US 11,698,255 B2
Gyroscope, support device, anti-roll stabilizer, vessel, use of a gyroscope, and method of servicing or maintaining a gyroscope
Paolo Salutari, La Spezia (IT)
Assigned to Smartgyro S.R.L., La Spezia (IT)
Filed by Smartgyro S.R.L., La Spezia (IT)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/868,297.
Application 17/868,297 is a continuation of application No. 17/250,078, granted, now 11,428,530, previously published as PCT/EP2019/063375, filed on May 23, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 102018000005683 (IT), filed on May 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0349711 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01C 19/16 (2006.01); B63B 39/04 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 19/16 (2013.01) [B63B 39/04 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support device for a gyroscope for an anti-roll stabilizer for seacraft, said support device comprising:
a first element removably connected to an end of a shaft of a flywheel of the gyroscope; and
a second element, coaxial to said first element, removably connected to a container of the gyroscope,
wherein said first element is rotatable with respect to said second element, wherein said first and second elements of said support device are connected one to the other by at least one rolling bearing, said at least one rolling bearing being formed as at least one ball bearing; and
wherein the first element comprises a first bush for accommodating the end of the shaft of the gyroscope, said first bush being coupled with interference with said at least one rolling bearing.