Martin A Moody

US Patent:

7305879, Dec 11, 2007

Filed:

Mar 17, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/377293

Inventors:

Martin Vol Moody - Kensington MD, US
Ho Jung Paik - Silver Spring MD, US

Assignee:

University of Maryland - College Park MD

International Classification:

G01V 7/00
G01P 15/11

US Classification:

73382R, 73382 G, 7351431

Abstract:

A cross-component superconducting gravity gradiometer sensitive to off-diagonal components of the gradient tensor includes, for each gradient axis, a pair of closely matched angular accelerometers coupled by superconducting circuitry, including sensing circuits designed to minimize the sensitivity of the instrument to angular acceleration of the platform at which the angular accelerometers are mounted; and a mode-splitting circuitry designed to reduce a nonlinear coupling of angular acceleration to the output of the gravity gradiometer and to attain the operability of the instrument in a broader range in the frequency domain.

US Patent:

8069725, Dec 6, 2011

Filed:

Oct 23, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/604672

Inventors:

Martin Vol Moody - Kensington MD, US

International Classification:

G01M 1/12

US Classification:

73383

Abstract:

A quadrupole responder for an OQR-type gravity gradiometer comprises a housing, and a mass quadrupole positioned within the housing. The mass quadrupole has a pair of sides, and also has a center of mass between the sides. The quadruple responder further comprises at least two torsion spring flexures. The torsion spring flexures are provided by pins connecting each side of the mass quadrupole to the housing. The torsion spring flexures provide an axis of rotation which passes through the center of mass of the mass quadrupole and through both torsion spring flexures.