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US3188623A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Free running multivibrator circuit energizing an indicator circuit

Assignee: MASTER SPECIALTIES Co
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Filing: 1960-02-08
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Granted: 1965-06-08
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Expires: 1980-02-08
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 George T Culbertson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-22 20:28
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03K; H03K3/00; H03K3/02; H03K3/26; H03K3/28; H03K3/281; H03K3/282; H03K3/2823

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 148 words
IN AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR ALTERNATELY ENERGIZING AND DE-ENERGIZING AN OUTPUT INDICATOR, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING AN INPUT DIRECT CURRENT POTENTIAL APPLIED TO A PAIR OF INPUT LINES, A PAIR OF JUNCTION TRANSISTORS HAVING BASE, EMITTER AND COLLECTOR ELECTRODES, MEANS CONNECTING THE EMITTER-COLLECTOR CIRCUITS OF SAID TRANSISTORS ACROSS SAID INPUT LINES, FAULT SWITCH MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID INPUT LINES TO PROVIDE POWER AT A PREDETERMINED TIME TO SAID TRANSISTORS, A WINDING OF AN OUTPUT RELAY CONNECTED IN THE EMITTER-COLLECTOR CIRCUIT OF ONE OF SAID TRANSISTORS, AN ISOLATING DIODE POLED IN A FORWARD CONDUCTION DIRECTION INCLUDED IN SAID EMITTER-COLLECTOR CIRCUIT OF THE TRANSISTOR DRIVING SAID INPUT RELAY WINDING, SAID DIODE PERMITTING CONDUCTION THERETHROUGH ONLY WHEN ITS ASSOCIATED TRANSISTOR CONDUCTS, OUTPUT INDICATING MEANS CONTROLLED BY CONTACTS OF SAID OUTPUT RELAY, CAPACITOR MEANS CROSS-CONNECTED FROM EACH COLLECTOR ELECTRODE TO THE BASE ELECTRODE OF THE OPPOSITE OF SAID TRANSISTORS, A PLURALITY OF RESISTORS
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 148 words
IN AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR ALTERNATELY ENERGIZING AND DE-ENERGIZING AN OUTPUT INDICATOR, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING AN INPUT DIRECT CURRENT POTENTIAL APPLIED TO A PAIR OF INPUT LINES, A PAIR OF JUNCTION TRANSISTORS HAVING BASE, EMITTER AND COLLECTOR ELECTRODES, MEANS CONNECTING THE EMITTER-COLLECTOR CIRCUITS OF SAID TRANSISTORS ACROSS SAID INPUT LINES, FAULT SWITCH MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID INPUT LINES TO PROVIDE POWER AT A PREDETERMINED TIME TO SAID TRANSISTORS, A WINDING OF AN OUTPUT RELAY CONNECTED IN THE EMITTER-COLLECTOR CIRCUIT OF ONE OF SAID TRANSISTORS, AN ISOLATING DIODE POLED IN A FORWARD CONDUCTION DIRECTION INCLUDED IN SAID EMITTER-COLLECTOR CIRCUIT OF THE TRANSISTOR DRIVING SAID INPUT RELAY WINDING, SAID DIODE PERMITTING CONDUCTION THERETHROUGH ONLY WHEN ITS ASSOCIATED TRANSISTOR CONDUCTS, OUTPUT INDICATING MEANS CONTROLLED BY CONTACTS OF SAID OUTPUT RELAY, CAPACITOR MEANS CROSS-CONNECTED FROM EACH COLLECTOR ELECTRODE TO THE BASE ELECTRODE OF THE OPPOSITE OF SAID TRANSISTORS, A PLURALITY OF RESISTORS

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1968-06-07 1968-12-07 1969-06-08 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1972-06-07 1972-12-07 1973-06-08 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1976-06-07 1976-12-07 1977-06-08 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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