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Proportional drive servo controller with arrayed position detector

US4710641A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 27, 1986
Grant dateDec 1, 1987
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Expiry dateJun 27, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF42B35/00
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A precise position control for maintaining the burn face of a propellant sample within a precise optical depth of field positional range during burn face recession that may be non-uniform in nature. The position control employs an array of laser excited binary signal optical sensors with closed loop digital and analog electronic signal processing.

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