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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:
Oct. 01, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas B Booth, Fareham, GB;
Assignee:
Ferranti International, plc, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364433 ; 364434 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a system including an autopilot, with a simulator, for a fluid borne vehicle, and, in particular, to such a system including novel means to compute, in real time, and for depth keeping, and pitch keeping, purposes, any change of, or `out-of-trim`, heave force, and any change of, or `out-of-trim`, pitching moment, acting on the vehicle. For simplicity the general term out-of-trim forces is used when both are referred to.