US3199007A
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Switching logic means for a two-digit three position servomotor mechanism
Assignee: Bendix Corp
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Filing: 1963-01-23
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Granted: 1965-08-03
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Expires: 1983-01-23
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Hugh D Stewart
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 08:40
CPC Classifications
G; G05; G05D; G05D3/00; G05D3/12; G05D3/125; G05D3/127; H; H03; H03M; H03M1/00; H03M1/12; H03M1/48
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
509 words
A POSITION CONTROL MEANS FOR A MOVABLE OBJECT, SAID CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A REVERSIBLE MOTOR, FIRST MEANS FOR CONTROLLING CLOCKWISE ROTATION OF THE MOTOR, SECOND MEANS FOR CONTROLLING COUNTERCLOCKWISE ROTATION OF THE MOTOR, A DRUM ROTATABLY POSITIONED BY THE MOTOR, A FIRST PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS CARRIED BY THE DRUM, A FIRST BRUSH COOPERATIVELY ARRANGED IN RELATION TO THE FIRST PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS AND ARRANGED SO AS TO SELECTIVELY MAKE CONTACTING RELATION WITH ONE AND THEN THE OTHER OF SAID FIRST PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS UPON ROTATION OF THE DRUM IN ONE SENSE, A SECOND PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS CARRIED BY THE DRUM, A SECOND BRUSH ARRANGED IN COOPERATIVE RELATION WITH SAID SECOND PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS AND ARRANGED TO SELECTIVELY MAKE CONTACTING RELATION WITH ONE AND THEN THE OTHER OF SAID SECOND PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS UPON ROTATION OF THE DRUM IN SAID ONE SENSE, A THIRD PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS CARRIED BY THE DRUM, A THIRD BRUSH ARRANGED IN COOPERATIVE RELATION WITH SAID THIRD PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS AND ARRANGED TO SELECTIVELY MAKE CONTACTING RELATION WITH ONE AND THEN THE OTHER OF SAID THIRD PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS UPON ROTATION OF THE DRUM IN SAID ONE SENSE, A FIRST OUTPUT CONDUCTOR TRACK CARRIED BY THE DRUM, A FIRST OUTPUT BRUSH ARRANGED IN COOPERATIVE RELATION WITH THE FIRST OUTPUT CONDUCTOR TRACK AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO THE FIRST MEANS FOR CONTROLLING CLOCKWISE ROTATION OF THE MOTOR, A SECOND OUTPUT CONDUCTOR TRACK CARRIED BY THE DRUM, A SECOND OUTPUT BRUSH ARRANGED IN COOPERATIVE RELATION WITH THE SECOND OUTPUT CONDUCTOR TRACK AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO THE SECOND MEANS FOR CONTROLLING COUNTERCLOCKWISE ROTATION OF THE MOTOR, SAID FIRST OUTPUT CONDUCTOR TRACK BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID ONE TRACK OF SAID FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD PAIRS OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS, AND THE SECOND OUTPUT CONDUCTOR TRACK BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID OTHER TRACK OF SAID FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD PAIRS OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS, A FIRST OPERATOR-OPERATIVE SWITCH, SAID FIRST SWITCH BEING SELECTIVELY OPERABLE IN ONE SENSE TO APPLY ELECTRICALLY ENERGY TO THE FIRST BRUSH, SAID FIRST SWITCH BEING SELECTIVELY OPERABLE IN ANOTHER SENSE TO APPLY ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO THE SECOND BRUSH, A SECOND OPERATOR-OPERATIVE SWITCH, SAID SECOND SWITCH BEING SELECTIVELY OPERABLE IN ONE SENSE TO APPLY ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO SAID FIRST SWITCH, SAID SECOND SWITCH BEING SELECTIVELY OPERABLE IN ANOTHER SENSE TO APPLY ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO SAID THIRD BRUSH, MEANS FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO THE SECOND OPERATOR-OPERATIVE SWITCH, THE FIRST PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS INCLUDING THEREBEWTWEEN A FIRST INSULATED PORTION, THE SECOND PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS INCLUDING THEREBETWEEN A SECOND INSULATED PORTION, AND THE THIRD PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS INCLUDING THEREBETWEEN A THIRD INSULATED PORTION SAID FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD INSULATED PORTIONS BEING ARRANGED SEQUENTIALLY IN SPACED RELATION, THE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD BRUSHES COOPERATING WITH THE AFORESAID INSULATED PORTIONS IN EFFECTING SELECTED POSITIONS OF THE MOVABLE OBJECT, THE SELECTED POSITION OF THE MOVABLE OBJECT BEING EFFECTED BY THAT ONE OF THE INSULATED PORTIONS DETERMINED BY THE SELECTED POSITIONS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND OPERATOR-OPERATIVE SWITCHES.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
509 words
A POSITION CONTROL MEANS FOR A MOVABLE OBJECT, SAID CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A REVERSIBLE MOTOR, FIRST MEANS FOR CONTROLLING CLOCKWISE ROTATION OF THE MOTOR, SECOND MEANS FOR CONTROLLING COUNTERCLOCKWISE ROTATION OF THE MOTOR, A DRUM ROTATABLY POSITIONED BY THE MOTOR, A FIRST PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS CARRIED BY THE DRUM, A FIRST BRUSH COOPERATIVELY ARRANGED IN RELATION TO THE FIRST PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS AND ARRANGED SO AS TO SELECTIVELY MAKE CONTACTING RELATION WITH ONE AND THEN THE OTHER OF SAID FIRST PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS UPON ROTATION OF THE DRUM IN ONE SENSE, A SECOND PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS CARRIED BY THE DRUM, A SECOND BRUSH ARRANGED IN COOPERATIVE RELATION WITH SAID SECOND PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS AND ARRANGED TO SELECTIVELY MAKE CONTACTING RELATION WITH ONE AND THEN THE OTHER OF SAID SECOND PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS UPON ROTATION OF THE DRUM IN SAID ONE SENSE, A THIRD PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS CARRIED BY THE DRUM, A THIRD BRUSH ARRANGED IN COOPERATIVE RELATION WITH SAID THIRD PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS AND ARRANGED TO SELECTIVELY MAKE CONTACTING RELATION WITH ONE AND THEN THE OTHER OF SAID THIRD PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS UPON ROTATION OF THE DRUM IN SAID ONE SENSE, A FIRST OUTPUT CONDUCTOR TRACK CARRIED BY THE DRUM, A FIRST OUTPUT BRUSH ARRANGED IN COOPERATIVE RELATION WITH THE FIRST OUTPUT CONDUCTOR TRACK AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO THE FIRST MEANS FOR CONTROLLING CLOCKWISE ROTATION OF THE MOTOR, A SECOND OUTPUT CONDUCTOR TRACK CARRIED BY THE DRUM, A SECOND OUTPUT BRUSH ARRANGED IN COOPERATIVE RELATION WITH THE SECOND OUTPUT CONDUCTOR TRACK AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO THE SECOND MEANS FOR CONTROLLING COUNTERCLOCKWISE ROTATION OF THE MOTOR, SAID FIRST OUTPUT CONDUCTOR TRACK BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID ONE TRACK OF SAID FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD PAIRS OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS, AND THE SECOND OUTPUT CONDUCTOR TRACK BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID OTHER TRACK OF SAID FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD PAIRS OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS, A FIRST OPERATOR-OPERATIVE SWITCH, SAID FIRST SWITCH BEING SELECTIVELY OPERABLE IN ONE SENSE TO APPLY ELECTRICALLY ENERGY TO THE FIRST BRUSH, SAID FIRST SWITCH BEING SELECTIVELY OPERABLE IN ANOTHER SENSE TO APPLY ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO THE SECOND BRUSH, A SECOND OPERATOR-OPERATIVE SWITCH, SAID SECOND SWITCH BEING SELECTIVELY OPERABLE IN ONE SENSE TO APPLY ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO SAID FIRST SWITCH, SAID SECOND SWITCH BEING SELECTIVELY OPERABLE IN ANOTHER SENSE TO APPLY ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO SAID THIRD BRUSH, MEANS FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO THE SECOND OPERATOR-OPERATIVE SWITCH, THE FIRST PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS INCLUDING THEREBEWTWEEN A FIRST INSULATED PORTION, THE SECOND PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS INCLUDING THEREBETWEEN A SECOND INSULATED PORTION, AND THE THIRD PAIR OF CONDUCTOR TRACKS INCLUDING THEREBETWEEN A THIRD INSULATED PORTION SAID FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD INSULATED PORTIONS BEING ARRANGED SEQUENTIALLY IN SPACED RELATION, THE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD BRUSHES COOPERATING WITH THE AFORESAID INSULATED PORTIONS IN EFFECTING SELECTED POSITIONS OF THE MOVABLE OBJECT, THE SELECTED POSITION OF THE MOVABLE OBJECT BEING EFFECTED BY THAT ONE OF THE INSULATED PORTIONS DETERMINED BY THE SELECTED POSITIONS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND OPERATOR-OPERATIVE SWITCHES.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1968-08-02 | 1969-02-01 | 1969-08-03 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1972-08-02 | 1973-02-01 | 1973-08-03 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1976-08-02 | 1977-02-01 | 1977-08-03 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |