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Incremental control

US4716518A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 14, 1985
Grant dateDec 29, 1987
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Expiry dateNov 14, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01D5/1655
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An endstopless incremental control provided by parallely connecting and ganging at least two potentiometer wipers without mechanical endstops, selectively switching, converting and sampling the individual output on the potentiometer wipers and utilizing only the valid outputs for feeding to a control system.

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