Patents by Inventor Jerome Danforth Harr

Jerome Danforth Harr 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: 4050086
    Abstract: The ideal response expected of an electromagnetic transducer, particularly of the Magneto-Resistive (M-R) type, obtains with signal translating circuitry for amplifying the varying signal produced and for dynamically biasing the transducer for maintaining the transducing operation in the linear portions of the characteristics of both the transducer and the amplifying circuitry. An M-R transducer is connected to the input circuit of alternating signal differential amplifying circuitry for delivering the desired signal at output terminals. The offset voltage across the transducer is compensated by differentially biasing input transistors of the amplifying circuitry. Biasing direct current through and/or voltage across the M-R transducer is controlled by a circuit connected to the output terminal and responsive to the signal thereat for developing a slowly inversely varying unidirectional voltage, preferably within a low pass filter interposed in the control circuit for stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1977
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Jerome Danforth Harr