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US-4,672,237 Logic circuit having delay time free from temperature affection
A logic circuit such as an emitter coupled logic includes a current switch section formed of transistors and resistors and comparing an input signal with a...
US-4,672,236 Voltage-to-frequency converter circuit
A voltage-to-frequency converter circuit comprising an input circuit which receives an input signal and converts it to a pair of D.C. voltage signals of equal...
US-4,672,235 Bipolar power transistor
A power transistor comprising a plurality of elementary transistors coupled in parallel and an identical number of current generators, each of which has a...
US-4,672,234 Switch system for overhead electric cords
A switch system for overhead electric extension cords for remotely controlling overhead-mounted electrical appliances, such as fans. A drop cord includes an...
US-4,672,233 Controller with dual function switch
A machine controller having start and time delay functions activated and set by a single switch. There is a cycler for activating and deactivating machine...
US-4,672,232 Microprocessor operated timing controller
The timing controller includes a triac, a receptacle, and an AC wall outlet coupled in series. A sensor is coupled across the receptacle to sense when a lamp...
US-4,672,231 Control circuit particularly adapted for use with lubrication sensor apparatus
A pressure sensor probe has a first port connectable to a relatively low pressure source in a compressor crankcase and a second port connectable to a relatively...
US-4,672,230 Electronic proximity switch device
An electronic switch of the type having two external lines, one of which is connected to one pole of an operating voltage source in series with a load and the...
US-4,672,229 Wall-mounted touch control switch
An improved touch control switch is adapted to be a direct replacement for a standard toggle switch in a standard single-gang or multi-gang switch box. The touch...
US-4,672,228 Battery backup system for switched power supply
A battery back-up system providing a short term hold-up for a converter type switched power supply. The back-up system includes a regulated charger circuit for...
US-4,672,227 Automatic transfer switch with delay
An automatic transfer switch with time delayed emergency generator system is taught. The microprocessor is interconnected with a programming device and with a...
US-4,672,226 Redundant resistance temperature detector power supply system
A redundant power supply/signal conditioner system for a resistance temperature detector includes power supply/signal conditioner modules having first and second...
US-4,672,225 Automotive anti-theft device
An anti-theft device for automobile vehicles disables the vehicle's starter ignition system unless a coded resistive element is inserted into the device by the...
US-4,672,224 Composite automatic control system for vehicle engine with theft prevention circuit
The composite automatic control system for vehicle engine with theft prevention circuit serves the purpose of controlling the door lock and engine starting power...
US-4,672,223 Proving safe operation
To ensure the safe operation of an electronic circuit, for example an amplitude modulated carrier signal generator, an output of the circuit is analyzed to prove...
US-4,672,222 Ocean wave energy converter
A self-stabilized and modularly expandable system of independently operative point absorbers with respective drive transmissions and electrical generators...
US-4,672,221 Photoelectric conversion element with light shielding conductive layer
A photoelectric conversion element comprises a substrate, a plurality of separate electrodes arranged in a row on the substrate, signal lead-out parts extending...
US-4,672,220 Method and apparatus for reading out an opto-electric detector
For reading-out an opto-electric detector constructed as an array of rows, the signal contents of several detector elements of a row section of a row located...
US-4,672,219 Image reader with scanning by array of sequentially illuminated light sources
An image reader is adapted to read an image represented on a document. The image reader comprises a reading unit, an LEDs driving circuit, and means for moving...
US-4,672,218 Method for determining the onset of crystallization
A method for determining the onset of nucleation wherein a zone of a translucent fluid in which crystals may be formed is illuminated by a beam of light. When...
US-4,672,217 Easily cleaned photoelectric smoke detector
A photoelectric smoke detector which operates on the scattered light principle and involves a light source, and a photosensor placed at an angle to the light...
US-4,672,216 Liquid quality monitor having a plurality of photodiodes for detecting light scattered at various angles
A power station boiler condensate water monitor employs a light-scatter cell for the detection of oil and/or particulates in the water. In order to determine...
US-4,672,215 Hand held laser bar code reader with safety shutoff responsive to housing motion detector
A hand held laser bar code reader includes a motion sensor and associated circuitry to disable energization of the laser unless the bar code reader has just...
US-4,672,214 Optical switch having light source and receiver positioned stationary relative to steering wheel
A steering switch device (200) for a vehicle having a vehicle body (1), a steering wheel (100) rotatably attached to the vehicle body, and an electrical load...
US-4,672,213 Container, especially for radioactive substances
Container, especially for radioactive substances such as radioactive liquids, with an inner container for receiving these substances and an outer container, in...
US-4,672,212 Multi leaf collimator
A multi leaf collimator for a radiation beam the particles of which is selected from the group consisting of high energy photons, electrons, protons and heavy...
US-4,672,211 Blackbody simulator with uniform emissivity
A blackbody simulator which includes a core having a non-spherical cavity and an aperture to the cavity. A substantial portion of the cavity surface is shaped so...
US-4,672,210 Ion implanter target chamber
A target chamber for a mechanically scanned ion implanter in which semiconductor wafers are maintained in contact with a rotating target disk entirely by body...
US-4,672,209 Component alignment method
A method for the alignment of electronic components to be mounted on a printed board. The alignment is accomplished by illuminating the surface of the printed...
US-4,672,208 Particle detector crystal and related particle detector assembly
A particle detector crystal comprising a diamond-shaped crystal scintillation material having 60 degree and 120 degree apexes and having at least one slot...
US-4,672,207 Readout system for multi-crystal gamma cameras
A radioisotope camera (10) having an array (12) of scintillation crystals (13) arranged in N rows and M columns and adapted to be struck by gamma-rays from a...
US-4,672,206 Passive infrared detector
A passive infrared detector including an optical collector releasably attached to a base with a sensor on which incident infrared radiation directed through the...
US-4,672,205 Method of processing the output signals of an optical earth-horizon sensor
The invention is directed to a method for determining the anomaly portion the output signal of a zero-seeking earth-horizon sensor for a geostationary...
US-4,672,204 Mass spectrometers
Mass spectrometer having an ion source, acceleration means able to impart to the ions an energy essentially dependent on their electric charge, means for...
US-4,672,203 Two stage valve for use in pressure converter
A multi-stage valve having a valve housing containing an inlet port and an outlet port that communicate through means of an elongated chamber formed in the...
US-4,672,202 Adjustable mount for electro-optic transducers in an evacuated cryogenic system
The invention is an adjustable mount for positioning an electro-optic transducer in an evacuated cryogenic environment. Electro-optic transducers are used in...
US-4,672,201 Phase controlled incremental distance measuring system
A device for detecting alternating light and dark areas of a Vernier or Moire interference pattern. The device comprises a plurality of paired light sources and...
US-4,672,200 Optical inspection of transparent layers
Method and apparatus for optical inspection of transparent layers such as the wall of glass and plastic containers, using bifurcated fiber optic probes. One or...
US-4,672,199 Fiberoptic temperature/pressure sensor system
A fiberoptic sensing system comprising a light source, a sensor responsive to external stimulus, an optical fiber connected to the light source and the sensor, a...
US-4,672,198 Signal sampler microbending fiber test clip
The invention relates to a hand-held device for detecting whether or not an optical fiber is carrying a light signal. The device includes a spring loaded hook...
US-4,672,197 Photosensor employing optical guide posts to detect an object in the path
A plurality of optical guide paths are built in a guide path plate. A plurality of optical guide posts are erected on the guide path plate so that each may...
US-4,672,196 Method and apparatus for measuring properties of thin materials using polarized light
A method and means for measuring and/or determining characteristics of a material by analyzing the characteristics of an energy beam incident upon and affected...
US-4,672,195 Radiant beam coordinate detector system
A crossed light beam coordinate detection and encoding system having a plurality of emitter/detector pairs along each axis of the display space is disclosed. The...
US-4,672,194 Passive proximity battery control circuit for night vision goggles
A circuit for automatically removing battery power from a night vision goggle (10) upon its detachment from a headgear (12). A magnet (34) on the headgear (12)...
US-4,672,193 Micro-channel plate support and lead structure
An electron multiplier includes a micro-channel plate (12) having secondary electron emission. The channel plate is fitted in an annular metal frame (16, 17)...
US-4,672,192 Laser light beam noise reducing apparatus
Laser beam noise reducing apparatus includes an acoustooptic cell which receives a noisy input laser light beam and produces an undiffracted or zero-order light...
US-4,672,191 Shadow solar tracking device and system
A solar tracking device (10) has a shadow plate (12) mounted above support (14). A first pair of photoresponsive sensors (18) is mounted beneath the shadow plate...
US-4,672,190 Line following system and process with matrix generating
A line following system comprising a matrix generating optical scanning device which produces a matrix representing a portion of a line being followed and a...
US-4,672,189 Device for sensing light and providing electrical readout
The disclosed device responds to pulsed light from a light source to produce electrical signals. A photo-electric transducer element uses a number of signal...
US-4,672,188 Focus detector for optical apparatus
An optical disk recorder focus-error system includes a so-called "knife-edge" focus detector. The dynamic range of the detector is enlarged by placing an...
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