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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:
Dec. 29, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ralph J Koerner, Ramona, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340870160 ; 7317 / ; 73179 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for use in a glider for indicating the rate of vertical air mass movement. The apparatus includes sensing means for detecting both glider airspeed and acceleration orthogonal to the plane of the wings. This information is used to modify the output display of a conventional variometer to eliminate the effects of drag.