Patent US-1914-1360694
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Autopilot comprising several instruments operating together to maintain a set course by steering the rudder.
Refers to gyroscope patent: Patent US-1912-1186856, to which he refers by date granted (may not be aero exclusive), and to another patent with serial number 324731 filed 1919-09-18 (pertaining to a gyroscopic navigational apparatus), and to serial number 365145 filed 1920-03-12 (pertaining to a relay) ; these latter are just slightly odd in that the filing date of this patent itself is 1914-11-13. These dates are later than the filing date of this patent, but earlier than its date granted and its printing.
- Inventor location: 100 Marlborough Road, Brooklyn, New York
- Witnesses as shown on the final text page: Earl W. Chafee and F. R. Allen
Sources
- Patent 1360694 document and bibliographic info on espacenet
- Patent 1360694 at google patents
| Year filed | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Year granted | 1920 |
| Office | US |
| Patent number | 1360694 |
| Inventors | Elmer Ambrose Sperry |
| Inventor country | US |
| Applicant person | |
| Applicant firm | Sperry Gyroscope Company |
| Applicant type | INDIV |
| Applicant is inventor? | Yes |
| Original title | Navigational Apparatus |
| English title | Navigational Apparatus |
| Tech fields | airplane, LTA, navigation, compass, instrument, rudder, electronics, dirigibles, steering |
| Filing date | 1914/11/13 |
| Full specification filed date | |
| Application number | |
| Grant date | 1920/11/30 |
| Granted? | Yes |
| Publication date | |
| Supplementary to patent | Patent US-1912-1186856 |
| Related to aircraft? | 1 |
| Serial number | 871885 |
| Patent agent | Herbert H. Thompson |
| Assigned to | Sperry Gyroscope Company |
| National tech categories | |
| IPCs | IPC G05D1/02 |
| CPCs | CPC G05D1/0206 |
| Family year | 1912 |
| First filing? | No |
| Cites these patents | |
| Citations from after 1930 | |
| Application ID | |
| INPADOC family ID | |
| Number of text pages | 7 |
| Number of diagram pages | 5 |
| Number of figures | 12 |
| Number of claims | 26 |
