ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,193, issued on June 24, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"System and method for balancing a gimbaled system" was invented by Richard A. Perfetta (Black Lick, Ohio) and Craig A. Brunstetter (Heath, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of balancing a gimbaled system having a gimbal operatively connected with a motor configured to control a rotation of the gimbal, wherein the gimbal has predetermined compensation locations thereon. The method includes tumbling the gimbal through a gravity field using the motor, sensing motor control current data from the motor, applying a polynomial fit filter to the motor contro...