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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1978
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sven-Erik Soderstrom, Vesteras, SE;
Assignee:
ASEA Aktiebolag, Vesteras, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356-4 ; 343 / ; 356-5 ;
Abstract
In cloud measuring apparatus a transmitter emits light pulses towards the cloud in a receiver located adjacent the transmitter and detects light reflected from the cloud, the receiver having a sensitivity that with increasing distance from the receiver first decreases to a certain distance and at greater distances from the certain distance the sensitivity increases.