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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:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
May. 31, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Evan L Hopkins, Emporia, KS (US);
O Eugene Dial, Emporia, KS (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ; G01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
33366 ; 333482 ; 33379 ;
Abstract
An inclination measuring apparatus including a level for measuring the inclination of an object; an LED for creating an image of the level; and a photodiode array for sensing the image of the level and for generating a level signal representative of the inclination of the apparatus is disclosed.