| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5367006 |
Superior thermal transfer adhesive |
November 22, 1994 |
| A superior thermal transfer film adhesive comprises the following composition: (a) at least one aliphatic epoxy resin; (b) a stoichiometric amount of at least one aliphatic polyamine curative; (c) an effective amount of a thixotropic agent, such as fumed silica; and (d) about 20 to 5 |
| 5366315 |
Retention and release mechanism for fiber optic alignment sleeve retainer |
November 22, 1994 |
| A multiple channel fiber optic connector (44) carries a plurality of fiber optic socket termini (58, 60, 62, 64), each of which includes an alignment sleeve (42) mounted on a forward end. In order to facilitate installation of the alignment sleeves and removal of the sleeves for cleaning |
| 5366178 |
Sensor window compliant mounting assembly |
November 22, 1994 |
| A sensor window compliant mounting assembly (42), such as used in a missile (20) to protect a sensor (40), has a truncated hemispherical sensor dome window (52) and a dome mount housing (60). The dome mount housing (60) includes a hollow tube (62) with an opening (64), an internal ci |
| 5365746 |
Cryogenic cooling system for airborne use |
November 22, 1994 |
| An airborne cryogenic cooling system in which a first cryogenic material located within an on-board container is cooled to the solid state prior to launch a remotely located second cryogen conduited to the container. Immediately prior to becoming airborne connection is broken to the seco |
| 5365592 |
Digital voice detection apparatus and method using transform domain processing |
November 15, 1994 |
| A waveform characterizer apparatus is disclosed for extracting cepstrum pitch and spectral properties of a waveform signal such as the baseband audio output of a receiver. The apparatus employs Fourier processing, cepstral processing, magnitude detection, logarithms processing, frequency |
| 5365588 |
High speed encryption system and method |
November 15, 1994 |
| A general purpose, high-speed encryption system and method, based on a linear feedback shift register (LFSR) that provides inputs to one or more mathematically independent nonlinear output functions, resulting in the generation of multiple keystream outputs per clock cycle. Due to the |
| 5365571 |
Cellular system having frequency plan and cell layout with reduced co-channel interference |
November 15, 1994 |
| A cellular radio-telephone system has a plurality of cells each of which has S sectors. The cells are grouped into a plurality of clusters each of which has N adjoining cells. Each cell has a set of assigned system frequencies with respective frequency subsets assigned to its sectors so |
| 5365532 |
Cavity dump laser amplitude stabilization |
November 15, 1994 |
| An amplitude stabilization circuit for a CO.sub.2 laser employing a filter for generating a Q-switched baseband video pulse representing intracavity laser flux, a comparator to detect when the video pulse and flux reach a selected level, and logic timing circuitry for timing generation o |
| 5365368 |
Efficient bi-directional optical fiber amplifier for missile guidance data link repeater |
November 15, 1994 |
| A bi-directional erbium doped fiber (EDF) optical fiber amplifier (50) employing two separate EDF amplifier channels (52, 62) for two counter-propagating signals allows the optimization of each individual signal channel for efficient bi-directional optical signal repeater performance |
| 5365340 |
Apparatus and method for measuring the thickness of thin films |
November 15, 1994 |
| A measurement instrument which detects the thickness of the outer layer of a wafer 24, includes a filtered white light source forming an aperture image. The white light source includes a halogen lamp 10, a condensing lens 12, a circular aperture 14, a collimator lens 16, a narrow band |
| 5365236 |
Automatic global radar/IR/Esm track association based on ranked candidate pairings and measures |
November 15, 1994 |
| A tri-sensor track association based on ranked candidate pairs and measures of their proximity is described. The track association employs a three dimensional assignment scheme, simple enough to be implemented in real-time, which preserves the most accurate pairwise links of the highest |
| 5365077 |
Gain-stable NPN heterojunction bipolar transistor |
November 15, 1994 |
| A gain-stable npn heterojunction bipolar transistor includes a graded superlattice between its base and emitter consisting of multiple discrete periods, with each period having a layer of base material and another layer of emitter material. The thicknesses of the base material layers |
| 5365031 |
Apparatus and method for shielding a workpiece holding mechanism from depreciative effects durin |
November 15, 1994 |
| An apparatus for shielding a plurality of wafer registration surfaces 14, 30 and a wafer retention stage 26 from depreciative effects of a chemical etching process includes a pair of etching shields 32, 32' that are positioned along an outside edge of a wafer 10. The wafer 10 is register |
| 5364712 |
Dual porosity gas evolving electrode |
November 15, 1994 |
| A dual porosity electrode for use in thermoelectrochemical systems where simultaneous transport of gas and liquid into and/or out of the electrode is required. The electrode includes catalytic electrode particles having diameters ranging from about 25 to 100 angstroms. The catalytic elec |
| 5364496 |
Highly durable noncontaminating surround materials for plasma etching |
November 15, 1994 |
| A support and positioning apparatus (10) for supporting and positioning a wafer (12), substrate or the like in a plasma assisted chemical etching process. Surround components (14, 16, 18, 20) positioned around the substrate (12) are comprised of substantially pure magnesium or are al |
| 5364489 |
Apparatus for applying adhesive to an optical fiber during winding |
November 15, 1994 |
| In-line application of liquid adhesive to an optical fiber (10) while it is being wound onto a drum (14) is accomplished by a tube (58) interconnected with a pressurized adhesive source of supply (70). An end (60) of the tube provides adhesive in a beadlike strip which wets the drum or u |
| 5364277 |
Three-dimensional electroformed circuitry |
November 15, 1994 |
| A pressure-type contact for flexible or conventional wire cable terminations is fabricated from electroformed thin metallic wafers (100) in which one wafer is plated with a raised conductive interconnection feature (122). The electrical circuitry (118, 120) is made on a stainless ste |
| 5364004 |
Wedge bump bonding apparatus and method |
November 15, 1994 |
| An apparatus for applying interconnect bumps to an integrated circuit comprising a wedge bonder assembly (10) including a bonding tool (14) adapted to be selectively moved relative to the integrated circuit (42) and to transmit ultrasonic force to bond wire or ribbon (62) located bet |
| 5363391 |
Conductive face-cooled laser crystal |
November 8, 1994 |
| A technique for passively removing heat from an optical element in a laser system through its optically transmissive faces. Heat is removed by way of optically transmissive heat sinks or other heat conducting media disposed adjacent the optically transmissive surfaces of the optical elem |
| 5363311 |
Data compression system using response waveform discrimination |
November 8, 1994 |
| A waveform classification system uses a detector 10 for detecting an analog input x(t), as well as sampler 14 and quantizer 16 to convert this analog input into a series of digital values {J.sub.k-1, J.sub.k, J.sub.k+1 }. This series of digital values {J.sub.k-1, J.sub.k, J.sub.k+1 } is |
| 5363241 |
Focusable virtual image display |
November 8, 1994 |
| A focusable virtual image display system employing a focusable image source such as a cathode ray tube and imaging optics to provide a virtual image. The virtual image is viewable by a user and its effective range may be changed without changing the apparent field of view or resolution. |
| 5363235 |
Dual field of view multi wavelength sensor |
November 8, 1994 |
| An optical system (10) includes a three mirror anastigmat telescope (12) and imager optics (14). The imager optics (14) provide narrow and wide field of view staring of the viewed scene. The optical system is positioned in a turret assembly (50) and folded to provide a sensor. The se |
| 5363222 |
Compact optical system for a single light valve full-color projector |
November 8, 1994 |
| A compact optical system 10 for use with a single light valve full color system. The compact optical system 10 includes a prepolarizing beamsplitter 12 which extracts a beam of horizontally polarized light form an unpolarized/analyzer 14. The polarizer/analyzer 14 transmits the beam |
| 5363075 |
Multiple layer microwave integrated circuit module connector assembly |
November 8, 1994 |
| A connector assembly for interconnecting microwave integrated circuit modules where each module has at least one microwave interconnection pin and one DC power pin. A groundplane (28) supports the mounting surfaces (32) of the modules (10) and has a plurality of holes (38, 40) for re |
| 5362978 |
Method for establishing an electrical field at a surface of a semiconductor device |
November 8, 1994 |
| A thinned backside illuminated charge-coupled imaging device has improved quantum efficiency by providing a sharp ion implant distribution profile (20) disposed at the rear surface (22) of the device. The sharp ion implant distribution profile (20) is formed using ion implantation at a |
| 5362150 |
Fluid mixer |
November 8, 1994 |
| A fluid mixer has a plurality of inlet conduits extending into a chamber and being directed toward a common location on a first surface of the chamber. |
| 5361971 |
Intermediate-temperature diffusion welding |
November 8, 1994 |
| Two pieces (42, 46) are Joined together by providing a gold bonding layer (44) overlying a nickel layer (40) on a first piece (42) to be bonded and providing a gold bonding layer (50) on a second piece (46) to be bonded. The gold layer (50) on the second piece (46) may optionally overlie |
| 5361383 |
Optical fiber having internal partial mirrors and interferometer using same |
November 1, 1994 |
| An optical fiber disposed to partially internally reflect optical energy passing therethrough is disclosed herein. The optical fiber 10 of the present invention includes an internal partial mirror disposed to partially transmit and to partially reflect optical energy incident thereon |
| 5361238 |
Optical cache memory for magnetic and optical disk storage |
November 1, 1994 |
| An optical cache memory architecture is utilized that has the advantages of fast access time, high bandwidth and high density. The optical cache memory architecture stores data holographically with greatly reduced crosstalk and distortions. The memory architecture uses the beam fanning |
| 5361127 |
Multi-image single sensor depth recovery system |
November 1, 1994 |
| A multi-image single passive sensor depth recovery system is disclosed to determine the depth of an object in a scene, and includes a passive imaging sensor which images radiation from an object at a sensor plane. A lens having a multiplicity of facets located on its surface nearest the |
| 5361076 |
Continuous transverse stub element devices and methods of making same |
November 1, 1994 |
| A dielectric material is formed into a structure having two parallel broad surfaces with one or more raised integral portions extending transversely across at least one of the broad surfaces. The exterior is uniformly conductively coated resulting in a parallel plate waveguide having a |
| 5361046 |
Modulator having fractional sample/symbol time |
November 1, 1994 |
| A modulator capable of providing a fractional sample or symbol 995486 time employs a decimation counter (23) responsive to a clock having a frequency equal to M/N.times.(data symbol clock), where M is an interpolation factor and N is a decimation factor, for generating a data symbol cloc |
| 5361034 |
Apparatus for measuring the conductivity of a fluid |
November 1, 1994 |
| An apparatus for measuring the conductivity of a fluid is disclosed. The invention 10 provides both a contact and non-contact monitoring of fluid conductivity by measuring the A.C. dielectric properties of the fluid. The invention 10 transmits an electromagnetic wave into the fluid 22 an |
| 5360662 |
Fabrication of reliable ceramic preforms for metal matrix composite production |
November 1, 1994 |
| Sintered ceramic preforms for metal matrix composites fabricated by a method comprising: (a) preparing a homogeneous mixture containing appropriate amounts of silicon-containing fibers/particulates, such as silicon carbide, at least one solvent, at least one polymer, and an oxide-con |
| 5360501 |
Holographic transfer lamination materials and process |
November 1, 1994 |
| Disclosed is a process for configuring a hologram (30) onto a final laminate (38) incorporating the hologram (30), including a car windshield or an aircraft canopy. The process includes first developing the hologram (30) on a process substrate (22). Intermediate the hologram (30) and the |
| 5359920 |
Munition impact point indicator and automatic gun aimpoint correction system |
November 1, 1994 |
| RF energy radiated by impacting munition rounds is used to provide an indication to a gunner where the rounds from his gun are striking, or to control a gun servo (158) to automatically correct the aiming of the gun. The RF energy from the rounds is received by several antennas (32, 34, |
| 5359269 |
Torque oscillation compensation using torque transducer feedback |
October 25, 1994 |
| A torque oscillation compensation system and circuit that uses torque transducer feedback derived from an output shaft of an electric vehicle motor to compensate for electrical motor pulsations such as are experienced in an electric vehicle. A torque input source provides a torque in |
| 5359220 |
Hybrid bipolar/field-effect power transistor in group III-V material system |
October 25, 1994 |
| A hybrid power transistor (40) includes a vertical PNP bipolar transistor (42) having a floating base (46). A junction-gate type field-effect transistor (FET) (62) has a lateral N-type channel (64,66) and a vertical electron injection path (54) from the channel (64,66) into the base (46) |
| 5357632 |
Dynamic task allocation in a multi-processor system employing distributed control processors and |
October 18, 1994 |
| A plurality of control processors distribute data to be processed to a corresponding plurality of arithmetic processors using a dynamic allocation arrangement. The arithmetic processors process blocks of information and communicate the blocks of processed information to the control p |
| 5357572 |
Apparatus and method for sensitive circuit protection with set-scan testing |
October 18, 1994 |
| A set/scan test capability is provided for a circuit that includes sensitive subcircuits, but that can be latched out to prevent reverse engineering the sensitive elements. A mechanism to inhibit set/scan test access to at least some of the sensitive subcircuits is selectively actuat |
| 5357513 |
Transmission power level adjustment in radio telephony |
October 18, 1994 |
| A mobile telephone system multiplexes plural voice traffic channels on a single carrier using a TDMA protocol. The capacity of the mobile telephone system is increased by assigning voice traffic capacity, not on a conversation basis, but on a speech spurt basis. Accordingly, delays of |
| 5357372 |
Ultra-compact, wide field of view virtual image display optical system |
October 18, 1994 |
| A virtual image display (VID) optical system that is very compact and has a wide field of view. The present optical system has good image quality, has simple optics, is very compact, provides wide field coverage, and has very large field overlaying. The system comprises a combiner and a |
| 5357130 |
Low-noise cryogenic MOSFET |
October 18, 1994 |
| A microelectronic device of the MOSFET type (20) is structured to exhibit low noise characteristics at cryogenic temperatures of less than about 40K. The device (20) comprises a doped silicon substrate wafer (22), the dopant having an ionization energy in the substrate of more than about |
| 5356305 |
Electrical connector assembly with jackscrew coupling |
October 18, 1994 |
| An electrical connector assembly includes two connector blocks that are coupled together by means of a jackscrew on one block that is screwed into a receiver on the other block. The jackscrew and receiver are formed from metal, while the remainder of the connector blocks are formed from |
| 5355924 |
Vehicle wheel including self-inflating mechanism |
October 18, 1994 |
| A reservoir is formed in a wheel of a vehicle for storing high pressure air for inflating a tire mounted on the wheel. A regulating valve communicates the reservoir with the tire when the air pressure in the tire drops below a predetermined value to maintain the tire fully inflated. A me |
| 5355104 |
Phase shift device using voltage-controllable dielectrics |
October 11, 1994 |
| A length of strip transmission line uses two symmetrically spaced center conductors between two groundplanes. These conductive strips produce an even-mode electric field between the two groundplanes when excited in-phase and an odd-mode electric field when excited in anti-phase relat |
| 5354980 |
Segmented multiplexer for spectroscopy focal plane arrays having a plurality of groups of multip |
October 11, 1994 |
| A focal plane array employing a segmented multiplexer having differing unit cell capacitances and amplifiers in respective segments of the multiplexer. The segmented multiplexer accommodates and processes the maximum expected signal at differing illumination levels without saturation |
| 5354599 |
Dielectric vias within multi-layer 3-dimensional structures/substrates |
October 11, 1994 |
| An array of dielectric vias formed in the insulating layers of a unitized multilayer circuit structure wherein the dielectric vias have a dielectric constant different from the dielectric constant of the insulating layers in which they are formed. |
| 5354384 |
Method for cleaning surface by heating and a stream of snow |
October 11, 1994 |
| An improved apparatus and method for removing trace contaminants from the surface of a chosen substrate, such as delicate surfaces or precision parts, wherein the improvement consists of heating a portion of a chosen substrate surface immediately before, during and/or after application o |
| 5354205 |
Electrical connections with shaped contacts |
October 11, 1994 |
| Shaped contacts (40,42) for interconnecting circuits or for use in an integrated circuit test probe are electroplated as integral parts of circuit traces (34) upon a stainless steel mandrel (10). A shaped, hardened steel indentation tool (16,18,26,28) makes indentations (24a,24b) of |
