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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:
Nov. 17, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Browne, Georgetown, CA;
Matthew Dennis, Mississauga, CA;
Assignee:
NEI Canada Limited, Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
40449 ; 54081526 ;
Abstract
A display element has a rotor designed to assume 3 or 4 angular positions to display corresponding panels on a viewing direction. The rotor has a permanent magnet at an angle to the axis. The position of the permanent magnet and rotor are controlled by stationary pairs of pole piece tips adjacent but spaced from each other, located adjacent the locus of the magnet at locations spaced by the angle between adjacent locations.