| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5325901 |
Vehicle wheel incorporating tire air pressure sensor |
July 5, 1994 |
| A tire air pressure sensor is mounted on a vehicle wheel and includes an inertial mass which is urged radially outwardly by centrifugal force resulting from rotation of the wheel. The tire air pressure is applied to the inertial mass in opposition to the centrifugal force. When the r |
| 5324944 |
Infrared detection system and method with distributed signal amplification and sampling |
June 28, 1994 |
| Individual processing cells are provided in close proximity to each detector element in an infrared detector array. Signals generated by the detectors in response to incident infrared radiation are converted to amplified voltages by their respective processing cells, with all of the |
| 5324937 |
Target for calibrating and testing infrared devices |
June 28, 1994 |
| An improved target for testing and calibrating a detection device. The target (10) includes a metal substrate (12) with a first layer (14) of high emissivity material and a second layer (16) of low emissivity material are deposited thereon. In the specific implementation, the substra |
| 5324400 |
Electrode preconditioning method for a plating bath monitoring process |
June 28, 1994 |
| A method of preconditioning an electrode for use in a plating bath monitoring process. The method involves applying at least one anodic signal to an electrode in contact with the plating bath solution in order to yield a reproducibly clean and stabilized electrode surface, and then a |
| 5324399 |
Method and system for monitoring quality of phosphate coating |
June 28, 1994 |
| A method and system for monitoring the quality of a phosphate coating on a metal surface having a large surface area. The method comprises applying a current or potential between the metal surface and one or more counter electrodes while they are in the phosphating solution and superimpo |
| 5324206 |
Multimodule terminating plane assembly |
June 28, 1994 |
| An arrangement is provided for mounting double ended hermaphroditic signal mode modules (10) that includes an elongated carrier (68) having longitudinal walls (70, 77) and transverse walls (71, 74) that define pockets to receive the connectors (10) and position them accurately so tha |
| 5323334 |
Sensor system having nonuniformity suppression with image preservation |
June 21, 1994 |
| A sensor system includes a sensor (20) having an array (22) of detector elements (24), a movable sensor positioner (32) in which the sensor (20) is mounted, a signal processor (30) that progressively corrects the intensities of the pixels of a sensor output array for detector element |
| 5323099 |
Wall/ceiling mounted inductive charger |
June 21, 1994 |
| A weatherized curb-side battery charging system that provides a mechanism for transferring electrical power to an electric vehicle to recharge its battery. The battery charging system includes a housing that is disposed on a wall or is slidably attached to a track mounted to a ceiling, f |
| 5322816 |
Method for forming deep conductive feedthroughs |
June 21, 1994 |
| An interconnect layer (40) for interposing between two active circuit layers of a multi-chip module (50). The interconnect layer includes a layer of silicon (14) having first surface and second surfaces. A first layer of dielectric material (16) is disposed over the first surface and a |
| 5322814 |
Multiple-quantum-well semiconductor structures with selective electrical contacts and method of |
June 21, 1994 |
| A method is provided for forming selective electrical contacts on a structure of alternating ultrathin semiconductor layers of two different types, so that electrical connection can be made separately to the layers of a given type. Selective etching of first one type of layers at one sid |
| 5322808 |
Method of fabricating inverted modulation-doped heterostructure |
June 21, 1994 |
| A donor layer (17) including an undoped wide bandgap material (14) and an n-type dopant (16) is deposited on a substrate (12) by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) at a first temperature which is high enough for optimal growth of the donor layer (17). The dopant (16) is silicon or another |
| 5322241 |
Consolidated optical sight and infrared tracker for a portable missile launcher |
June 21, 1994 |
| The eyepiece (14), objective lens assembly (24), long wavelength infrared sensor (27), missile guidance electronics (30), and all component parts are arranged in a consolidated package for mounting onto a portable missile launcher (10). |
| 5321818 |
System for arbitrating for access on VME bus structures |
June 14, 1994 |
| System for providing self-selection arbitration among a plurality of slave processors connected to a VME back plane. The slave processors are connected to a common ID bus, interrupt line, and acknowledge bus. Slave processors contend for access to the VME back plane by asserting an i |
| 5321798 |
Apparatus for providing a composite digital representation of a scene within a field-of-regard |
June 14, 1994 |
| A high resolution imaging system having a wide field-of-regard. The wide field image generation system (10) of the present invention is operative to provide a composite digital representation of a scene within a field-of-regard. The invention (10) includes a sensor arrangement (12, 14, |
| 5321600 |
Delta connected three phase AC-DC converter with power factor correction circuits |
June 14, 1994 |
| A three phase power conditioner. The inventive power conditioner (10) converts an alternating current input signal from a three phase source (12) into a direct current output signal and includes a first circuit (20) for converting a first phase of the input signal into a first direct |
| 5321267 |
Bench flotation sensor |
June 14, 1994 |
| A noncontact bench flotation sensor system for use with a flotation bench. The system comprises a plurality of reflectors that are disposed on the body of the bench, typically on the inside of the skirt or overhanging portion of the table surface of the bench. Each reflector is such that |
| 5320915 |
Glass sealing of electrochemical storage cell structures |
June 14, 1994 |
| An electrochemical storage cell (20) includes a ceramic housing frame (22) with a flat plate solid ceramic electrolyte (32) bonded to a internal shoulder (26) of the housing frame (22) with a glassy seal (33). A metallic weld ring (34) is bonded to each end of the housing frame (22). |
| 5320724 |
Method of monitoring constituents in plating baths |
June 14, 1994 |
| A method of monitoring a plating bath which combines ac and dc voltammetry to accurately measure major and trace constituent concentrations. The method involves applying both ac and dc voltammetric signals to a pretreated electrode in contact with the plating bath solution, measuring |
| 5319677 |
Diversity combiner with MLSE for digital cellular radio |
June 7, 1994 |
| A diversity combiner for use with the maximum likelihood sequence estimator is disclosed. First and second receive channels produce demodulated replicas Z.sub.1 (k) and Z.sub.2 (k) of the transmitted symbol data I(k). The two signals are processed in a Viterbi equalizer to obtain a singl |
| 5319598 |
Nonvolatile serially programmable devices |
June 7, 1994 |
| An integrated circuit including a serial interface (12) having a nonvolatile memory (30) coupled to a and configuration of circuit boards and entire systems. A configurable circuits (10) containing switches, resistors, capacitors or digital logic devices has an unique identification |
| 5319377 |
Wideband arrayable planar radiator |
June 7, 1994 |
| This invention discloses an antenna element (12) or an array of antenna elements (52) for use in multifunctional systems which exhibits wide bandwidth, small size, polarization diversity and conformality. In one preferred embodiment, an array of circular conductive patches (56,58) are |
| 5318820 |
HTCC/LTCC use of multiple ceramic tapes in high rate production |
June 7, 1994 |
| An elongated composite tape structure including an elongated carrier, and a plurality of sinterable, thermally fusible tape strips of different characteristics disposed on the elongated carrier. Also disclosed is a reel-to-reel process wherein the composite tape structure as stored on a |
| 5318816 |
Laminated hologram decals for identification cards and the like |
June 7, 1994 |
| A hologram decal including a hologram layer having first and second surfaces, a first polymer layer secured to the first hologram surface, a second polymer layer secured to the second hologram surface, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer disposed on the non-hologram side of one of the |
| 5318383 |
Closed-loop automated waste processing system and method |
June 7, 1994 |
| A method for controlling a closed-loop processing system (100) including the steps of receiving and analyzing an element to be processed to identify the contents thereof. The method further includes the steps of processing and converting the element into a residue which is stabilized, |
| 5318255 |
Stage separation mechanism for space vehicles |
June 7, 1994 |
| A mechanism locking and controllably releasing two space vehicles along a preselected separation axis. The mechanism including a mechanical lock/release and a spring separation device that controllably forces the two space vehicles apart. An electrical interconnect maintains electrical |
| 5317948 |
Pressure transducer using permanent magnet and opposing variable magnetic field |
June 7, 1994 |
| An electromagnetic fluid pressure transducer is provided which uses the opposing magnetic fields of a permanent magnet and an electromagnet to sense a change in a differential force. The differential force is the result of a pressure applied to the unequal surface areas of two pistons |
| 5317689 |
Digital visual and sensor simulation system for generating realistic scenes |
May 31, 1994 |
| A system using a ray-tracing algorithm and a hierarchy of volume elements (called voxels) to process only the visible surfaces in a field of view. In this arrangement, a dense, three-dimensional voxel data base is developed from the objects, their shadows and other features recorded, for |
| 5317677 |
Matching technique for context sensitive rule application |
May 31, 1994 |
| A knowledge-based system (10) which combines case-based reasoning, heuristic search and deductive rule application. The resulting inference engine is sensitive to the context of problem solving. The system (10) includes a heuristic searcher (22), a case memory (14), a rule memory (18 |
| 5317585 |
Laser reflecting cavity with ASE suppression and heat removal |
May 31, 1994 |
| A thermally conducting reflecting envelope for use in laser cavities, and laser apparatus employing such envelopes. A transparent heat conducting member, such as sapphire, surrounds a laser medium and has a transmissive coating thereon that transmits pump light provided by a pump light s |
| 5317582 |
System for detecting modulated laser signals |
May 31, 1994 |
| A system (10, 80) for detecting modulating laser signals having a memory (28) for storing the occurrences of a plurality of different pulse intervals in accordance with at least one preselected characteristic of the different pulse intervals and outputting a signal when a weighted sum |
| 5317478 |
Hermetic sealing of flexprint electronic packages |
May 31, 1994 |
| A hermetically sealed electronics package in which an electronic element located on a support is hermetically sealed using a cover comprising the top layer of a multilayer flexprint or a separate flexprint. The top layer of the flexprint or the separate flexprint is supported above the |
| 5317440 |
Single wavelength bidirectional optical fiber communication link |
May 31, 1994 |
| A single wavelength bidirectional communication link. The bidirectional communication link (100) includes an optical fiber (160) having a first and a second end. The present invention includes a first arrangement (260) for launching a first optical carrier of a first wavelength onto the |
| 5317319 |
Automatic global radar/IR/ESM track association based on ranked candidate pairings and measures |
May 31, 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 |
| 5317284 |
Wide band, low noise, fine step tuning, phase locked loop frequency synthesizer |
May 31, 1994 |
| A wide bandwidth, low noise, fine frequency step phase locked loop frequency synthesizer (10) and processing method. The synthesizer (10) includes a first divider (16) for dividing a first signal provided by a reference frequency source (12). A first phase locked loop (20) is provide |
| 5317058 |
Microwave-absorbing materials containing polar icosahedral molecular units and methods of making |
May 31, 1994 |
| A microwave-absorbing material composed of blends of polar icosahedral molecular units with a variety of host matrices, or with polymers with the units covalently bonded in a pendant manner to the polymer chain. Both blends and polymers must impart a high degree of orientational mobility |
| 5316591 |
Cleaning by cavitation in liquefied gas |
May 31, 1994 |
| Undesired material is removed from a chosen substrate by a process comprising the steps of (a) placing the substrate containing the undesired material in a cleaning chamber provided with cavitation-producing means; (b) introducing a liquefied gas, such as liquid carbon dioxide, into the |
| 5316560 |
Environment control apparatus |
May 31, 1994 |
| An apparatus for controlling the environment of an enclosed space is disclosed. The apparatus includes a workspace compartment within a gas-tight chamber, a mechanism for circulating dehumidified gas in true laminar flow through the workspace compartment, and a highly efficient filte |
| 5316075 |
Liquid jet cold plate for impingement cooling |
May 31, 1994 |
| The cold plate is a multiple layer structure with an inlet manifold for pressurized coolant liquid. The manifold is covered by a nozzle plate which directs liquid coolant jets against the mounting plate. The mounting plate carries the device to be cooled. The high velocity liquid jets |
| 5315793 |
System for precision cleaning by jet spray |
May 31, 1994 |
| A system for precision cleaning of contaminants from the surface of a substrate, such as delicate surfaces or precision parts, utilizing streams of carbon dioxide snow or other cleaning gas. The system includes an enclosed or sealed cleaning container in which at least one jet spray |
| 5315607 |
Dual use power supply configuration for the double pulsed flashlamp pumped dye laser |
May 24, 1994 |
| A dual pulse flashlamp-pumped laser system (50) having a power supply circuit (62) which not only charges two capacitors (C1, C2) which are successively discharged to produce two laser pulses, but also supplies a simmer current through the flashlamp (58) between the pulses. The first |
| 5315589 |
TDMA synchronization using visibility designation |
May 24, 1994 |
| TDMA timing is maintained by the use of visibility information transmitted among the stations in a conference. Each station monitors the identity of stations from which bursts are received. A station also receives visibility information from other stations. The station combines the i |
| 5315538 |
Signal processing incorporating signal, tracking, estimation, and removal processes using a maxi |
May 24, 1994 |
| A system and method for automating signal tracking, estimation of signal parameters, and extraction of signals from sonar data to detect weaker signals. A maximum a posteriori (MAP) algorithm processing provides a track output of the signal which is used as a guide or template to provide |
| 5315417 |
Low noise transmission holographic optical element |
May 24, 1994 |
| A holographic recording medium is treated to reduce or eliminate unwanted extraneous diffraction in a volume transmission hologram. Surface regions of the medium are desensitized either before or after a holographic recording to reduce the contrast of the holographic fringe pattern along |
| 5315306 |
Spray paint monitoring and control using doppler radar techniques |
May 24, 1994 |
| Systems and methods that use a CW Doppler radar to monitor paint particle velocities as they are sprayed from a paint gun to optimize the application of sprayed paint onto the object, and provide a closed loop spray painting system and paint spraying method that controls the applicat |
| 5315239 |
Circuit module connections |
May 24, 1994 |
| Low temperature, co-fired ceramic (LTCC) modules (10, 80, 82, 110, 102, 140, 160) are interconnected to one another, stacked and automatically connected to other modules by rigid LTCC interconnecting modules (104), or provided with covers or hermetically sealed covers (130, 166) that |
| 5315231 |
Symmetrical bipolar bias current source with high power supply rejection ratio (PSRR) |
May 24, 1994 |
| A bandgap reference voltage source (104) has positive and negative terminals (104a,104b) which are connected through high impedance constant current sources (124c,126c) to positive and negative voltage supplies (+VDD,-VEE) respectively. The effect of variations of the voltage supplies |
| 5315169 |
Power-efficient sample and hold circuit using bipolar transistors of single conductivity type |
May 24, 1994 |
| A diode bridge includes a plurality of diodes for coupling an input voltage signal to a holding capacitor for sampling when the diodes are forward biased, and uncoupling the voltage signal from the capacitor for holding when the diodes are reverse biased. The diode bridge has first and s |
| 5315162 |
Electrochemical synapses for artificial neural networks |
May 24, 1994 |
| An electrochemical synapse adapted for use in a neural network which includes an input terminal and an output terminal located at a distance of less than 100 microns from the input terminal. A permanent interconnect having controllable conductivity is located between the two inputs. The |
| 5315154 |
Electronic assembly including heat absorbing material for limiting temperature through isotherma |
May 24, 1994 |
| A solid polyhydric alcohol material (16) is provided in thermal contact with an electronic component (14) which will be damaged if its temperature rises above a certain value. The material (16), known as a phase change material (PCM), exhibits an isothermal solid-solid phase transition a |
| 5313965 |
Continuous operation supercritical fluid treatment process and system |
May 24, 1994 |
| A system for continuously processing items using supercritical fluid wherein the main process vessel in which the items are cleaned or extracted is continuously pressurized with supercritical fluid. The continuous pressurization of the main process vessel is achieved by using an entr |
