Patents Assigned to Aviation Instrument Manufacturing Corporation
  • Patent number: 4415879
    Abstract: A combination directional gyro and navigation radio indicator instrument for use in aircraft which provides a display of compass card, selected course pointer, course deviation indicator, to-from indicator, and glide slope indicator in a unique presentation. The compass card is directly driven by the directional gyro, and the selected course pointer normally rotates with the compass card when it rotates, but can be de-clutched for selection of a new course. The selected course signal is obtained by attenuating, amplifying, and phase shifting the reference signal from a navigation radio such that it can be sent to the rotor of a control transformer which is geared to the compass card. The resulting stator signal is then amplified and sent to the rotor of a differential resolver which is geared to the course selector pointer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1983
    Assignee: Aviation Instrument Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Robert H. Brady, Michael L. Beaumont, Arthur C. Pettis