Patent ID: 11879735
Assignee: UTI INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A gyroscope comprising:
three assemblies for determining directions of forces applied to said gyroscope, each assembly being configured to determine forces applied relative to a specific plane;, wherein
each assembly comprises:
a planar platform comprising at least one torus-shaped, liquid filled channel containing at least one marker, said at least one marker being displaced from its resting position by forces applied to said platform;
a marker tracking subsystem for determining an amount of displacement of said at least one marker from its resting position whenever said at least one marker is displaced by said forces;

wherein
said at least one marker is neutrally buoyant in said liquid filling said channel;
a plane for each platform is orthogonal to planes for other platforms in its respective assembly;

and wherein, for at least one of said three assemblies, said at least one channel comprises at least two concentric torus-shaped channels having a common center, each of said at least two channels and their respective markers having different sensitivities to external forces than other channels in said at least one of three assemblies.