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Automatic landing systems
Assignee: Bell Aerospace Corp
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Filing: 1962-10-12
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Granted: 1965-03-16
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Expires: 1982-10-12
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Franklin B Bossler
- 👤 Johannes G Goerner
- 👤 Frederick D Powell
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 12:41
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01S; G01S13/00; G01S13/88; G01S13/91; G01S13/913
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
83 words
IN AN AIRCRAFT LANDING SYSTEM, A RADAR-COMPUTER MEANS COMBINATION FOR ESTABLISHING A SPACE-STABILIZED GLIDE SLOPE FOR AIRCRAFT, SAID COMPUTER MEANS HAVING A PITCH COMMAND OUTPUT INCLUDING A TERM PROPORTIONAL TO THE ALTITUDE ERROR DETERMINED BY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RADARMEASURED AIRCRAFT ALTITUDE AND THE THEORETICALLY CORRECT ALTITUDE AS DETERMINED BY A PREDETERMINED GLIDESLOPE PATH, A TERM PROPORTIONAL TO THE DERIVATIVE, WITH RESPECT TO TIME, OF SAID ALTITUDE ERROR, AND A TERM PROPORTIONAL TO THE INTEGRAL, WITH RESPECT TO TIME, OF SAID ALTITUDE ERROR.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
83 words
IN AN AIRCRAFT LANDING SYSTEM, A RADAR-COMPUTER MEANS COMBINATION FOR ESTABLISHING A SPACE-STABILIZED GLIDE SLOPE FOR AIRCRAFT, SAID COMPUTER MEANS HAVING A PITCH COMMAND OUTPUT INCLUDING A TERM PROPORTIONAL TO THE ALTITUDE ERROR DETERMINED BY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RADARMEASURED AIRCRAFT ALTITUDE AND THE THEORETICALLY CORRECT ALTITUDE AS DETERMINED BY A PREDETERMINED GLIDESLOPE PATH, A TERM PROPORTIONAL TO THE DERIVATIVE, WITH RESPECT TO TIME, OF SAID ALTITUDE ERROR, AND A TERM PROPORTIONAL TO THE INTEGRAL, WITH RESPECT TO TIME, OF SAID ALTITUDE ERROR.
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