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US3293631A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Detection apparatus

Assignee: Honeywell Inc
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Filing: 1965-05-25
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Granted: 1966-12-20
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Expires: 1985-05-25
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Premack Joshua

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 21:02
CPC Classifications
G; G08; G08B; G08B13/00; G08B13/22; G08B13/26

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 137 words
IN AN INTRUDER DETECTION SYSTEM: A PAIR OF OSCILLATOR CIRCUITS EACH HAVING FREQUENCY DETERMINING PORTIONS SET TO YIELD OSCILLATIONS AT SUBTANTIALLY THE SAME AMPLITUDE AND FREQUENCY, ONE OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT BEING SLIGHTLY DETUNED FROM THE OTHER IN FREQUENCY; INTRUDER RESPONSIVE SYNCHRONIZING MEANS INTERCOUPLING THE FREQUENCY DETERMINING PORTIONS OF SAID CIRCUITS FOR MAINTAINING SAID OSCILLATIONS LOCKED IN SYNCHRONISM THROUGHOUT THE RANGE OF OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM, SAIS SYNCHRONIZING MEANS BEING CONDITION RESPONSIVE UPON THE INGRESS OF AN INTRUDER WITHIN THE EFFECTIVE RANGE OF THE SYSTEM WHICH TENDS TO CHANGE THE DEGREE OF INTERCOUPLING BETWEEN SAID CIRCUITS; MEANS SEPARATE FROM SAID INTERCOUPLING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CIRCUITS FOR DERIVING SIGNALS PROPORTIONS TO THE CHANGE IN INTERCOUPLING RESULTING FROM THE INGRESS OF SAID INTRUDER; AND ALARM MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A PREDETERMINED LEVEL OF SAID DERIVED SIGNAL FOR PROVIDING A PERCEPTIBLE INDICATION
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 137 words
IN AN INTRUDER DETECTION SYSTEM: A PAIR OF OSCILLATOR CIRCUITS EACH HAVING FREQUENCY DETERMINING PORTIONS SET TO YIELD OSCILLATIONS AT SUBTANTIALLY THE SAME AMPLITUDE AND FREQUENCY, ONE OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT BEING SLIGHTLY DETUNED FROM THE OTHER IN FREQUENCY; INTRUDER RESPONSIVE SYNCHRONIZING MEANS INTERCOUPLING THE FREQUENCY DETERMINING PORTIONS OF SAID CIRCUITS FOR MAINTAINING SAID OSCILLATIONS LOCKED IN SYNCHRONISM THROUGHOUT THE RANGE OF OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM, SAIS SYNCHRONIZING MEANS BEING CONDITION RESPONSIVE UPON THE INGRESS OF AN INTRUDER WITHIN THE EFFECTIVE RANGE OF THE SYSTEM WHICH TENDS TO CHANGE THE DEGREE OF INTERCOUPLING BETWEEN SAID CIRCUITS; MEANS SEPARATE FROM SAID INTERCOUPLING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CIRCUITS FOR DERIVING SIGNALS PROPORTIONS TO THE CHANGE IN INTERCOUPLING RESULTING FROM THE INGRESS OF SAID INTRUDER; AND ALARM MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A PREDETERMINED LEVEL OF SAID DERIVED SIGNAL FOR PROVIDING A PERCEPTIBLE INDICATION

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