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US3286064A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Sublimation timing switch

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-03-31
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Granted: 1966-11-15
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Expires: 1985-03-31
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Wilson Louis
  • 👤 Wilson E Hull
  • 👤 Jacob D Steinberg
  • 👤 Robert E Fischell

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 15:56
CPC Classifications
G; G04; G04F; G04F1/00; G04F1/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 234 words
A TIMING SWITCH IN A MISSILE OR SATELLITE COMPRISING INSULATING HOUSING MEANS HAVING CLOSED END MEANS AND OPEN END MEANS AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY SEPARATED SERIES OF PERIPHERALLY SPACED TERMINAL MEANS BETWEEN SAID CLOSED AND OPEN END MEANS; CARRYING MEANS BEING POSITIONED WITHIN SAID HOUSING MEANS BETWEEN SAID CLOSED AND OPEN END MEANS, SAID CARRYING MEANS FOR SLIDING SEQUENCIALLY AND LONGITUDINALLY FROM ONE OF SAID SEPARATED SERIES TO ANOTHER OF SAID SEPARATED SERIES OF PERIPHERALLY SPACED TERMINAL MEANS AND HAVING ELECTRICAL SHORTING MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID PERIPHERALLY SPACED TERMINAL MEANS OF ONE OF SAID LONGITUDINALLY SEPARATED SERIES OF SAID SPACED TERMINAL MEANS; SUBLIMABLE MEANS BEING POSITIONED BEWEEN SAID OPEN END MEANS AND SAID CARRYING MEANS WITHIN SAID HOUSING MEANS AND ABUTTING AGAINST SAID CARRYING MEANS; RESILIENT MEANS BEING POSITIONED WITHIN SAID HOUSING MEANS BETWEEN SAID CLOSED END MEANS AND SAID CARRYING MEANS FOR LOADING SAID CARRYING MEANS AND SAID SUBLIMABLE MEANS; HOLDING MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID HOUSING MEANS AT SAID OPEN END MEANS FOR RETAINING SAID SUBLIMABLE MEANS AGAINST SAID CARRYING MEANS AND MAINTAINING SAID RESILIENT MEANS WITHIN SAID HOUSING MEANS BEARING AGAINST SAID CLOSED END MEANS OF SAID HOUSING MEANS AND SAID CARRYING MEANS WHEREBY UPON SUBLIMATION OF SUBLIMABLE MEANS DUE TO THE VACUUM OF SPACE, SAID RESILIENT MEANS EXPAND LONGITUDINALLY AND MOVE SAID CARRYING MEANS ENABLING SAID ELECTRICAL SHORTING MEANS TO MAKE CONTACT SEQUENTIALLY WITH SAID LONGITUDINALLY SEPARATED TERMINAL MEANS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 234 words
A TIMING SWITCH IN A MISSILE OR SATELLITE COMPRISING INSULATING HOUSING MEANS HAVING CLOSED END MEANS AND OPEN END MEANS AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY SEPARATED SERIES OF PERIPHERALLY SPACED TERMINAL MEANS BETWEEN SAID CLOSED AND OPEN END MEANS; CARRYING MEANS BEING POSITIONED WITHIN SAID HOUSING MEANS BETWEEN SAID CLOSED AND OPEN END MEANS, SAID CARRYING MEANS FOR SLIDING SEQUENCIALLY AND LONGITUDINALLY FROM ONE OF SAID SEPARATED SERIES TO ANOTHER OF SAID SEPARATED SERIES OF PERIPHERALLY SPACED TERMINAL MEANS AND HAVING ELECTRICAL SHORTING MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID PERIPHERALLY SPACED TERMINAL MEANS OF ONE OF SAID LONGITUDINALLY SEPARATED SERIES OF SAID SPACED TERMINAL MEANS; SUBLIMABLE MEANS BEING POSITIONED BEWEEN SAID OPEN END MEANS AND SAID CARRYING MEANS WITHIN SAID HOUSING MEANS AND ABUTTING AGAINST SAID CARRYING MEANS; RESILIENT MEANS BEING POSITIONED WITHIN SAID HOUSING MEANS BETWEEN SAID CLOSED END MEANS AND SAID CARRYING MEANS FOR LOADING SAID CARRYING MEANS AND SAID SUBLIMABLE MEANS; HOLDING MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID HOUSING MEANS AT SAID OPEN END MEANS FOR RETAINING SAID SUBLIMABLE MEANS AGAINST SAID CARRYING MEANS AND MAINTAINING SAID RESILIENT MEANS WITHIN SAID HOUSING MEANS BEARING AGAINST SAID CLOSED END MEANS OF SAID HOUSING MEANS AND SAID CARRYING MEANS WHEREBY UPON SUBLIMATION OF SUBLIMABLE MEANS DUE TO THE VACUUM OF SPACE, SAID RESILIENT MEANS EXPAND LONGITUDINALLY AND MOVE SAID CARRYING MEANS ENABLING SAID ELECTRICAL SHORTING MEANS TO MAKE CONTACT SEQUENTIALLY WITH SAID LONGITUDINALLY SEPARATED TERMINAL MEANS.

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11.5 Years (Year 12) 1977-11-14 1978-05-16 1978-11-15 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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