Vibration damper assembly for a vibrating structure gyroscope resonator

A vibration damper assembly for a substantially ring like, substantially planar resonator of a Vibrating Structure Gyroscope, including a female portion constructed so as to be attachable to a body of a Vibrating Structure Gyroscope to have limited resiliency with respect to the body in a direction substantially perpendicular to the body, and a male portion fixedly attachable at or adjacent one end thereof to a resonator of the vibrating structure gyroscope, projectable into the female portion, and fixably attachable at or adjacent its other end in and to the female portion, with the assembly being such as to permit, in operation, damping of vibratory movement of the resonator in a direction substantially perpendicularly thereto whilst retaining stiffness and freedom to vibrate for the resonator in the plane thereof.