Edward D Summers

US Patent:

7295323, Nov 13, 2007

Filed:

Mar 31, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/096322

Inventors:

Andrew W. Kaliszek - Phoenix AZ, US
Edward Summers - Glendale AZ, US
Wesley H. Williams - Phoenix AZ, US

Assignee:

Honeywell International Inc. - Morristown NJ

International Classification:

G01C 19/64

US Classification:

356465

Abstract:

Adhesive system and method are provided for affixing a fiber optic coil to a hub with an adhesive in a fiber optic gyroscope. The adhesive system comprises a fiber optic coil, a substantially cylindrical hub configured to couple with the fiber optic coil, and an array of adhesive dots affixing the fiber optic coil to the substantially cylindrical hub. The method comprises forming an array of adhesive dots on an outer surface of the hub, and affixing the fiber optic coil to the outer surface of the hub via the array of adhesive dots.

US Patent:

7369245, May 6, 2008

Filed:

May 27, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/139348

Inventors:

Michael M. Malkin - Scottsdale AZ, US
Wesley H. Williams - Phoenix AZ, US
Edward Summers - Glendale AZ, US

Assignee:

Honeywell International, Inc. - Morristown NJ

International Classification:

G01C 19/72

US Classification:

356465

Abstract:

A sensing coil assembly and method for attaching a sensing coil to a support structure are provided for a fiber optic gyroscope. The method comprises affixing a first support surface of the support structure to a first mounting surface of the sensing coil via a first preformed adhesive, and affixing a second support surface of the support structure to a second mounting surface of the sensing coil via a second preformed adhesive. The sensing coil assembly comprises a support structure having first and second support surfaces and having a substantially cylindrical hub coupled between the first and second opposing surfaces, an optical fiber coil surrounding at least a portion of the substantially cylindrical hub, and first and second preformed adhesive patterns affixing the optical fiber coil to the first and second opposing surfaces. The first support surface opposes the second support surface.

US Patent:

6211963, Apr 3, 2001

Filed:

Dec 29, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/222466

Inventors:

Andrew W. Kaliszek - Phoenix AZ
Bogdan Szafraniec - Phoenix AZ
Charles H. Lange - Glendale AZ
Edward Summers - Glendale AZ

Assignee:

Honeywell Inc. - Morristown NJ

International Classification:

G01C 1972

US Classification:

356465

Abstract:

A design for an environmentally robust fiber depolarizer for a fiber optic gyroscope is disclosed. The design comprises; substantially a clockwise propagating leg and a counterclockwise propagating leg, distally coupled at opposite ends of a gyroscope sensing coil, said depolarizer fiber leg wound in a that is rotation insensitive pattern and that is also a symmetrical winding pattern. Moreover, axial, radial and embedded sensing coil mounting methods for the fiber depolarizer to reduce the depolarizer sensitivity to thermal variations are also disclosed. Specific attention to the design of the fiber depolarizer of a gyroscope provides enhanced immunity to the stress of environmental variation.