Patents by Inventor Clark L. Applegate

Clark L. Applegate has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4451769
    Abstract: Electronic compensation apparatus for modifying an input control signal, to produce a drive signal for a torque motor of an electrohydraulic servovalve. The torque motor has a frequency variable response characteristic. The apparatus includes means to determine a first voltage magnitude across the armature of the torque motor when it is not moving; means to determine a second voltage magnitude across the armature of the torque motor when it is moving; and means to determine a difference voltage of the first and second voltages. The difference voltage measures the dynamic motion of the armature and provides a feedback control signal. The apparatus further includes compensation means responsive to the feedback control signal for compensating the electrohydraulic servovalve so as to avoid resonance, and feedback means connected to the compensation means for providing a modified control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1984
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventors: George E. Minnich, Clark L. Applegate