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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:
Mar. 28, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary N Bonadies, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Mark O'Clair, Clinton, MD (US);
David W Parry, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7481 / ; 74816 ; 192139 ; 343757 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for stopping a rotating antenna shaft at a distinct position intermediate two end stop positions 23, 24. Paddle 12 on the rotating shaft 21 cooperates with intermediate stop assembly 26 to arrest bi-directional shaft rotation at an intermediate point when such stopping is desired, the intermediate stop assembly being activated by springs 38, 39 and deactivated by action of solenoids 30, 31.