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SYSTEM FOR RECORDING AND REPRODUCING

PULSE CODE MODULATED DATA

NASA Case No. XGS-01021

Canada

Address inquiries to:

Goddard Space Flight Center

Attn: Patent Counsel

Mail Code: 204

Greenbelt, MD 20771
U.S.A.

[Corresponding to U.S. Patent No. 3,277,373]

In pulse code modulated magnetic tape recording and reproducing (playback) systems, the playback head tends to alter the shape of the recorded signal. Accordingly, the reproducing system must reconstruct the proper signal from the altered one. This invention eliminates the need for this reconstruction function by the design of the playback head in which the head gap is approximately one-half the wave length of the recorded pulse code modulated data at its fundamental pulse repetition frequency. The playback head thus provides an output signal which is an integral of the recorded signal and contains all of the recorded information. The invention also allows a higher packing density of the recorded information on the magnetic tape.

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LIGHT DETECTION SYSTEM

NASA Case No. XNP-01059

Canada

Address inquiries to:
NASA Pasadena Office
Attn: Patent Counsel
Mail Code: 180-601
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91103
U.S.A.

[Corresponding to U.S. Patent No. 3,354,320]

A system for determining the position of a light source about two axes of a reference position. The system, originally developed for orienting antenna on the Mariner spacecraft, utilizes a single movable part, a vibrating reed shutter, for alternately blocking and passing light from the source projected onto a photosensitive detector at the position of reference.

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INTERCONNECTION OF SOLAR CELLS

NASA Case No. XGS-01475

Canada

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Goddard Space Flight Center

Attn: Patent Counsel

Mail Code: 204

Greenbelt, MD 20771
U.S.A.

[Corresponding to U.S. Patent No. 3,459,391]

Expanded metal, that is, a thin metal strip which has first had short longitudinal cuts made therein and then been pulled transverse to the cuts to open the cuts into diamond shaped holes, has been used as interconnectors in a solar cell matrix to provide a flexible, somewhat resilient array. The solar cell array can be compactly stored prior to deployment and then deployed into a variety of shapes through the use of a new expandable frame in which telescoping tubes are extended to a desired length and then cemented to form a rigid support structure.

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BALANCED BELLOWS SPIROMETER

NASA Case No. XAC-01547

Canada

Address inquiries to:
Ames Research Center
Attn: Patent Counsel
Mail Code: 200-11A
Moffett Field, CA 94035
U.S.A.

[Corresponding to U.S. Patent No. 3,420,225]

A laboratory instrument for measuring total lung capacity, vital
capacity, maximum breathing capacity, tidal volume, functional
residual capacity and oxygen uptake of human subjects. The
spirometer, which employs two mechanically interconnected bel-
lows, is compact, retains calibration, and is unaffected by accelera-
tion fields along all three coordinate axes.

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APPARATUS PROVIDING A DIRECTIVE FIELD
PATTERN AND ATTITUDE SENSING OF A

SPIN-STABILIZED SATELLITE

NASA Case No. XGS-02607

Canada, France,

Netherlands, Japan,

West Germany, Great Britain

Address inquiries to:

Goddard Space Flight Center

Attn: Patent Counsel

Mail Code: 204

Greenbelt, MD 20771
U.S.A.

[Corresponding to U.S. Patent No. 3,341,151]

A satellite, adapted to spin about an axis, having antenna elements for communicating with a remote body and a beam collimator rotatable with respect to the spin axis. The beam collimator is rotated at the same rate and in the opposite direction as the spin of the satellite to provide a directional beam stationary in space. Ejection apparatus enables the collimator to be jettisoned in event of rotational malfunction so that an omnidirectional beam may be provided about the spin axis. Signal processing circuitry operating in conjunction with the antenna elements provides information concerning the attitude of the satellite.

AXIS OF RF RECEPTION
AND TRANSMISSION

W SPIN RATE

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SPIN RATE

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