Stabilising means
AssigneeTechnology Investment Company Pty Ltd
InventorAntony Richard Elms
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AssigneeTechnology Investment Company Pty Ltd
InventorAntony Richard Elms
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A vehicle stabilizing means comprising a cradle (23) supported from a mounting (17) to lie to one side of the mounting, a rotor (19) supported from the cradle between a pair of spaced supports (25) to be rotatably supported by the supports, a drive coupled to the rotor enabling the rotor to rotate at a substantially constant angular velocity, the rotor being rotatable about a first axis, the supports located to the side of the cradle remote from the mounting, the cradle further comprises a base (31) which is rotatably supported from the mounting to be rotatable around a second axis which is perpendicular to the first axis of rotation of the rotor and which intersects the first axis of the rotor, the mounting intended in use to be fixed to the vehicle such that in operation the mean orientation of the first and second axes are substantially perpendicular to the direction of the axis of stabilization.
A gyroscopic vehicle stabilising means comprising a pair of rotors, a pair of cradles, each cradle supported from a mounting such that the cradles are in a generally side by side relationship with respect to each other, each cradle comprising a pair of spaced supports, each rotor only being rotatably supported by the supports of a respective one of the cradles, each rotor being rotatably supported such that the rotor is able to rotate about a first axis of rotation, a respective drive supported from each of the cradles and coupled to a respective one of the rotors so as to the enable each rotor to rotate about its respective first axis of rotation at a substantially constant angular velocity, the rotation of the rotors being in opposite directions, each cradle rotatably supported from the mounting through only a single bearing located to one side of the first axis of rotation of each rotor so that the cradle is rotatable around a second axis of rotation which is perpendicular to the first axis of rotation of the rotor, the mounting intended in use to be fixed to the vehicle such that when the rotors are rotating the mean orientation of the first and second axes are substantially perpendicular to the direction of the axis of stabilisation.
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