AU545293B2

AU545293B2 – Position based ground proximity warning system for aircraft
– Google Patents

AU545293B2 – Position based ground proximity warning system for aircraft
– Google Patents
Position based ground proximity warning system for aircraft

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Publication number
AU545293B2

AU545293B2
AU21846/83A
AU2184683A
AU545293B2
AU 545293 B2
AU545293 B2
AU 545293B2
AU 21846/83 A
AU21846/83 A
AU 21846/83A
AU 2184683 A
AU2184683 A
AU 2184683A
AU 545293 B2
AU545293 B2
AU 545293B2
Authority
AU
Australia
Prior art keywords
aircraft
warning system
position based
proximity warning
ground proximity
Prior art date
1982-12-10
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)

Ceased

Application number
AU21846/83A
Other versions

AU2184683A
(en

Inventor
Charles Donald Bateman
Michael Martin Grove
Lyle James Noland
Wallace E. Ward
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Sundstrand Data Control Inc

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Sundstrand Data Control Inc
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
1982-12-10
Filing date
1983-11-30
Publication date
1985-07-11

1983-11-30
Application filed by Sundstrand Data Control Inc
filed
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Sundstrand Data Control Inc

1984-06-14
Publication of AU2184683A
publication
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patent/AU2184683A/en

1985-07-11
Application granted
granted
Critical

1985-07-11
Publication of AU545293B2
publication
Critical
patent/AU545293B2/en

2003-11-30
Anticipated expiration
legal-status
Critical

Status
Ceased
legal-status
Critical
Current

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Classifications

G—PHYSICS

G01—MEASURING; TESTING

G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY

G01C5/00—Measuring height; Measuring distances transverse to line of sight; Levelling between separated points; Surveyors’ levels

G01C5/005—Measuring height; Measuring distances transverse to line of sight; Levelling between separated points; Surveyors’ levels altimeters for aircraft

AU21846/83A
1982-12-10
1983-11-30
Position based ground proximity warning system for aircraft

Ceased

AU545293B2
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number
Priority Date
Filing Date
Title

US06/448,862

US4567483A
(en)

1982-12-10
1982-12-10
Position based ground proximity warning system for aircraft

US448862

1982-12-10

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AU47323/85A
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AU4732385A
(en)

1982-12-10
1985-09-10
Ground proximity warning for aircraft

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Publication Date

AU2184683A

AU2184683A
(en)

1984-06-14

AU545293B2
true

AU545293B2
(en)

1985-07-11

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Title
Priority Date
Filing Date

AU21846/83A
Ceased

AU545293B2
(en)

1982-12-10
1983-11-30
Position based ground proximity warning system for aircraft

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CH
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IT
(1)

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NL
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AU2184683A
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1984-06-14

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1987-03-18

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1987-10-30

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1984-06-15

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1988-07-21

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1987-03-18

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1983-12-02

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1984-06-11

GB2133366A
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1984-07-25

DE3344652A1
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1984-06-14

NL8304226A
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1984-07-02

NZ206356A
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1987-01-23

GB2168303A
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1986-06-18

GB8332759D0
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1984-01-18

JPS59109496A
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1984-06-25

CA1218442A
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1987-02-24

GR79474B
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1984-10-30

CH658320A5
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1986-10-31

FI834492A0
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1983-12-08

IT8349459D0
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1983-12-07

GB8601262D0
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1986-02-26

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1986-01-28

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1989-11-30

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