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Vehicle detectors

  • US 3,346,842 A
  • Filed: 04/20/1965
  • Issued: 10/10/1967
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/1965
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. APPARATUS FOR DETECTING PASSAGE OF A VEHICLE COMPRISING A SEMICONDUCTOR, A CASING INCLUDING AN INSULATING DIELECTRIC, SAID SEMICONDUCTOR INCLUDING EMITTER, COLLECTOR AND BASE POSITIONED IN SAID DIELECTRIC WITHIN SAID CASING, MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID CASING WITHIN A ROADWAY, SAID DIELECTRIC BEING A PRESSURE-TRANSMITTING MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING VIBRATIOSN FROM SAID CASING TO SAID SEMICONDUCTOR, MEANS FOR BIASING SAID EMITTER IN ONE DIRECTION, OUTPUT MEANS INCLUDING A REVERSE BIASED DIODE AND A TERMINAL CONNECTED TO SAID COLLECTOR WHEREBY VIBRATIONS CAUSED BY THE PASSAGE OF A VEHICLE ON THE ROADWAY ARE TRANSMITTED TO SAID SEMICONDUCTOR TO GENERATE A PULSE AT SAID OUTPUT TERMINAL.

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