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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. 14, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Derek A Tidman, McLean, VA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Launch Corporation, McLean, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
124-6 ; 124-1 ; 74 86 ; 89-8 ;
Abstract
A mass located in a track defined by a closed, continuous path is gradually and smoothly accelerated or decelerated by controlling movement of the track so a portion of the track where the mass is sensed to be located is moved inwardly (for acceleration) or outwardly (for deceleration) along a local radius of curvature of the track.