Rapid orientation apparatus for an observation and/or weapon-carrying vehicle
CA 2035819 A1 · Owner: Margot, Paul-Andre · Inventors: Steinemann, Werner; Gernet, Pierre; Margot, Paul-Andre
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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Abstract From the Canadian patent
The apparatus serves for rapid orientation of a periscope and, if desired, a weapon barrel with respect to a sighted target. A contact potentiometer is proved as angle transmitter for an electric servo control. The contact potentiometer is annularly arranged around the observer's post at the vehicle, preferably in the region of the rim portion of the observation hatch of the vehicle. The contact potentiometer comprises an arcuate, hose-like insulating envelope defining a radial direction. A resistance track and a contact track are laid within the insulating envelope at a predeterminate spacing therebetween in the radial direction of the insulating envelope. By touching the contact …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed February 6, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 6, 2011.
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