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Minimizing oscillation while automatically searching for null point by employing array of resistors featuring identical resistors

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-05-13
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Granted: 1965-10-12
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Expires: 1985-05-13
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 James A Potter

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 13:15
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01G; G01G3/00; G01G3/12; G01G3/14; G01G3/142; G01G3/145; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/20; Y10T74/20576; Y10T74/20882

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 251 words
IN AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN WHICH A LOGIC CIRCUIT AUTOMATICALLY SEARCHES FOR A NULL POINT IN A BRIDGE CIRCUIT AND IN WHICH THERE IS A TENDENCY FOR THE CORRECTION SIGNAL TO INITIATE AN UNDERSIRABLY LARGE NUMBER OF REVERSALS OF THE DIRECTION OF THE SEARCHING FOR THE INSERTION OF THE CORRECT TOTAL OF RESISTORS INTO ONE ARM OF SAID BRIDGE CIRCUIT, SAID LOGIC CIRCUIT BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE CORRECTION SIGNAL FROM THE BRIDGE CIRCUIT, AND SAID LOGIC CIRCUIT AUTOMATICALLY INSERTING AND WITHDRAWING SEQUENTIALLY AND CUMULATIVELY RESISTORS FROM AN ARRAY OF RESISTORS UNTIL THE OPERATION OF THE LOGIC CIRCUIT SUCCESSFULLY SEARCHERS FOR A NULL POINT OF THE BRIDGE CIRCUIT, AT WHICH TIME THE TOTAL OF THE THEN INSERTED RESISTORS CONSTITUTES THE SIGNIFICANT TOTAL FOR WHICH THE SEARCHING WAS CONDUCTED, THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE ARRAY OF RESISTORS FOR INSERTION OR WITHDRAWAL INTO SAID ARM OF SAID BRIDGE CIRCUIT BY THE OPERATION OF SAID LOGIC CIRCUIT WHICH CONSISTS OF PROVIDING AT LEAST TWO BUT NOT MORE THEN SIXTEEN RESISTORS OF QUAL VALUE IN EACH GROUPS OF RESISTORS, THE TOTAL VALUE OF A GROUP OF RESISTORS BEING GREATER THAN THE VALUE OF A MEMBER OF THE NEXT LARGEST GROUP OF RESISTORS, PROVIDING THE POSSIBILITY OF CARRYOVER FROM A GROUP OF THE NEXT GROUP, WHEREBY THE NULL POINT CAN BE ACHIEVED BY ANY O F MANY COMBINATIONS OF RESISTORS, WHEREBY THE AVERAGE TIME FOR SEARCHING FOR A NULL POINT IN EACH OF A SERIES OF SUCCESSIVE SEARCHES IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN WHEN THE ARRAY OF RESISTORS CONSISTS
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 251 words
IN AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN WHICH A LOGIC CIRCUIT AUTOMATICALLY SEARCHES FOR A NULL POINT IN A BRIDGE CIRCUIT AND IN WHICH THERE IS A TENDENCY FOR THE CORRECTION SIGNAL TO INITIATE AN UNDERSIRABLY LARGE NUMBER OF REVERSALS OF THE DIRECTION OF THE SEARCHING FOR THE INSERTION OF THE CORRECT TOTAL OF RESISTORS INTO ONE ARM OF SAID BRIDGE CIRCUIT, SAID LOGIC CIRCUIT BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE CORRECTION SIGNAL FROM THE BRIDGE CIRCUIT, AND SAID LOGIC CIRCUIT AUTOMATICALLY INSERTING AND WITHDRAWING SEQUENTIALLY AND CUMULATIVELY RESISTORS FROM AN ARRAY OF RESISTORS UNTIL THE OPERATION OF THE LOGIC CIRCUIT SUCCESSFULLY SEARCHERS FOR A NULL POINT OF THE BRIDGE CIRCUIT, AT WHICH TIME THE TOTAL OF THE THEN INSERTED RESISTORS CONSTITUTES THE SIGNIFICANT TOTAL FOR WHICH THE SEARCHING WAS CONDUCTED, THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE ARRAY OF RESISTORS FOR INSERTION OR WITHDRAWAL INTO SAID ARM OF SAID BRIDGE CIRCUIT BY THE OPERATION OF SAID LOGIC CIRCUIT WHICH CONSISTS OF PROVIDING AT LEAST TWO BUT NOT MORE THEN SIXTEEN RESISTORS OF QUAL VALUE IN EACH GROUPS OF RESISTORS, THE TOTAL VALUE OF A GROUP OF RESISTORS BEING GREATER THAN THE VALUE OF A MEMBER OF THE NEXT LARGEST GROUP OF RESISTORS, PROVIDING THE POSSIBILITY OF CARRYOVER FROM A GROUP OF THE NEXT GROUP, WHEREBY THE NULL POINT CAN BE ACHIEVED BY ANY O F MANY COMBINATIONS OF RESISTORS, WHEREBY THE AVERAGE TIME FOR SEARCHING FOR A NULL POINT IN EACH OF A SERIES OF SUCCESSIVE SEARCHES IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN WHEN THE ARRAY OF RESISTORS CONSISTS

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