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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:
May. 01, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gregory L Cross, Arvada, CO (US);
Assignee:
Sun Company, Inc., Arvada, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3335 / ; 33364 ;
Abstract
A compass assembly comprising a base, a dial member received in a recessed portion of the base and rotatable relative the base about a dial member central longitudinal axis, and a compass housing received in a recessed portion of the dial member and fixedly secured to the base by a connecting disk. The disk has a first surface attached to the housing and a second surface attached to the base and a peripheral edge surface positioned in frictionally engaging contact with the dial member. The dial member is biased against rotation relative the base and the compass housing by the disk.