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US3264612A
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Assignee: EIDP Inc
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Filing: 1961-08-21
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Granted: 1966-08-02
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Expires: 1981-08-21
Abstract
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Inventors
- 👤 Edward W Yetter
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-23 14:55
CPC Classifications
G; G05; G05B; G05B19/00; G05B19/02; G05B19/04; G05B19/08; H; H03; H03K; H03K19/00; H03K19/02; H03K19/173; H03K19/177
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
172 words
AN ELECTRICAL SEQUENCE CONTROLLER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A CONDITIONAL LOGIC MATRIX PROVIDING AN ORDERED ARRAY OF ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT PATHS GATED SO AS TO CORRESPOND WITH THE ATTAINMENT OF PRESELECTED CONDITIONS IN A PROCESS TO BE CONTROLLED, A SWITCHING DEVICE AND ACTUATION MEANS FOR SAID SWITCHING DEVICE, MEANS CONNECTING THE OUTPUTS OF SAID CONDITIONAL MATRIX ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT PATHS IN INDIVIDUAL SEQUENCE WITH SAID ACTUATION MEANS, A POWER SOURCE AND MEANS OPERATIVE TO EFFECT SAID ATTAINMENT OF SAID PRESELECTED CONDITIONS IN SAID PROCESS TO BE CONTROLLED, A COMMAND LOGIC MATRIX HAVING AN ORDERED ARRAY OF ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS CONNECTED BY SAID SWITCHING DEVICE BETWEEN SAID POWER SOURCE AND SAID PRESELECTED CONDITION ATTAINMENT MEANS, AND CONDITION-DETECTING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF SAID PRESELECTED CONDITIONS IN SAID PROCESS TO BE CONTROLLED TO ALLOW TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICAL VERIFYING SIGNALS TO SAID CONDITIONAL LOGIC MATRIX FOR ACTUATION OF SAID SWITCHING DEVICE, SAID SWITCHING DEVICE ESTABLISHING POWERED ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS IN A PROGRAMMED SEQUENCE THROUGH PRESELECTED INDIVIDUAL ONES OF SAID ORDERED ARRAY OF ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS IN SAID COMMAND LOGIC MATRIX.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
172 words
AN ELECTRICAL SEQUENCE CONTROLLER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A CONDITIONAL LOGIC MATRIX PROVIDING AN ORDERED ARRAY OF ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT PATHS GATED SO AS TO CORRESPOND WITH THE ATTAINMENT OF PRESELECTED CONDITIONS IN A PROCESS TO BE CONTROLLED, A SWITCHING DEVICE AND ACTUATION MEANS FOR SAID SWITCHING DEVICE, MEANS CONNECTING THE OUTPUTS OF SAID CONDITIONAL MATRIX ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT PATHS IN INDIVIDUAL SEQUENCE WITH SAID ACTUATION MEANS, A POWER SOURCE AND MEANS OPERATIVE TO EFFECT SAID ATTAINMENT OF SAID PRESELECTED CONDITIONS IN SAID PROCESS TO BE CONTROLLED, A COMMAND LOGIC MATRIX HAVING AN ORDERED ARRAY OF ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS CONNECTED BY SAID SWITCHING DEVICE BETWEEN SAID POWER SOURCE AND SAID PRESELECTED CONDITION ATTAINMENT MEANS, AND CONDITION-DETECTING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF SAID PRESELECTED CONDITIONS IN SAID PROCESS TO BE CONTROLLED TO ALLOW TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICAL VERIFYING SIGNALS TO SAID CONDITIONAL LOGIC MATRIX FOR ACTUATION OF SAID SWITCHING DEVICE, SAID SWITCHING DEVICE ESTABLISHING POWERED ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS IN A PROGRAMMED SEQUENCE THROUGH PRESELECTED INDIVIDUAL ONES OF SAID ORDERED ARRAY OF ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS IN SAID COMMAND LOGIC MATRIX.
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