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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:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bruce H Kamens, Thomaston, CT (US);
Assignee:
Timex Corporation, Middlebury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
368 10 ; 368 14 ; 368281 ;
Abstract
A wrist mountable compass capable of directing a user to a selected compass direction is provided. In the preferred embodiment of the compass, the user selects the compass direction. The user is directed to the selected direction by digital pointers appearing on the compass. The compass utilizes a single magnetoresistive sensor to sense the polarity of the horizontal flux lines of the earth's magnetic field.