| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7211778 |
Night vision goggle with separate camera and user output paths |
May 1, 2007 |
| A night vision device comprising a first detector, a beam splitter, a user optical output and a camera. The first detector is configured to detect and transmit a scene image in a first spectral band along a first optical path. The beam splitter is configured to receive the first optical |
| 7206707 |
Wideband digital IFM receiver |
April 17, 2007 |
| An IFM receiver includes a hybrid for outputting I and Q signals from a received input signal; a first ADC for digitizing the I signal to produce a first digital signal at a sampling rate of 1/.tau., and a second ADC for digitizing the Q signal to produce a second digital signal at the |
| 7202429 |
Switch with light supported in operating member |
April 10, 2007 |
| A switching device includes a vertically moveable operating member (14) with a cavity (66) in which a light (20) lies. The light is supported on tongues (80) of a pair of sheet metal energizing members (70A, 70B). Each energizing member has laterally opposite sides that form a pair of le |
| 7201603 |
Pivoting strain relief wire guide |
April 10, 2007 |
| A wire guide includes first and second tubes (14, 16) having first and second perpendicular axes (22, 26), with the second tube having a backshell (40) that is pivotable about the first axis on the first tube rear end, so wires (30) can be routed in a variety of directions. The first |
| 7199345 |
Low profile wire bond for an electron sensing device in an image intensifier tube |
April 3, 2007 |
| An electron sensing device for receiving electrons from an output surface of an electron gain device has a silicon die including an active surface area for positioning below the output surface of an electron gain device. The silicon die also includes a silicon step formed below and surro |
| 7196280 |
Miniaturized electric switch |
March 27, 2007 |
| A switch (10) comprising a bottom contact-holder (12) supporting two fixed electric contacts (30, 30B), an actuation member (54) and an intermediate conductive contact strip (14) that can be deformed elastically in order to modify the electric connection between the two fixed contacts (3 |
| 7195496 |
Connector mounted to display board |
March 27, 2007 |
| A connector assembly (11) for providing electricity to an electroluminescent display (12) that is mounted on an outer face of a carrier plate (10), includes a first connector (13) that has an insulative body (21) with a rearwardly-opening slit (24) that receives an edge of the carrie |
| 7193783 |
Mounting/adjusting mechanism for vision enhancement system |
March 20, 2007 |
| A mounting assembly for a vision enhancement device and associated vision enhancement display, the assembly comprising a display mounted to an arm positionable in front of the user's eye, a base member for receiving a cradle for the vision enhancement device and for attaching to a he |
| 7193435 |
Programmable application specific integrated circuit for communication and other applications |
March 20, 2007 |
| A programmable application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for implementing operations that involve a plurality of computational functions. The programmable ASIC comprises a plurality of fixed functions and programmable switch logic. Each of the plurality of fixed functions is par |
| 7190444 |
System and method of measuring field-of-view of an optical sensor |
March 13, 2007 |
| A method of measuring a field-of-view (FOV) of an optical sensor includes the steps of: (a) uniformly illuminating a FOV of the optical sensor; (b) moving, at an angle of motion, a slit across the FOV and illuminating the optical sensor through the slit; (c) measuring an optical response |
| 7187327 |
Method and system for determining the position of an object |
March 6, 2007 |
| A method and system for determining the location of an object. The system may implement a number of sensors at different locations that are positioned to receive a transmitted or reflected signal from the object. Also disclosed is a system and method of calculating object position ba |
| 7185197 |
Method and apparatus to facilitate secure network communications with a voice responsive network |
February 27, 2007 |
| A system for facilitating secure network communications includes a security computer system and corresponding software. The security system is utilized in conjunction with a voice browser residing on a server system. A user accesses the network by placing a call to the voice browser |
| 7184744 |
GPS enabled emergency messaging system |
February 27, 2007 |
| A GPS enabled Emergency Messaging System (GEMS) includes: Emergency Response Centers (ERC's) for defining emergency broadcast messages directed to specified geographic areas; a GPS Control Segment (CS) facility that receives messages generated by the ERC's and coordinates uplink and |
| 7184421 |
Method and apparatus for on demand multicast and unicast using controlled flood multicast commun |
February 27, 2007 |
| Network configuration hierarchy information is maintained using flexible mechanisms and methods for establishing routes and transferring information between nodes in ad-hoc data communication networks using on-demand multicast and unicast techniques. Communication nodes use network t |
| 7184272 |
Modular RF terminal having integrated bus structure |
February 27, 2007 |
| A miniature, multimode, modular RF terminal includes a plurality of processing modules, where at least one of the processing modules includes an external connector for conveying an input or output RF signal. The terminal further includes a segmented coaxial analog bus comprising a pl |
| 7183974 |
Methods and apparatus for increasing the effective resolving power of array antennas |
February 27, 2007 |
| Methods and apparatus for improving the effective resolving power of an array antenna are described that are not limited by the physical characteristics of the array. In an array with M elements, up to M-1 directional vectors may be selected, preferably at angles corresponding to the |
| 7179370 |
Energy-efficient biological treatment system with filtration membrane |
February 20, 2007 |
| A membrane filtration system comprising one or more submerged ultrafiltration or microfiltration membrane assemblies at ambient pressure, each membrane assembly positioned 100 240 mm from a nearest wall, baffle, or adjacent membrane assembly and no more than 1 meter above a floor and |
| 7174179 |
Methods and apparatus for mitigating rain fading over SATCOM links via information throughput ad |
February 6, 2007 |
| A remote communications terminal accesses a terrestrial network or information source via a SATCOM link with an earth station hub linked to the network or information source. Information throughput adaptation (ITA) is employed on the SATCOM link to maximize information throughput ove |
| 7166825 |
Solar calibration device and method |
January 23, 2007 |
| A solar calibration device for a remote sensor having a housing having a deployable door at one portion of the housing and an aperture at another portion of the housing is provided. Disposed in the housing is a solar diffuser for receiving solar irradiance when the deployable door is in |
| 7165573 |
Compressed natural gas pressure regulator |
January 23, 2007 |
| A pressure-reducing regulator comprising a regulator body having an inlet port, an outlet port, and a flow path. A valve element is moved relative to a valve seat by a diaphragm assembly to control gas flow along the flow path. The regulator comprises one or more of: (a) a coalescing |
| 7162100 |
Methods for image enhancement |
January 9, 2007 |
| There is disclosed a method of enhancing an image of a scene. The method divides the image into a plurality of frequency zones, and performs a plurality of Richardson and Lucy (RL) iterations of each of the frequency zones to obtain an enhanced image of the scene. The frequency zones and |
| 7160139 |
Contact assembly |
January 9, 2007 |
| A contact assembly (11) for providing electricity to an electroluminescent display (12) that is mounted on an outer face of a carrier plate (10). The contact assembly includes contact pads (16) on the outer face of the carrier plate and a first connector (13) that has an insulative body |
| 7160023 |
System for detachably coupling a drive to a mixer mounted in a portable tank |
January 9, 2007 |
| A system for detachably coupling a mixer drive to a mixer in a portable tank, the system comprising a portable tank having a mixer mounted therein and a docking station adapted to receive the tank in an engaged configuration and to have no connection to the tank in a disengaged confi |
| 7157650 |
Electrical switch device with lateral activation |
January 2, 2007 |
| A casing (1); a first conductive track (31) and a second conductive track (27); a first conductive dome (3) which is resiliently deformable so as to be able to pass to a configuration, in which it forms an electrical contact between the first track (31) and second track (27); and an |
| 7156668 |
PCB retention mechanism |
January 2, 2007 |
| A circuit board (14) is installed and locked in place in a connector housing (12) which has a board-receiving slot (24) defined by side guides (44, 46) that closely engage upper and lower surfaces of the board during its forward insertion into the slot. The front portion of the board has |
| 7156560 |
Optic fiber alignment retainer assembly |
January 2, 2007 |
| An alignment assembly (20) is provided for holding alignment sleeves that each aligns the ends of a pair of optic fiber ferrules (22, 26) projecting from two mating connectors (12, 14), which assures that the mating connectors will always be mated in their proper relative orientation |
| 7154962 |
Methods and apparatus for generating a constant-envelope composite transmission signal |
December 26, 2006 |
| An intervote modulator (10) includes a majority voting logic unit (12) and an interplex modulator (14). The majority voting logic unit receives plural signal codes (e.g., five codes x.sub.1, x.sub.2, x.sub.3, x.sub.4, x.sub.5) together with their respective target gains G.sub.1, G.sub.2, |
| 7154937 |
Quadrature multi-frequency ranging (QMFR) applied to GPS multipath mitigation |
December 26, 2006 |
| A quadrature multi-frequency ranging system applied to DSSS multipath mitigation problems is described. The QMFR techniques include taking the time-of-arrival measurements on the received signal at a time when the multipath component is at a 90 degree angle to the direct path. Further, |
| 7142821 |
Radio frequency transmitting and receiving module and array of such modules |
November 28, 2006 |
| A radio frequency transmitting and receiving module having a support housing that has a hexagonal face member mounted to the support housing. This face member has an antenna for transmitting and receiving radio frequency signals. Mounted within the support housing is circuitry for (a |
| 7141777 |
Image tube performance regulation for security purposes |
November 28, 2006 |
| A security regulated image intensifier system includes an image intensifier, a power supply for providing primary power to the image intensifier, and a controller for controlling multiple operating states of the power supply. A housing is provided for securely containing the image in |
| 7140066 |
Apparatus and method for inspecting and cleaning semiconductor devices |
November 28, 2006 |
| A semiconductor device is inspected and cleaned by applying a vacuum to the area in which the semiconductor device is positioned. Micro-sized particulates that are brushed off the semiconductor device during cleaning are drawn off by the vacuum. |
| 7136205 |
Volume-phase holographic diffraction grating optimized for the ultraviolet spectral region |
November 14, 2006 |
| A volume-phase holographic diffraction grating device is provided that can be optimized for use with very short wavelength light, such as light in the ultraviolet (UV) spectral region. The device comprises a cover and a substrate, both formed of a glass material. A layer of gelatin mater |
| 7129003 |
Fullerene-based secondary cell electrodes |
October 31, 2006 |
| This invention provides methods and materials for the manufacture of lithium ion rechargeable battery electrodes comprising fullerene compounds which have not been exposed to oxygen. Fullerene compounds are intercalated into carbonaceous materials to form electrodes having superior i |
| 7127372 |
Retro-regression residual remediation for spectral/signal identification |
October 24, 2006 |
| An improved regression-based qualitative analysis algorithm useful when the mixture to be analyzed contains a compound not in the library spectra, a so-called unknown. A regression of a measured spectrum is computed against the library spectra. This regression is referred to as a "ma |
| 7126263 |
Perforated mega-boule wafer for fabrication of microchannel plates (MCPs) |
October 24, 2006 |
| A mega-boule is used in fabricating microchannel plates (MCPs). The mega-boule has a cross-sectional surface including an island section, an inner perimeter section and an outer perimeter section, each section occupying a distinct portion of the cross-sectional surface. The island se |
| 7126103 |
Method, system and computer program for controlling a night vision system |
October 24, 2006 |
| A night vision system including an image intensifier receiving light. A current detector monitors current at the image intensifier. A data filter is coupled to the current detector and determines if the received light includes coded light pulses matching a predetermined code. A controlle |
| 7121592 |
Fluid quick connect with adjustable flow control valve |
October 17, 2006 |
| A fluid quick connector includes first and second coupled housings having aligned bores. A biased shut off valve is mounted in the first housing and has a seal end normally biased into a fluid flow blocking position; but movable away from the seal upon contact with an end form inserted |
| 7118674 |
Energy-efficient biological treatment with membrane filtration |
October 10, 2006 |
| A membrane filtration system comprising one or more submerged ultrafiltration or microfiltration membrane assemblies at ambient pressure, each membrane assembly positioned 100 240 mm from a nearest wall, baffle, or adjacent membrane assembly and no more than 1 meter above a floor and |
| 7116491 |
Ganged focus mechanism for an optical device |
October 3, 2006 |
| An optical device for viewing an image is provided. The optical device comprises a plurality of optical channels positioned adjacent one another, each optical channel having an image detector and a complimentary objective lens spaced by a respective distance. A focusing mechanism is |
| 7112037 |
Centrifugal pump performance degradation detection |
September 26, 2006 |
| A system for determining whether a centrifugal pump assembly is degraded as operating outside of acceptable operating limits and includes a processor adapted by software to perform the steps of automatically characterizing the pump characteristics at a predetermined operating level a |
| 7109644 |
Device and method for fabrication of microchannel plates using a mega-boule wafer |
September 19, 2006 |
| The present invention provides a mega-boule for use in fabricating microchannel plates (MCPs). The mega-boule includes a cross-sectional surface having at least first, second and third areas, each area occupying a distinct portion of the cross-sectional surface. The first and second |
| 7109467 |
Method and system for spread spectrum gating |
September 19, 2006 |
| A gating module for gating an image intensifier tube. The gating module includes a frequency generator generating a base signal having a base frequency. A modulator spread-spectrum modulates the base frequency of the base signal to generate a modulated signal. A gating circuit coupled |
| 7108430 |
Optic fiber terminus indexer |
September 19, 2006 |
| Each optical fiber terminus (20) of a connector has an indexing device (32) that indicates and fixes the rotational position of the terminus in its housing passage (14), the indexing device being in the form of a sleeve that is easily applied when an optimum position is determined. The |
| 7108296 |
Fluid quick connector for threaded fluid components |
September 19, 2006 |
| A fluid quick connector is mountable onto the threads of a threaded fluid component in a sealed fluid connection. A retainer element carried by the fluid quick connector is engagable with the threads on the second fluid component. In one aspect, the retainer element is at least one tab |
| 7107624 |
Headmount apparatus for attaching and supporting devices |
September 19, 2006 |
| A headmount apparatus for mounting vision enhancement equipment thereon which is comprised of a mounting shell having at least one pad and having at least one mounting surface to which the vision enhancing equipment is mounted, where at least one pad is configured to contact the user's h |
| 7106303 |
Trackball control device |
September 12, 2006 |
| A trackball device in which the exposed top of a trackball (30) can be moved to pivot a pair of coding shafts (32L, 32T) about perpendicular axes, with control signal generators that detect such pivoting used to control a function such as a cursor on a screen. The control signal gene |
| 7105801 |
Actuator with interrupter-type limit switches |
September 12, 2006 |
| An actuator comprising a motor for rotating a shaft connected via a gear train to an output device; an interrupter vane connected to the output device and adapted to travel in a path corresponding to the movement of the output device; and at least two interrupter switches, such as op |
| 7103371 |
Method and apparatus for dynamic voice reservation within wireless networks |
September 5, 2006 |
| A multi-hop wireless Ad-Hoc network according to the present invention employs a voice reservation protocol. The protocol supports voice and data communication and incorporates retransmission and acknowledgement mechanisms. A TDMA frame architecture is dynamically selected depending |
| 7101223 |
Compact sealed and shielded connector |
September 5, 2006 |
| A connector (10) is connected to the front end of a cable (11) in a compact connection that provides electrical shielding and a water-tight seal. The connector has a metal main sleeve (30) with a rear end (64) having circular crimps (38,39). One crimp (39) is made against the cable i |
| 7095007 |
Method and apparatus for measurement of optical detector linearity |
August 22, 2006 |
| A system for measuring optical detector linearity according to the present invention employs a laser source that illuminates an integrating sphere. The sphere randomizes the laser signal phase and produces a uniform intensity over the sphere output. A collimator expands the sphere output |
