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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 1979
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wilbert E Swygert, Jr, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Assignee:
Sperry Rand Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340517 ; 33321 ; 7317 / ; 340651 ; 340664 ; 318563 ;
Abstract
Gyrocompass heading step-by-step repeater amplifier channels are provided with protection from damage by accidental short-circuits occurring in one or more compass step-by-step data repeaters or in the cables extending to such repeaters. Total shut-down of the affected channel or channels is effected by fast-acting thyristor pulse control circuits and the channels are automatically reset when the fault is removed. A cooperative latching short-circuit alarm is provided.