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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:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nicholas C Talbot, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mark E Nichols, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
701 50 ; 701213 ; 701215 ; 701216 ; 342357 ;
Abstract
A guidance system for movable machinery comprising a GPS processor unit in a 'gorilla box' connected to a shock mounted and protected GPS antenna and an operator display with a lightbar that indicates to an operator of the machinery to steer up/down or left/right.