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US3226568A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Gating means for passing a predetermined number of pulses

Assignee: Friden Inc
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Filing: 1962-03-16
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Granted: 1965-12-28
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Expires: 1982-03-16
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jan A Samwel

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 16:52
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03K; H03K5/00; H03K5/156

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 164 words
IN COMBINATION IN A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR GATING PULSES, (A) A PULSE GENERATOR FOR GENERATING A SERIES OF PULSES, EACH BEGINNING WITH A SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF ONE POLARITY AND ENDING WITH A SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE OPPOSITE POLARITY, (B) A BISTABLE FLIP-FLOP OPERABLE TO "ON" AND "OF" STATES ALTERNATELY, SAID FLIP-FLOP HAVING AN "ON" INPUT DRIVABLE BY A SWING OF AN INPUT SIGNAL TOWARD SAID OPPOSITE POLARITY FOR OPERATING SAID FLIP-FLOP TO SAID "ON" STATE, AND A SEPARATE "OFF" INPUT DRIVABLE BY A SWING OF AN INPUT SIGNAL TOWARD SAID OPPOSITE POLARITY FOR OPERATING SAID FLIP-FLOP TO SAID "OFF" CONDITION, SAID FLIP-FLOP BEING SO CONSTRUCTED AND DIMENSIONED THAT IT IS OPERABLE AS AFORESAID ONLY IN RESPONSE TO SWINGS OF INPUT SIGNALS TOWARD SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION, (C) A FIRST GATE CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID GENERATOR AND SAID "ON" INPUT OF SAID FLIP-FLOP, (D) A CONTROL SIGNAL MEANS FOR APPLYING A CONTROL SIGNAL TO SAID FIRST GATE FOR ENABLING IT FOR PASSING A
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 164 words
IN COMBINATION IN A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR GATING PULSES, (A) A PULSE GENERATOR FOR GENERATING A SERIES OF PULSES, EACH BEGINNING WITH A SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF ONE POLARITY AND ENDING WITH A SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE OPPOSITE POLARITY, (B) A BISTABLE FLIP-FLOP OPERABLE TO "ON" AND "OF" STATES ALTERNATELY, SAID FLIP-FLOP HAVING AN "ON" INPUT DRIVABLE BY A SWING OF AN INPUT SIGNAL TOWARD SAID OPPOSITE POLARITY FOR OPERATING SAID FLIP-FLOP TO SAID "ON" STATE, AND A SEPARATE "OFF" INPUT DRIVABLE BY A SWING OF AN INPUT SIGNAL TOWARD SAID OPPOSITE POLARITY FOR OPERATING SAID FLIP-FLOP TO SAID "OFF" CONDITION, SAID FLIP-FLOP BEING SO CONSTRUCTED AND DIMENSIONED THAT IT IS OPERABLE AS AFORESAID ONLY IN RESPONSE TO SWINGS OF INPUT SIGNALS TOWARD SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION, (C) A FIRST GATE CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID GENERATOR AND SAID "ON" INPUT OF SAID FLIP-FLOP, (D) A CONTROL SIGNAL MEANS FOR APPLYING A CONTROL SIGNAL TO SAID FIRST GATE FOR ENABLING IT FOR PASSING A

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