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Claim 1

IN A SINGLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM GYROSCOPE: CLOSED HOLLOW HOUSING MEANS; FLUID MEANS WITHIN SAID HOUSING MEANS; A CLOSED HOLLOW GIMBAL ELEMENT POSITIONED WITHIN SAID HOUSING MEANS; SPIN MOTOR MEANS MOUNTED WITHIN SAID GIMBAL ELEMENT FOR ROTATION ABOUT A FIRST AXIS; HYDROSTATIC BEARING MEANS LOCATED ON SAID HOUSING MEANS FOR SUSPENDING SAID GIMBAL ELEMENT FOR ROTATION RELATIVE TO SAID HOUSING MEANS ABOUT A SECOND AXIS PERPENDICULAR TO SAID FIRST AXIS; VISCOUS SHEAR PUMP MEANS INCLUDING A ROTOR MEMBER ROTATABLY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID HOUSING MEANS FOR ROTATION ABOUT SAID SECOND AXIS, A FIRST AND A SECOND PLANE SURFACE LOCATED ON SAID ROTOR MEMBER PERPENDICULAR TO SAID SECOND AXIS, A PLURALITY OF SPIRAL GROOVES IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLANE SURFACE, SAID SPIRAL GROOVES BEING SYMMETRICAL WITH RESPECT TO SAID SECOND AXIS; A THIRD PLANE SURFACE LOCATED ON SAID HOUSING MEANS SPACED APART FROM AND PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST PLANE SURFACE; A FOURTH PLANE SURFACE LOCATED ON SAID HOUSING MEANS SPACED APART FROM AND PARALLEL TO SAID SECOND PLANE SURFACE; MOTOR MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID ROTOR MEMBER AT A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT VELOCITY RELATIVE TO SAID HOUSING MEANS; SAID PUMP MEANS FUNCTIONING UPON RELATIVE ROTATION BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND SURFACE ON SAID ROTOR AND SAID THIRD AND FOUTH SURFACE ON SAID HOUSING MEANS TO GENERATE A RELATIVELY HIGH PRESSURE FLUID; AND DISTRIBUTION MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID PUMP MEANS TO SAID HYDROSTATIC BEARING MEANS FOR DIRECTING THE RELATIVELY HIGH PRESSURE FLUID TO SAID HYDROSTATIC BEARING MEANS, SAID RELATIVELY HIGH PRESSURE FLLUID BECOMING RELATIVELY LOW PRESSURE FLUID AFTER PASSAGE THROUGH SAID HYDROSTATIC BEARING MEANS, THE RELATIVELY LOW PRESSURE FLUID RETURING TO SAID VISCOUS SHEAR PUMP MEANS THROUGH SAID DISTRIBUTION MEANS THEREBY PROVIDING CLOSED CYCLE FLUID SUSPENSION OF SAID GIMBAL ELEMENT.