Patent ID: 6860166

Claim:
A gyroscopic device comprising: a base; a drive gimbal including a substantially planar drive gimbal drive ring coupled to said base; a motor mounted on said base and coupled to said drive gimbal to spin said drive gimbal continuously and completely about a drive gimbal axis; a precession gimbal spinning continuously and completely about a precession gimbal axis substantially perpendicular to the plane of said drive gimbal drive ring; and a gyro simultaneously rotating about said precession gimbal axis and spinning about a moving gyro spin axis in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of said drive gimbal drive ring, the spin of said gyro coupled to and guided by said drive gimbal drive ring such that said gyro is caused to spin when said motor drives said drive gimbal drive ring to spin, the gyro rotation and spin generating a precession force about the drive gimbal axis that is transmitted to said precession gimbal and, in turn, to said base through said drive gimbal and is opposite the direction of the drive gimbal spin when the gyro is guided in a first direction and coincident the direction of the drive gimbal spin when the gyro is guided in a second direction opposite the first direction.