US3196199A
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Multi-channel transponder
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-04-22
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Granted: 1965-07-20
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Expires: 1983-04-22
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Wolf Samuel
- 👤 Frederick J Conrad
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 18:22
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01S; G01S1/00; G01S1/72
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
196 words
IN A SONAR SURFACE SCANNER TRANSPONDER SYSTEM, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING; A PLURALITY OF SIGNAL RECEIVING MEANS SIMULATING TRANSDUCER CHANNELS, EACH RECEIVING MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO BE ACTUATED IN SEQUENCE BY AN INTERROGATION SIGNAL FROM A UTILIZATION MEANS; A PLURALITY OF DETECTION MEANS AND ANTI-NORMALIZATION MEANS, ONE BEING CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID SIGNAL RECEIVING MEANS FOR DETECTING, DELAYING AND TRANSMITTING AN INTERROGATION SIGNAL TO AN ECHO SIMULATING SYSTEM; EACH OF SAID DETECTION MEANS BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF SIGNAL RECEIVING MEANS, AND EACH OF SAID ANTI-NORMALIZATION MEANS BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH THE OUTPUT OF ONE OF SAID DETECTION MEANS; SWITCH MEANS CONNECTING EACH OF SAID PLURALITY OF SIGNAL RECEIVING MEANS ALTERNATIVELY TO A DUMMY LOAD OR SIMULATED ECHO OUTPUT CIRCUIT IN RESPONSE TO AN OUTPUT SIGNAL FROM SAID ANTI-NORMALIZATION MEANS; AND ECHO SIMULATING MEANS ACTUATED BY AN OUTPUT SIGNAL FROM SAID ANTI-NORMALIZATION MEANS FOR GENERATING AN ELECTRICAL PULSE OF A PREDETERMINED MAGNITUDE AND TIME DELAY INDICATIVE OF A HYPOTHETICAL SURFACE CONDITION OF A BODY OF WATER, WHEREBY THE GENERATED SIMULATED ECHO SIGNAL IS TRANSMITTED FROM SAID ECHO SIMULATING MEANS, THROUGH ONE OF SAID SIGNAL RECEIVING MEANS TO A UTILIZATION MEANS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
196 words
IN A SONAR SURFACE SCANNER TRANSPONDER SYSTEM, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING; A PLURALITY OF SIGNAL RECEIVING MEANS SIMULATING TRANSDUCER CHANNELS, EACH RECEIVING MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO BE ACTUATED IN SEQUENCE BY AN INTERROGATION SIGNAL FROM A UTILIZATION MEANS; A PLURALITY OF DETECTION MEANS AND ANTI-NORMALIZATION MEANS, ONE BEING CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID SIGNAL RECEIVING MEANS FOR DETECTING, DELAYING AND TRANSMITTING AN INTERROGATION SIGNAL TO AN ECHO SIMULATING SYSTEM; EACH OF SAID DETECTION MEANS BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF SIGNAL RECEIVING MEANS, AND EACH OF SAID ANTI-NORMALIZATION MEANS BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH THE OUTPUT OF ONE OF SAID DETECTION MEANS; SWITCH MEANS CONNECTING EACH OF SAID PLURALITY OF SIGNAL RECEIVING MEANS ALTERNATIVELY TO A DUMMY LOAD OR SIMULATED ECHO OUTPUT CIRCUIT IN RESPONSE TO AN OUTPUT SIGNAL FROM SAID ANTI-NORMALIZATION MEANS; AND ECHO SIMULATING MEANS ACTUATED BY AN OUTPUT SIGNAL FROM SAID ANTI-NORMALIZATION MEANS FOR GENERATING AN ELECTRICAL PULSE OF A PREDETERMINED MAGNITUDE AND TIME DELAY INDICATIVE OF A HYPOTHETICAL SURFACE CONDITION OF A BODY OF WATER, WHEREBY THE GENERATED SIMULATED ECHO SIGNAL IS TRANSMITTED FROM SAID ECHO SIMULATING MEANS, THROUGH ONE OF SAID SIGNAL RECEIVING MEANS TO A UTILIZATION MEANS.
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