Mechanical resonator gyro

摘要

The gyrometer (1) has a number of arms (2) extending in a co-planar fashion from a common element (3). It has means (4) for exciting in a primary mode the arms (2) so as to vibrate perpendicular to the plane of the mechanical resonator. It has means (5) for detecting secondary flexing vibrations generated by Coriolis effect on the arms of the resonator in its plane. A processing means receives output signals from the detectors (5) and which determine as a function of the measurements of components (Omega-x, Omega-y), in the plane of the resonator, the rotation speed (Omega) of the resonator (1). The resonator has at least 6 arms spread like a star in three directions..