US 12,146,442 B2
Dual-purpose control moment gyroscope for vehicle control
Timothy Hindle, Glendale, AZ (US); and Toren Davis, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Assigned to HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/805,163.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/273,059, filed on Oct. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0139984 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. F02C 7/32 (2006.01); B60K 5/12 (2006.01); B64D 41/00 (2006.01); F02C 7/042 (2006.01)
CPC F02C 7/32 (2013.01) [B60K 5/1283 (2013.01); B64D 41/00 (2013.01); F02C 7/042 (2013.01); B64D 2041/002 (2013.01); F05D 2220/50 (2013.01); F05D 2220/76 (2013.01); F05D 2270/12 (2013.01); F05D 2270/304 (2013.01); F05D 2270/807 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle body;
a vehicle power source including a housing and a power generator, the housing rotationally mounted on the vehicle body and configured to rotate, relative to the vehicle body, about a first rotational axis, the power generator rotationally mounted within the housing and configured to rotate about a second rotational axis and generate power, wherein the first rotational axis and the second rotational axis are orthogonally disposed;
a controller configured to receive data, generate actuator commands to control a gyroscopic torque supplied to the vehicle body based on the received data, and supply the actuator commands; and
an actuator coupled to the housing and coupled to receive the actuator commands from the controller, the actuator configured, in response to the actuator commands, to rotate the housing about the first rotational axis and over an entire angular range of motion from +175 degrees to −175 degrees.
 
9. A vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle body;
a vehicle power source including a housing and a power generator, the housing including an inlet and an outlet, the housing rotationally mounted on the vehicle body and configured to rotate, relative to the vehicle body, about a first rotational axis, the power generator rotationally mounted within the housing and configured to rotate about a second rotational axis and generate power, wherein the first rotational axis and the second rotational axis are orthogonally disposed;
a first flexible duct coupled to the inlet;
a second flexible duct coupled to the outlet;
a controller configured to receive data, generate actuator commands to control a gyroscopic torque supplied to the vehicle body based on the data, and supply the actuator commands; and
an actuator coupled to the housing and further coupled to receive the actuator commands from the controller, wherein the actuator is configured, in response to the actuator commands, to rotate the housing about the first rotational axis and over an entire angular range of motion from +175 degrees to −175 degrees.