Electrically-driven gyroscope having housing capable of alternate rotation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11774243-B2
Application number	US-202217723633-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 19, 2022
Priority date	Nov 15, 2021
Publication date	Oct 3, 2023
Grant date	Oct 3, 2023

Abstract

An electrically-driven gyroscope having a housing capable of alternate rotation and a control method thereof, which relate to the field of electrically-driven gyroscopes. The electrically-driven gyroscope includes a rotating housing, an internal rotator, a drive motor composed of an electrical stator part and a rotating part, a drive circuit, and a battery. The internal rotator is mechanically connected to the rotating part of the drive motor, and they can coaxially rotate. The electrical stator part of the motor, the drive circuit, and the battery are mutually electrically connected, and are all connected inside the rotating housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrically-driven gyroscope having a housing capable of alternate rotation, comprising: a rotating housing ( 1 ), an internal rotator ( 2 ), a drive motor composed of an electrical stator part ( 3 ) and a rotating part ( 4 ), a drive circuit ( 5 ), and a battery ( 6 ),
wherein the rotating housing ( 1 ) is controlled to make positive and negative alternate rotations at an average speed of zero;
the internal rotator ( 2 ) is mechanically connected to the rotating part ( 4 ) of the drive motor, and the internal rotator ( 2 ) and the rotating part ( 4 ) rotate with respect to the rotating housing ( 1 ) always in one direction;
the electrical stator part ( 3 ) of the motor, the drive circuit ( 5 ), and the battery ( 6 ) are mutually electrically connected, and are all connected inside the rotating housing ( 1 ); and
the drive circuit ( 5 ) comprises: a rotation speed sensor used for measuring a rotation speed of the rotating housing ( 1 ) with respect to an inertial frame of reference; a motor drive circuit used for performing bidirectional voltage, current and energy interaction with the drive motor; and a control module used for realizing the alternate rotation characteristic of the housing and the rotation characteristic of the internal rotator.

2. The electrically-driven gyroscope having a housing capable of alternate rotation according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical stator part ( 3 ) and the rotating part ( 4 ) of the drive motor are driven by the drive circuit ( 5 ); and the drive motor adopted is one of an inner rotor motor, an outer rotor motor, and an axial motor.

3. The electrically-driven gyroscope having a housing capable of alternate rotation according to claim 1 , wherein alternate rotation of the housing follows a target trajectory; wherein the target trajectory is a trajectory with an average value of zero; and the trajectory is constantly equal to zero, or in the shape of a symmetric triangular wave, a symmetric square wave, or other symmetric or asymmetrical trajectories with an average value of zero.

4. The electrically-driven gyroscope having a housing capable of alternate rotation according to claim 1 , wherein a target value of the rotation speed of the internal rotator ( 2 ) with respect to the rotating housing ( 1 ) is constantly positive or negative during operation when the gyroscope maintains an upright posture, and an absolute value of the target value is always greater than a boundary value, the boundary value is the minimum rotation speed which can keep the whole gyroscope upright.

Assignees

• Univ Southeast

Inventors

• Wang Jiyao
• Xu Wei
• Qin Ling

Classifications

• G01C19/06 Primary

  Rotors · CPC title

• A63H1/00 Primary

  Tops (diabolos or similar thrown and caught spinning tops or throwing and catching devices therefor A63B67/16; flying tops {A63H27/12}) · CPC title

• G01C19/08 Primary

  electrically driven (G01C19/14 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A63H29/22

  Electric drives (power supply through track A63H18/12) · CPC title

• Y02E60/16

  Mechanical energy storage, e.g. flywheels or pressurised fluids · CPC title