranged on the base or platform, inside which the gyroscope is fixed so that attachment assembly is located above gyroscope gravity centre.

EFFECT: invention provides stable position of gyroscope so that at the turn of the object the gyroscope is not rotated about its sensitivity axis, which provides the possibility of improving azimuth measurement accuracy.

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