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Retrace insertion system

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1960-03-30
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Granted: 1964-08-18
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Expires: 1980-03-30
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Jr William F Lyons

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 21:20
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09G; G09G1/00; G09G1/06; G09G1/14; G01; G01S; G01S7/00; G01S7/02; G01S7/04; G01S7/06; G01S7/22

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 192 words
APPARATUS FOR USE WITH A CATHODE RAY TUBE INDICATOR PROVIDED WITH A BEAM DEFLECTION CONTROL MEANS AND A BEAM INTENSITY CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING: A GATE GENERATOR PROVIDING A GATE SIGNAL, A FIRST TERMINAL COUPLED TO SAID GATE GENERATOR; TRIGGER GENERATING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FIRST TERMINAL OPERABLE TO GENERATE A PULSE UPON TERMINATION OF THE GATE SIGNAL; FIRST PULSE GENERATING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID TRIGGER GENERATING MEANS OPERABLE TO GENERATE A FIRST SQUARE WAVE OF SELECTED DURATION INITIATING WITH THE GENERATION OF SAID TRIGGER PULSE; SECOND PULSE GENERATING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FIRST PULSE GENERATING MEANS OPERABLE TO GENERATE A SECOND SQUARE WAVE OF SELECTED DURATION INITIATING UPON TERMINATION OF SAID FIRST SQUARE WAVE; A SECOND TERMINAL COUPLED TO SAID SECOND PULSE GENERATING MEANS AND COUPLED TO SAID BEAM INTENSITY CONTROL MEANS; THIRD PULSE GENERATING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID TRIGGER GENERATING MEANS AND TO SAID SECOND PULSE GENERATING MEANS OPERABLE TO GENERATE A THIRD SQUARE WAVE INITIATING WITH THE GENERATION OF SAID TRIGGER PULSE AND TERMINATING WITH THE TERMINATION OF SAID SECOND SQUARE WAVE; THIRD TERMINAL MEANS COUPLED TO SAID THIRD PULSE GENERATING MEANS AND COUPLED TO SAID BEAM DEFLECTION CONTROL MEANS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 192 words
APPARATUS FOR USE WITH A CATHODE RAY TUBE INDICATOR PROVIDED WITH A BEAM DEFLECTION CONTROL MEANS AND A BEAM INTENSITY CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING: A GATE GENERATOR PROVIDING A GATE SIGNAL, A FIRST TERMINAL COUPLED TO SAID GATE GENERATOR; TRIGGER GENERATING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FIRST TERMINAL OPERABLE TO GENERATE A PULSE UPON TERMINATION OF THE GATE SIGNAL; FIRST PULSE GENERATING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID TRIGGER GENERATING MEANS OPERABLE TO GENERATE A FIRST SQUARE WAVE OF SELECTED DURATION INITIATING WITH THE GENERATION OF SAID TRIGGER PULSE; SECOND PULSE GENERATING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FIRST PULSE GENERATING MEANS OPERABLE TO GENERATE A SECOND SQUARE WAVE OF SELECTED DURATION INITIATING UPON TERMINATION OF SAID FIRST SQUARE WAVE; A SECOND TERMINAL COUPLED TO SAID SECOND PULSE GENERATING MEANS AND COUPLED TO SAID BEAM INTENSITY CONTROL MEANS; THIRD PULSE GENERATING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID TRIGGER GENERATING MEANS AND TO SAID SECOND PULSE GENERATING MEANS OPERABLE TO GENERATE A THIRD SQUARE WAVE INITIATING WITH THE GENERATION OF SAID TRIGGER PULSE AND TERMINATING WITH THE TERMINATION OF SAID SECOND SQUARE WAVE; THIRD TERMINAL MEANS COUPLED TO SAID THIRD PULSE GENERATING MEANS AND COUPLED TO SAID BEAM DEFLECTION CONTROL MEANS.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 348 words
IN A RADAR INDICATING SYSTEM INCLUDING A GATE GENERATOR AND A CATHODE RAY TUBE INDICATOR COUPLED THROUGH A BEAM INTENSITY CONTROL MEANS TO SAID GATE GENERATOR AND HAVING A BEAM DEFLECTION SYSTEM COUPLED TO A BEAM DEFLECTION CONTROL MEANS, THE APPARATUS IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES: A FIRST TERMINAL COUPLED TO SAID GATE GENERATOR; TRIGGER GENERATING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FIRST TERMINAL OPERABLE TO GENERATE A PULSE UPON TERMINATION OF THE GATE SIGNAL; FIRST PULSE GENERATING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID TRIGGER GENERATING MEANS OPERABLE TO GENERATE A FIRST SQUARE WAVE OF SELECTED DURATION INITIATING WITH THE GENERATION OF SAID TRIGGER PULSE; SECOND PULSE GENERATING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FIRST PULSE GENERATING MEANS OPERABLE TO GENERATE A SECOND SQUARE WAVE OF SELECTED DURATION INITIATING UPON TERMINATION OF SAID FIRST SQUARE WAVE; A SECOND TERMINAL COUPLED TO SAID SECOND PULSE GENERATING MEANS AND COUPLED TO SAID BEAM INTENSITY CONTROL MEANS; THIRD PULSE GENERATING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID TRIGGER GENERATING MEANS AND TO SAID SECOND PULSE GENERATING MEANS OPERABLE TO GENERATE A THIRD SQUARE WAVE INITIATING WITH THE GENERATION OF SAID TRIGGER PULSE AND TERMINATING WITH THE TERMINATION OF SAID SECOND SQUARE WAVE; A THIRD TERMINAL COUPLED TO SAID THIRD PULSE GENERATING MEANS AND COUPLED TO SAID BEAM DEFLECTION CONTROL MEANS; A FOURTH TERMINAL COUPLED TO SAID THIRD PULSE GENERATING MEANS; A SINE WAVE OSCILLATOR INCLUDING A TRIODE AND A TUNED OSCILLATORY CIRCUIT COUPLED IN SERIES WITH A CATHODE RESISTOR BETWEEN THE CATHODE OF SAID TRIODE AND A POINT OF REFERENCE POTENTIAL; CIRCUIT MEANS COUPLING THE GRID OF SAID TRIODE TO SAID FOURTH TERMINAL; A FIFTH TERMINAL; CIRCUIT MEANS COUPLING SAID FIFTH TERMINAL TO SAID TUNED CIRCUIT; SIXTH AND SEVENTH TERMINALS COUPLED TO THE DEFLECTION SYSTEM OF SAID CATHODE RAY TUBE; FIRST PHASE SHIFTING MEANS COMPRISING A RESISTOR CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID FIFTH AND SIXTH TERMINALS AND A CAPACITOR CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID SIXTH TERMINAL AND SAID POINT OF REFERENCE POTENTIAL; SECOND PHASE SHIFTING MEANS COMPRISING A CAPACITOR CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID FIFTH AND SEVENTH TERMINALS AND A RESISTOR CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID SEVENTH TERMINAL AND SAID POINT OF REFERENCE POTENTIAL; AND MEANS TO DISABLE SAID OSCILLATOR.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 348 words
IN A RADAR INDICATING SYSTEM INCLUDING A GATE GENERATOR AND A CATHODE RAY TUBE INDICATOR COUPLED THROUGH A BEAM INTENSITY CONTROL MEANS TO SAID GATE GENERATOR AND HAVING A BEAM DEFLECTION SYSTEM COUPLED TO A BEAM DEFLECTION CONTROL MEANS, THE APPARATUS IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES: A FIRST TERMINAL COUPLED TO SAID GATE GENERATOR; TRIGGER GENERATING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FIRST TERMINAL OPERABLE TO GENERATE A PULSE UPON TERMINATION OF THE GATE SIGNAL; FIRST PULSE GENERATING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID TRIGGER GENERATING MEANS OPERABLE TO GENERATE A FIRST SQUARE WAVE OF SELECTED DURATION INITIATING WITH THE GENERATION OF SAID TRIGGER PULSE; SECOND PULSE GENERATING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FIRST PULSE GENERATING MEANS OPERABLE TO GENERATE A SECOND SQUARE WAVE OF SELECTED DURATION INITIATING UPON TERMINATION OF SAID FIRST SQUARE WAVE; A SECOND TERMINAL COUPLED TO SAID SECOND PULSE GENERATING MEANS AND COUPLED TO SAID BEAM INTENSITY CONTROL MEANS; THIRD PULSE GENERATING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID TRIGGER GENERATING MEANS AND TO SAID SECOND PULSE GENERATING MEANS OPERABLE TO GENERATE A THIRD SQUARE WAVE INITIATING WITH THE GENERATION OF SAID TRIGGER PULSE AND TERMINATING WITH THE TERMINATION OF SAID SECOND SQUARE WAVE; A THIRD TERMINAL COUPLED TO SAID THIRD PULSE GENERATING MEANS AND COUPLED TO SAID BEAM DEFLECTION CONTROL MEANS; A FOURTH TERMINAL COUPLED TO SAID THIRD PULSE GENERATING MEANS; A SINE WAVE OSCILLATOR INCLUDING A TRIODE AND A TUNED OSCILLATORY CIRCUIT COUPLED IN SERIES WITH A CATHODE RESISTOR BETWEEN THE CATHODE OF SAID TRIODE AND A POINT OF REFERENCE POTENTIAL; CIRCUIT MEANS COUPLING THE GRID OF SAID TRIODE TO SAID FOURTH TERMINAL; A FIFTH TERMINAL; CIRCUIT MEANS COUPLING SAID FIFTH TERMINAL TO SAID TUNED CIRCUIT; SIXTH AND SEVENTH TERMINALS COUPLED TO THE DEFLECTION SYSTEM OF SAID CATHODE RAY TUBE; FIRST PHASE SHIFTING MEANS COMPRISING A RESISTOR CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID FIFTH AND SIXTH TERMINALS AND A CAPACITOR CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID SIXTH TERMINAL AND SAID POINT OF REFERENCE POTENTIAL; SECOND PHASE SHIFTING MEANS COMPRISING A CAPACITOR CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID FIFTH AND SEVENTH TERMINALS AND A RESISTOR CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID SEVENTH TERMINAL AND SAID POINT OF REFERENCE POTENTIAL; AND MEANS TO DISABLE SAID OSCILLATOR.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1967-08-18 1968-02-17 1968-08-18 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1971-08-18 1972-02-17 1972-08-18 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1975-08-18 1976-02-17 1976-08-18 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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