Patent ID: 7249531
Filing Date: 2007-07-31
Classification: B64G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A gyroscopic actuator comprising a wheel support structure mounted on a plinth by means for making it possible to rotate said structure about a first axis and carrying a wheel having a spinner and equipped with means for making it possible to drive said spinner at high speed about a second axis orthogonal to said first axis, wherein said support structure comprises a tubular piece rotating about said first axis on said plinth and a single flange located on only one side of said wheel and fixed on the one hand to said wheel and on the other hand to said tubular piece, said wheel having no corresponding flange on an opposite side of said wheel from said one side and being cantilevered by said single flange, said wheel having a diameter and a location of fixing said wheel to said flange which are proportioned in such a way that said wheel penetrates into said tubular piece along said first axis.