| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7014220 |
Low profile fluid quick connector |
March 21, 2006 |
| A fluid quick connector sealingly latches first and second components, one of which has a through bore and the other has a raised bead spaced from a tip end. A retainer is mountable through a transverse bore in one end of the first component and latched to the first component by projecti |
| 7009705 |
Active remote sensing using lock-in amplifiers and beam steering |
March 7, 2006 |
| A remote sensing platform for sensing a target may include a source configured to emit optical radiation toward the target. A device may be configured to dither the emitted optical radiation to alternately illuminate a number of locations on the target. A first detector may be config |
| 7009562 |
Single ku-band multi-polarization gallium arsenide transmit chip |
March 7, 2006 |
| The present invention is a wide band GaAs microwave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC) transmit chip that is capable of transmitting linearly or circularly polarized signals when connected to a pair of orthogonal cross-polarized antennas. In an active phased-array antenna environment, |
| 7009170 |
Active remote sensing using a simultaneous spectral sampling technique |
March 7, 2006 |
| A system for sensing a characteristic of a sample may include a tunable source configured to emit optical radiation that varies over a wavelength range at a sweep frequency and a reference source configured to emit optical radiation at a reference wavelength. A first modulator may be |
| 7006474 |
Channelized receiver system |
February 28, 2006 |
| A channelizing receiver is provided with a plurality of channel receivers for monitoring respective segments of a frequency band being monitored by the channelizing receiver. Each channel receiver includes a channel processor for detecting an electromagnetic signal, measuring the peak |
| 7006432 |
ATM network management system |
February 28, 2006 |
| An asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) management network, having the following functional areas: fault management, performance management, configuration management, security management and accounting management. Inference engine is used for the fault manager including correlation of AT |
| 6998944 |
Method and apparatus for microwave interconnection |
February 14, 2006 |
| Microwave signals are coupled from a microwave module to a microstrip transmission line, each installed on a chassis plate. The microwave signals are fed through the bottom or side of the microwave module using a feedthrough pin mounted in the module. The feedthrough pin extends from |
| 6998807 |
Active sensing and switching device |
February 14, 2006 |
| An active sensing and switching device for use in controlling current to a load, comprising a controller means (U1) for disconnecting the load from a power source by providing a switch-open control signal based on a signal indicating a sensed value of electrical current to the load, |
| 6998635 |
Tuned bandwidth photocathode for transmission negative electron affinity devices |
February 14, 2006 |
| A photocathode includes a first layer having a first energy band gap for providing absorption of light of wavelengths shorter than or equal to a first wavelength, a second layer having a second energy band gap for providing transmission of light of wavelengths longer than the first w |
| 6996080 |
Chip-synchronous CDMA multiplexer and method resulting in constant envelope signals |
February 7, 2006 |
| A multiplexer and a method for chip-synchronous code-division multiple access (CDMA) signals produces a constant envelope signal. The output signal of the multiplexer permits use of a saturating (Class C) high power amplifier (HPA) resulting in a net increase in effective transmitter |
| 6995846 |
System and method for remote quantitative detection of fluid leaks from a natural gas or oil pip |
February 7, 2006 |
| A system for remote quantitative detection of fluid leaks from a natural gas or oil pipeline by use of an airborne platform; including at least one laser light source for nearly simultaneous illuminating two or more target fluids and a background, wherein the two or more target fluids ar |
| 6992632 |
Low profile polarization-diverse herringbone phased array |
January 31, 2006 |
| A phased array antenna includes a plurality of radiating elements arranged as orthogonal pairs in a herringbone pattern. Each radiating element includes multiple microstrips disposed conformally on a planar substrate. Each radiating element includes a dipole formed as a pair of dipole |
| 6991263 |
Enhanced-draining and/or stagnant-pocket-minimizing instrument tee |
January 31, 2006 |
| A tee for mounting an instrument in a pipe system, the tee comprising a body member having at least one inlet and one outlet for providing a flow path through the body, and a concave surface that forms a cup in fluid communication with the flow path for providing fluid access to the |
| 6991192 |
Apparatus for adapting waste disposal pump to waste discharge ports of RV's, RV park systems, tr |
January 31, 2006 |
| The present invention provide a new and unique macerator assembly or device for coupling and decoupling to a waste disposal port of a holding tank of a recreational vehicle, train, airplane, bus, boat or other portable toilet application for emptying the same. The macerator assembly |
| 6987877 |
Superimposing graphic representations of ground locations onto ground location images after dete |
January 17, 2006 |
| A method for superimposing graphic representations of ground locations onto images of ground locations after detecting the presence of material failure(s) or failures in man-made structures in such ground locations including providing an image sensor spaced remotely from the ground and |
| 6987566 |
Methods and apparatus for analyzing mirror reflectance |
January 17, 2006 |
| Methods and apparatus are described for assessing the reflective properties of mirrors at different angles of incidence without precise knowledge of the mirror's basic optical constants and/or without precise knowledge of the mirror's over-coating prescription. Reflectance values can |
| 6986338 |
Fluid flow pressure regulator |
January 17, 2006 |
| A fuel vapor pressure regulator by which the input pressure of an input fluid is regulated by the opening and closing of a valve unit controlled by a piston pressure sensor, the operation of which is, in turn, controlled by a movement of a preset bias, the output pressure of the flui |
| 6984140 |
Smart card connector with ejection spring |
January 10, 2006 |
| A smart card connector has a housing (11) formed by an insulative contact holder (12) and a sheet metal cover (14) that has an upper plate (46) lying above an upper face of the contact holder, to form a card-receiving cavity (30) between them. A wire spring (16) has a spiral wound planar |
| 6980537 |
Method and apparatus for communication network cluster formation and transmission of node link s |
December 27, 2005 |
| The present invention facilitates cluster formation within a communications network by utilizing network topology information to designate network nodes that are crucial for relaying traffic as cluster head nodes, while remaining network nodes are designated as member nodes. A beacon pac |
| 6976911 |
Method and apparatus for filtering airborne contaminants |
December 20, 2005 |
| A method and apparatus for removing airborne contaminants in residential or commercial buildings injects filtered air into these enclosures. Prior to be injected in these enclosures, the air is filtered for chemical, biological or radioactive hazards. The filtering of the air ensures tha |
| 6976510 |
Corrosion resistant metal tube and process for making the same |
December 20, 2005 |
| A corrosion resistant multi-layer tube comprises a metal tube; a zinc layer bonded to the metal tube outer surface; a surface treatment layer bonded to the zinc layer; a priming layer; a first polymeric layer bonded to the priming layer; a second polymeric layer bonded to the first polym |
| 6975246 |
Collision avoidance using limited range gated video |
December 13, 2005 |
| A collision avoidance system for a vehicle includes a collision avoidance processor, and an active sensor for obtaining successive range measurements to objects along a path transversed by the vehicle. The active sensor includes a near range gate for obtaining a near range measuremen |
| 6974924 |
Illuminated pushbutton switch |
December 13, 2005 |
| A low cost miniature illuminated pushbutton switch 10 for soldering to a circuit board (23), which avoids damage to an LED during such soldering to the board. The pushbutton assembly, which slides between outward and inward positions, includes a molded plastic frame (32), sheet metal |
| 6974261 |
Optical bonding structure |
December 13, 2005 |
| A method of mounting a fiber optic unit to a photosensor. The photosensor is mounted to a first carrier. A first end of the fiber optic unit is bonded to the photosensor to create a joint between the fiber optic unit and the photosensor. A second end of the fiber optic unit is mounted to |
| 6971929 |
Modular high density connector |
December 6, 2005 |
| A connector includes sheet metal contacts (40, 42) with termination ends (60, 62) for terminating to wires and with mating ends (70, 72) for mating to other contact devices such as circuit board pads. Each terminating end includes a wide groove part (90) with a groove bottom (94) that re |
| 6971754 |
Lens cap retention arrangement |
December 6, 2005 |
| Vision enhancing apparatus includes a lens and tethered lens cap which protects the lens when the apparatus is not in use. The apparatus also includes a protrusion having a shape complementary to the lens cap for retaining the latter when the apparatus is in use. |
| 6965634 |
Non-stationary dither code generation and detection |
November 15, 2005 |
| A detector receives a signal and detects from it a long code composed from shorter codes, where the shorter codes are dithered according to a non-repeating dither pattern. The received signal is correlated with a reference code, the correlation sums are ranked, and short codes detected |
| 6963599 |
Multitone frequency hop communications system |
November 8, 2005 |
| An improved spread spectrum communications system is disclosed in which M-ary symbols are defined corresponding to each state of digital data to be transmitted and in which each of those M-ary symbols are represented by a plurality of tones selected from a set of N frequencies. A differe |
| 6963494 |
Blind hole termination of pin to pcb |
November 8, 2005 |
| Tails (20) projecting from an electrical component (12) that lies on a circuit board surface, are terminated to traces on a multi-layer circuit board (14) in a manner that minimizes the disadvantages of long through hole soldering and of surface mount techniques. A blind hole is drilled |
| 6963405 |
Laser counter-measure using fourier transform imaging spectrometers |
November 8, 2005 |
| In an imaging system providing an image of a target of interest, a method of reducing interference from a laser beam includes the steps of: (a) receiving optical energy from the target of interest and the laser beam; (b) forming an interferogram of spectral energy, at each spatial positi |
| 6961703 |
Method for speech processing involving whole-utterance modeling |
November 1, 2005 |
| A speech verification process involves comparison of enrollment and test speech data and an improved method of comparing the data is disclosed, wherein segmented frames of speech are analyzed jointly, rather than independently. The enrollment and test speech are both subjected to a f |
| 6961677 |
Method and apparatus for categorizing unexplained residuals |
November 1, 2005 |
| A method and apparatus for performing continuous variance analysis (CVA) to characterize a data set. Data set values may be associated with any source, including measurements of a received signal and/or measurements of natural and/or man-made phenomena. CVA generates an output matrix tha |
| 6959912 |
Injectable packing unit in a single knife gate body |
November 1, 2005 |
| A knife gate valve is provided, comprising: a unitary valve body having a flow channel extending there through, a guide segment and a stuffing box. A knife gate is located in the guide segment, the stuffing box and the flow channel and is slideable between an open and closed position. La |
| 6957988 |
Clip unit for holding contact |
October 25, 2005 |
| A clip unit (10) that holds an electrical contact (11) in a passageway (12) of a connector frame (13), is of small cost and small length and can be installed using a small force, and provides the functions of centering a location along the contact within the passageway and preventing rea |
| 6956448 |
Electromagnetic energy probe with integral impedance matching |
October 18, 2005 |
| In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a probe for sampling electromagnetic energy in a circuit is provided. The probe includes a mating portion for mating with a electromagnetic energy transmission media in the circuit. The probe also includes a correction device for corre |
| 6956179 |
Rocker/pushbutton switch |
October 18, 2005 |
| A switch has a housing (11), a pair of switching units (17, 18) with buttons (19) that can be depressed to operate each switch unit, and a rocker (23) pivotally mounted on the housing to pivot clockwise and counterclockwise from a neutral position. An elastomeric diaphragm (30) mount |
| 6953285 |
Anti-backout latch for fiber optic connector |
October 11, 2005 |
| An optical fiber connector (14) is provided, of a type that has a housing (70) and a fiber block (72) slideable between forward and rearward positions within a passage of the housing, the housing having guide-receiving spaces (120, 122) on opposite sides of the passage for receiving |
| 6952487 |
Detecting the presence of failure(s) in existing man-made structures |
October 4, 2005 |
| A method for capturing at least one image of an existing man-made structure and for detecting the presence of failure(s) in such existing man-made structure including: providing a detectable material on the surface or in an existing man-made structure so that portions of the detectable m |
| 6949734 |
Active remote sensing using a spectral lock-in technique |
September 27, 2005 |
| A system for sensing a characteristic of a sample may include a tunable source configured to emit optical radiation that varies over a wavelength range at a first frequency and a reference source configured to emit optical radiation that varies in amplitude at a second frequency. A s |
| 6945795 |
Quadrax interconnect grounding |
September 20, 2005 |
| A quad interconnect system for receiving quad connectors and connecting their quad contacts to corresponding signal traces on a circuit board, provides a grounded electromagnetic shield around each quad connector in a simple arrangement that occupies a minimum amount of space on the circ |
| 6945702 |
Fiber optic connector with mating features |
September 20, 2005 |
| A fiber optic connector system in which two fiber optic connectors (44, 46) mate within a cabinet (12) and each one can be withdrawn for cleaning. Each connector is part of a connector assembly (40, 42) that includes a mounting bracket (54, 56) fixed to a corresponding daughterboard (20, |
| 6943946 |
Multiple aperture imaging system |
September 13, 2005 |
| A multiple aperture imaging system, that includes: a plurality of imaging elements for capturing light; an optical relay assembly for phasing the captured light; a means for diverting the captured light within the multiple aperture imaging system to produce a plurality of images; and an |
| 6935805 |
High reliability precision latch |
August 30, 2005 |
| A reusable self-aligning precision latch, including a latch body for mounting a latch assembly, and an interface cone. A lead screw, coupled to the latch body on one end, pivots at an interface on the latch body allowing for self-alignment. A drive cam having a plurality of surfaces |
| 6935789 |
Fiber optic connector with long terminus movement and moderate length |
August 30, 2005 |
| An optic fiber connector has a terminus (24) with a front tip (110) that lies at an initial position at which the tip is at least flush with or forward of the surrounding housing front surface (112) and which is moved rearwardly by a mating terminus (22) so the tips of the termini are |
| 6934388 |
Method and apparatus for generating random permutations |
August 23, 2005 |
| An apparatus (10) for generating a sequence of blocks of randomly permuted multi-bit data elements includes an input register (12) that produces a repeating block of distinct input data elements from which output blocks of permuted data elements are generated. A permutation logic unit (1 |
| 6931962 |
Foot or hand operated control |
August 23, 2005 |
| A control has a pivotal part with an operating surface that can be depressed by a person's foot or hand, with pivoting being sensed by a pivot sensor. A spring-operated mechanism urges the pivotal part toward an initial position while allowing it to pivot in both clockwise and counte |
| 6931778 |
Clamp for weapon mount |
August 23, 2005 |
| A weapon mount for mounting a night vision device to the receiver rail of a weapon. A self-device adjusting cam operated connection device is present at one end region of the mount for attaching to the receiver rail, while the night vision device is connected at the other end region of t |
| 6931668 |
Headmount apparatus for attaching and supporting devices |
August 23, 2005 |
| 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 |
| 6924935 |
Compact multiple aperture imaging array |
August 2, 2005 |
| In a method and system for imaging using multiple apertures, the present invention uses an array of lens elements to form the aperture for a high resolution imaging system. The light from each lens element is properly phased and reduced in volume to form a compact imaging system that |
| 6924931 |
Line of sight adjustment for night vision binoculars |
August 2, 2005 |
| A support for adjusting the line of sight of a night vision monocular. The support has a shelf that is supported relative to a user's eyes and a flange that is coupled to the shelf and rotatable relative to the shelf. The support also has a shaft supporting the monocular. The shaft is |
