Abstract: A vehicle power control includes a throttle housing; a throttle rotatable relative to the throttle housing; a throttle position mechanism assembly housed at least partially within the throttle housing and including a magnetic member and a sensor rotatable with respect to each other in the housing, the throttle position mechanism operably coupled to the throttle so that rotation of the throttle translates into linear movement, which translates into rotation of the magnetic member and the sensor relative to each other so that sensor generate a signal based on sensed position of the magnetic member for controlling motive power of a vehicle.

Abstract: An angle encoder for determining the pitch (or yaw) angle of a gyroscopic mass with respect to the pitch (or yaw) axis of a missile in flight is shown to be the combination of: (a) an optical encoder pattern disposed on the periphery of the gyroscopic mass, such pattern preferably being divided into a substantially equal reflective portion and a nonreflective portion; (b) an optical sensor arrangement having a limited field of view, such arrangement being mounted on the body of the missile to provide a first signal whose level is indicative of the reflective or nonreflective portion in the limited field of view; and (c) circuitry for converting the first signal into a signal indicative of the pitch (or yaw) angle of the missile.