Patent US-1909-935766

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Single-button circuit provides an emergency override of the motor and adjustment of various planes to harness the dihedral angle effect. Intended for use by aviators experiencing dangerous roll. Mea

Means cites George Cayley (Cayley, 1809, On Aerial Navigation; as republished in his 1895 Aeronautical Annual) and the Wright Brothers (in Century, September 1908, pp. 642–643: The Wright Brothers' Aëroplane, 1908).

Analogous patent filed in UK as Patent GB-1909-19540.

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Inventor location (imputed by HistPat): Boston, MA, Suffolk county, MA (FIPSloc=25025), New York county, NY (FIPSloc=36061)


Year filed 1908
Year granted 1909
Office US
Patent number 935766
Inventors James Means
Inventor country US
Applicant person
Applicant firm
Applicant type INDIV
Applicant is inventor? 1
Original title Emergency apparatus for controlling flying-machines
English title Emergency apparatus for controlling flying-machines
Tech fields stability, electronics, safety
Filing date 1908-10-06
Full specification filed date
Application number 1908456459
Grant date 1909-10-05
Granted? 1
Publication date
Supplementary to patent
Related to aircraft? 1
Serial number 456459
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National tech categories USPC 244/47
IPCs IPC B64C3/42
CPCs CPC B64C3/42
Family year 1908
First filing? 1
Cites these patents
Citations from after 1930
Application ID 47229992
INPADOC family ID 43870445
Number of text pages 2
Number of diagram pages 1
Number of figures 2
Number of claims 5