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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. 02, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert E Nagle, Mt. View, CA (US);
Andrew G Butler, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Wedge Innovations Incorporated, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36457101 ; 73 / ; 33366 ; 364559 ;
Abstract
An inclinometer 300 includes a sensing unit 302 for providing a signal dependent on the orientation of the inclinometer 300. The inclinometer 300 includes a rescaling unit 322 which improves the performance of the inclinometer providing additional compensation for any change in the sensor 302 over time and temperature. The inclinometer 300 further includes an angle offset function 91, 360 which provides a permanent angle offset to any angle determined by the inclinometer.