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US3231867A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Dynamic data storage circuit

Assignee: General Dynamics Corp
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Filing: 1962-03-02
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Granted: 1966-01-25
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Expires: 1982-03-02
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 William F Bartlett
  • 👤 Brightman Barrie

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-22 19:43
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11C; G11C21/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 273 words
A STORAGE CIRCUIT FOR THE DYNAMIC STORAGE OF M UNITS OF INFORMATION EACH HAVING N SUBUNITS, M AND N BEING INTEGERS, COMPRISING: (A) A MAIN STORE HAVING AN INPUT AND OUTPUT CIRCUIT FOR SERIALLY RETAINING M-2 OF SAID UNITS, (B) A FIRST AND SECOND AUXILIARY STORE EACH HAVING A CAPACITY OF AT LEAST ONE OF SAID UNITS AND EACH HAVING N SECTIONS, ONE OF EACH OF SAID SUBUNITS, (C) A STATIC STORE HAVING A CAPACITY OF AT LEAST ONE OF SAID UNITS AND HAVING N SECTIONS, ONE FOR EACH SUBUNIT OF THE UNIT STORED THEREIN, (D) MEANS FOR COUPLING THE FIRST SECTION OF SAID FIRST AUXILIARY STORE TO THE FIRST SECTION OF SAID STATIC STORE AND FOR COUPLING THE NTH SECTION SECTION OF SAID FIRST AUXILIARY STORE TO THE NTH SECTION OF SAID STATIC STORE UPON THE INSERTION OF A COMPLETE UNIT WITH SAID FIRST AUXILIARY STORE TO TRANSFER THE LAST MENTIONED UNIT FROM SAID FIRST AUXILIARY STORE INTO SAID STATIC STORE, (E) MEANS FOR THEREAFTER SELECTIVELY ALTERING ONE OR MORE OF THE SUBUNITS STORED WITHIN SAID STATIC STORE IF DESIRED, (F) MEANS FOR THEREAFTER COUPLING SAID FIRST SECTION OF SAID STATIC STORE TO THE FIRST SECTION OF SAID SECOND AUXILIARY STORE AND FOR COUPLING THE NTH SECTION OF SAID STATIC STORE TO THE NTH SECTION OF SAID SECOND AUXILIARY STORE TO TRANSFER THE UNIT FROM SAID STATIC STORE INTO SAID SECOND AUXILIARY STORE, (G) MEANS FOR COUPLING ONE END OF SAID SECOND AUXILIARY STORE TO THE INPUT CIRCUIT OF SAID MAIN STORE, AND (H) MEANS FOR COUPLING THE OUTPUT CIRCUIT OF SAID MAIN STORE TO ONE END OF SAID FIRST AUXILIARY STORE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 273 words
A STORAGE CIRCUIT FOR THE DYNAMIC STORAGE OF M UNITS OF INFORMATION EACH HAVING N SUBUNITS, M AND N BEING INTEGERS, COMPRISING: (A) A MAIN STORE HAVING AN INPUT AND OUTPUT CIRCUIT FOR SERIALLY RETAINING M-2 OF SAID UNITS, (B) A FIRST AND SECOND AUXILIARY STORE EACH HAVING A CAPACITY OF AT LEAST ONE OF SAID UNITS AND EACH HAVING N SECTIONS, ONE OF EACH OF SAID SUBUNITS, (C) A STATIC STORE HAVING A CAPACITY OF AT LEAST ONE OF SAID UNITS AND HAVING N SECTIONS, ONE FOR EACH SUBUNIT OF THE UNIT STORED THEREIN, (D) MEANS FOR COUPLING THE FIRST SECTION OF SAID FIRST AUXILIARY STORE TO THE FIRST SECTION OF SAID STATIC STORE AND FOR COUPLING THE NTH SECTION SECTION OF SAID FIRST AUXILIARY STORE TO THE NTH SECTION OF SAID STATIC STORE UPON THE INSERTION OF A COMPLETE UNIT WITH SAID FIRST AUXILIARY STORE TO TRANSFER THE LAST MENTIONED UNIT FROM SAID FIRST AUXILIARY STORE INTO SAID STATIC STORE, (E) MEANS FOR THEREAFTER SELECTIVELY ALTERING ONE OR MORE OF THE SUBUNITS STORED WITHIN SAID STATIC STORE IF DESIRED, (F) MEANS FOR THEREAFTER COUPLING SAID FIRST SECTION OF SAID STATIC STORE TO THE FIRST SECTION OF SAID SECOND AUXILIARY STORE AND FOR COUPLING THE NTH SECTION OF SAID STATIC STORE TO THE NTH SECTION OF SAID SECOND AUXILIARY STORE TO TRANSFER THE UNIT FROM SAID STATIC STORE INTO SAID SECOND AUXILIARY STORE, (G) MEANS FOR COUPLING ONE END OF SAID SECOND AUXILIARY STORE TO THE INPUT CIRCUIT OF SAID MAIN STORE, AND (H) MEANS FOR COUPLING THE OUTPUT CIRCUIT OF SAID MAIN STORE TO ONE END OF SAID FIRST AUXILIARY STORE.

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