Sperry Gyroscope
Sperry Gyroscope was an aircraft company specializing in gyroscopes. Its founder was Elmer Ambrose Sperry, with son Lawrence Burst Sperry also involved.
"The Sperrys, after gaining world-wide fame in making scientific instruments for ships, undertook to solve the most difficult problems in aerial navigation and aerial warfare. Having begun in the early days of aeronautics they were able, through their long experience in aeronautics, and through knowledge of the problems, to evolve some of the most efficient instruments." -- Henry Woodhouse, Textbook of Military Aeronautics (1918), p. 20
We have this firm working with at least one non-Sperry inventor, a Morris M. Titterington, likely Morris Maxey Titterington, otherwise working with compasses and other instruments.[1]
Patents associated with organization named Sperry Gyroscope Company
- Patent US-1914-1274622 (Inventors: Elmer A. Sperry, English title: Speed and Direction Indicator for Aircraft, Filing date: 1914-05-12, Applicant firm: Sperry Gyroscope Company)
- Patent US-1914-1368226 (Inventors: Elmer A. Sperry, English title: Aeroplane-stabilizer, Filing date: 1914-07-17, Applicant firm: Sperry Gyroscope)
- Patent US-1914-1360694 (Inventors: Elmer Ambrose Sperry, English title: Navigational Apparatus, Filing date: 1914-11-13, Applicant firm: Sperry Gyroscope Company)
- Patent US-1915-1239837 (Inventors: Lawrence Burst Sperry, English title: Universal Control-Handle, Filing date: 1915-02-25, Applicant firm: Sperry Gyroscope Company)
- Patent US-1915-1390653 (Inventors: Lawrence Burst Sperry, English title: Steering Device for Aircraft, Filing date: 1915-03-24, Applicant firm: Sperry Gyroscope Company)
- Patent FR-1915-481948 (English title: Improvements relative to gyroscopic stabilizers, Filing date: 1915-07-13, Supplementary to patent: Patent US-1914-1368226, Applicant firm: Sperry Gyroscope Company)
- Patent GB-1915-10377 (Inventors: Elmer Ambrose Sperry, English title: Automatic Means for Stabilising Aircraft, Filing date: 1915-07-16, Supplementary to patent: Patent US-1914-1368226 • Patent GB-1913-2294, Applicant firm: Sperry Gyroscope Company)
- Patent US-1917-1472257 (Inventors: Morris M. Titterington, English title: Servo-motor for aeroplanes, Filing date: 1917-11-09, Applicant firm: Sperry Gyroscope Company)
- Patent US-1918-1309489 (Inventors: Lawrence Burst Sperry, English title: Double-Gyro Inclinometer, Filing date: 1918-04-18, Applicant firm: Sperry Gyroscope Company)
References
| Names | Sperry Gyroscope, Sperry Gyroscope Company |
|---|---|
| Country | US |
| City | Brooklyn; New York City |
| Affiliations | |
| Keywords | Gyroscope, Automatic stability, Stability, Airplane, Biplane, Design, Instrument |
| Started aero | 1914 or earlier |
| Ended aero | |
| Key people | Elmer Ambrose Sperry, Lawrence Burst Sperry |
| Wikidata id | Q784567 |
