Patent · US Expired

Device for measuring the distance to a runway for an aerial vehicle

US5191346A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 28, 1991
Grant dateMar 2, 1993
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Expiry dateMay 28, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S13/32
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device automatically measures a distance relative to the longitudinal axis of a runway to be destroyed. This device comprises: a radar transmitter-receiver, at least one depointed antenna, distance-measuring gates, a threshold circuit and a computer circuit.

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