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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. 30, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Norman L Stauffer, Arapahoe, CO (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250561 ; 250201 ; 356-4 ; 356375 ;
Abstract
A surface position sensor in which energy is directed along an axis to the surface, is reflected back along the axis, and is focused on an elongated detector at a position along its length indicative of the distance to the surface.