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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5096649 | Method of producing integral articles A method of producing integral articles such as rudder parts etc. of plastics, reinforced with relatively long, continuous fibres is described. During the hot-setting or thermoforming process pressure is applied along at least two co-ordinate axes, with a... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5057834 | Method and device for monitoring the steering performance of vehicle operator A method and device for monitoring the consciousness of an aircraft pilot or operator of any other vehicle are described. The monitoring comprises the control of the steering deflections effected by the operator, the size and direction of which are indica... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4977401 | Head-up display A head-up display for indicating the attitude and flight-path angle vertically, the attitude in roll and preferably the heading attitude and heading track angle of a vehicle, preferably an air vehicle, which in addition to the inertial navigation (5) for ... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4688444 | Control device A control device for producing electrical signals which correspond to manual movements of a stick part and which are used for adjustment of a controlled element has a relatively stationary body part with a hand supporting surface and a stick projecting ou... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4619182 | Arrangement for deflecting powder gases from an aircraft weapon Powder gases issuing from the muzzle of an aircraft-mounted gun are initially deflected to one side of the line of fire by a mouthpiece in the form of a length of pipe coaxially mounted directly in front of the muzzle and having an elliptical mouth extend... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4589061 | Method of varying response fineness in a control system In a system for controlling a servo actuated controlled device, an input signifying the position of displacement of an aircraft stick or similar manipulatable unit is processed to provide a variable gain to the controlled device. In a predetermined range ... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4580210 | Control system having variably biased manipulatable unit In a control system having a manipulatable unit, such as an aircraft stick, which is biased toward a neutral position to provide control "feel", an input which at each instant signifies the position of displacement of the stick from its neutral position i... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4574651 | Control stick unit A device for individually controlling multiple control functions with one hand comprises a base member movable back and forth and a stick member mounted on the base member to move back and forth with it and swing relative to it. The base member has one po... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4531080 | Controller A controller for producing electrical control signals has a relatively stationary supporting section providing an upwardly facing hand supporting surface and an upward projection, and has a stick-like control section mounted on a first gimbal joint on top... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4529151 | Method and an apparatus for steering an aerodynamic body having a homing device An aerodynamic body (M) provided with means for steering in response to a body control variable signal has a homing device (1) supplying a measurement signal (&3xb5;m) of the error angle of the body. For intercepting a target (T) a computing un... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4513509 | Attitude director indicator The invention relates to an aircraft attitude indicator having a gyro controlled spherical display with delineations of regularly spaced meridians that maintain a vertical orientation and spaced parallels transverse to the meridians, one of which is an eq... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4480815 | Sealing device for valves A sealing device for valves comprises two co-acting sealing surfaces one of which is arranged facing outwards on a valve body which is pivotally mounted in the valve housing, and the other forming an inwards-facing surface on the seat arranged in the valv... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4464659 | Method and an apparatus for remote control of a vehicle or a mobile engine In a system wherein a vehicle can be remotely controlled from any one of a plurality of control devices, each of which can emit operation command signals to the vehicle, each control device can also emit switching signals, each designating one of the othe... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4452568 | Means for limiting rotation speed of a vertical shaft wind turbine Means for limiting rotational speed in a vertical shaft wind turbine (1) having a central hub (3) and spokes (4) extending therefrom. Spokes lying over each other support at their ends turbine blades (6) placed concentrically around the turbine shaft. Eac... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4392368 | Arrangement for presses A press operating with hydraulic pressure comprises a pair of relatively movable components (8, 11) which during a pressing operation carry out a relative movement which is sensed. By use of the sensed relative movement a control signal is generated which... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4240477 | Movable support assembly for a board infeed system A movable support assembly for supporting a chain-drive board infeed system. The chain-drive board infeed system feeds a board into a board edger or other similar woodworking apparatus. The movable support assembly includes a pair of frame rails for suppo... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4218138 | Method and means for determining positions of reflectors with fan-shaped beams The positions of target reflectors at a distance from a measuring station are measured with fan-shaped angularly sweeping beams of radiation emitted from the measuring station and reflected back to a detector there when each beam is intercepted by a refle... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4179707 | Automatic measurement of lengths of elongated workpieces A conveyor defines a plane in which elongated workpieces, substantially parallel to one another, are transported transversely to their lengths through a measuring zone at which each workpiece is illuminated from above and lengthwise scanned by an array ca... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4158766 | Inspection of elongated workpieces such as random length boards For enabling a computer to calculate locations of cuts across an elongated workpiece that will divide it into standardized length finished pieces of optimum economic value, the workpiece is established between parallel, spaced boundaries of an inspection ... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4145111 | Laser beam reflector assembly adapted for external attachment to target aircraft An aircraft-carried omnidirectional assembly of retroreflectors for reciprocal-direction reflection of laser beams comprises an aerodynamically slender body having fittings on its medial portion for attachment to underwing supports for externally carried ... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4119317 | Target raising device with curved supporting runners A target raising device for shooting practice having a target mountable on a transverse shaft rotatable by a motor, and containing a power unit, such as a battery, for driving the motor and a control unit, such as a radio receiver, for remote control of t... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4106538 | Translatory feed of lumber workpieces from an orienting station through an edge trimming station Strictly translatory substantially lengthwise horizontal motion is imparted to an elongated workpiece such as a cant having top and bottom face surfaces, at least one of which is flat, to feed the workpiece from an orienting station towards a trimming sta... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4081156 | Protection device for arms of ejection seat occupant Triangular net-like arm restraining members, one for each side of an aircraft ejection seat, extend during the first phase of ejection so that each has an upper corner near the top of the back portion of the seat, a front corner near the front of the hori... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4063699 | Fail-safe block control system for driverless vehicles Driverless vehicles move in one direction along a path divided into blocks. Movement command signals are radiated from plural elongated radiators per block, arranged end-to-end, the last in each block a departure radiator wholly within the block. A receiv... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4044355 | Measurement of contents of tanks etc. with microwave radiations A microwave signal that varies linearly in frequency through a sweep period is radiated to and reflected back from a target body. In one mixer the directly generated signal is mixed with the reflected signal to produce a difference frequency corresponding... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4023754 | Fail-safe separation of driverless vehicles Driverless vehicles, confined to motion in one direction along a defined path divided into blocks, receive commands from a central unit in the form of encoded command signals radiated from an elongated radiator. Each vehicle progresses only while receivin... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4018466 | Vehicle bumper assembly The present invention relates to vehicle bumper assemblies of the type which includes at least one profiled, preferably U-shaped beam or the like adapted to be securely mounted to the frame and/or the body of the vehicle in a manner whereby the outer cont... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4007991 | System for transmitting position information Various items of information are transmitted to a body moving above the surface by a pulsed fan-shaped beam of radiant energy having a flatwise angular sweep. Each such item can comprise two or more kinds of data, e.g., beam angle data and beam identifica... | 02/15/1977 |
| 4005319 | Piezoelectric generator operated by fluid flow An electrical generator for projectiles and the like comprises a piezoelectric element housed in a cavity through which air is forced by missile movement. A reed-like tongue in the cavity has one end captive, its other end near a ram air inlet that termin... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3970128 | Orientation of cant for translatory feed through edging cutters A cant extending transversely across parallel belt conveyors moving in unison is carried forwardly by them to a scanning station at which the cant is arrested by engaging it at two points on its leading edge. The points of engagement define a reference li... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3963213 | Butterfly valve The valve seat of a butterfly valve is defined by a circular edge on a land-like radially inward projection in the valve housing, lying in a plane normal to the axis of the fluid passage through the seat. The valve member rotates about a pivot axis which ... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3962895 | Fluid forming apparatus having controllably variable forming pressure Fluid forming apparatus having a constant-volume pressure cavity has oppositely movable rigid forming tool parts, each connected with a piston comprising a double acting cylinder mechanism. Forming pressure is developed by hydraulically forcing one tool p... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963938 | Apparatus for scanning cants to determine optimum edging cuts An elongated workpiece having unfinished side surfaces inclined laterally downwardly and outwardly from a finished top surface is scanned to produce signals denoting location of the longitudinal edges of the top surface at numerous points along them. A sw... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3955292 | Apparatus for antiaircraft gunnery practice with laser emissions Each gun of an antiaircraft battery has a unit comprising a laser and a coaxial radiation detector, the axis of the unit being near and parallel to that of the gun barrel. An instrument center, spaced from the guns and controlling their aim, comprises a c... | 05/11/1976 |
