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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:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
James R Huffman, Austin, TX (US);
Ronald D Cruickshank, Durham, NC (US);
Shrirang Nikanth Jambhekar, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Jeffrey Van Myers, Driftwood, TX (US);
Russell L Collins, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ; B64C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364492 ; 364566 ; 244 / ; 244183 ; 244191 ; 39518212 ; 3951822 ; 39518222 ; 39575002 ; 39575003 ; 340945 ; 340959 ; 340960 ; 340971 ; 701-5 ; 701-9 ; 701 14 ; 701 15 ; 701 16 ;
Abstract
An apparatus (700) for inhibiting operation of an electronic device (702) during take-off and landing of an aircraft (802) has a sensor (704) that measures a lateral acceleration. A control circuit (706) is coupled to the sensor (704) and has an output (708) coupled to the electronic device (702).