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Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2008

Filed:

Jul. 18, 2001
Applicants:

Geoff D. Koch, Perry, OK (US);

Lee Widener, Perry, OK (US);

David R. Payne, Perry, OK (US);

Inventors:

Geoff D. Koch, Perry, OK (US);

Lee Widener, Perry, OK (US);

David R. Payne, Perry, OK (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus is provided for maintaining control of a machine which produces thrust, rotation or other outputs in response to input signals. The apparatus has two distinct parts, namely the operator input portion and the output portion. The operator input portion consists of the primary thrust, rotation and other output control, and the input signal generation, signal maintenance and signal resume control. Through these controls, the operator enters the desired operation at conditions and levels for rotation, thrust, and other input signals. The output portion consists of an information processing and control portion and the power units for rotation, thrust and other outputs generated from the machine. The information processing and control system interprets all of the desired operational conditions and levels from the input portion and sends commands to the thrust, rotation and other power units to produce the desired outputs in response to the input signals.


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