| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6911937 |
Digital polarimetric system |
June 28, 2005 |
| A digital polarimeteric system employs a signal time stretching technique and digital signal processing of the time-stretched signal to accurately measure the polarization of a received RF signal with commercially available digital hardware. A superheterodyne receiver down converts r |
| 6908346 |
Quad cable interface using available insert |
June 21, 2005 |
| A connection system is provided for connecting conductors of a quad cable (12) to terminals (14), through the use of a low cost and commonly available insert (30) that has multiple rows and columns of passages (170) that each contains a double-ended pin (34), with the rear ends of the pi |
| 6908322 |
Smart card connector carriage |
June 21, 2005 |
| A smart card connector has a carriage (252) that prevents inadvertent card pullout and that pushes the card rearward when a user intends to do so. The connector housing includes an insulative support (52) that is molded with at least one upstanding rib (275, 277) lying beside the card pa |
| 6905143 |
Fluid conduit quick connector and stuffer pack |
June 14, 2005 |
| A fluid quick connector adapted to be releasably mounted in a bore in a fluid use component. The quick connector includes a housing having a through bore releasably receiving a tubular endform. A retainer is mountable in the housing to latch the endform in the housing. A latch member |
| 6899532 |
Liquid-tight electrical entry system with integral ground tab, particular to submersible pumps |
May 31, 2005 |
| An electrical cord entry system for a submersible pump. The cord entry system includes a receptacle assembly for providing unimpeded transmission of electrical power and/or electrical signals through a pump housing of the pump, and a connector assembly for interfacing with the receptacle |
| 6896552 |
Filtered connector |
May 24, 2005 |
| A filtered connector with multiple pin contacts (14) connected to ground by Pi filters, which can be constructed at low cost. Two circuit board portions (24, 26) that are spaced apart by ferrite beads (40), are portions of a single flexible circuit board (50) that are connected toget |
| 6896005 |
Multi-layer tubing having electrostatic dissipation for handling hydrocarbon fluids |
May 24, 2005 |
| An elongated multi-layer tubing is disclosed for connection to a motor vehicle system to handle fluids containing hydrocarbons. The tubing includes a first layer disposed radially innermost and having an inner surface capable of prolonged exposure to a fluid containing hydrocarbons a |
| 6895352 |
Simultaneous rapid open and closed loop bode plot measurement using a binary pseudo-random seque |
May 17, 2005 |
| A simultaneous rapid open and closed loop bode measurement plot is described in which testing of the servo controlled instrument occurs under closed loop conditions using a binary pseudo-random sequence. The binary pseudo-random sequence is injected into the servo while the system under |
| 6893213 |
Method and apparatus for adjusting impeller clearance in a pump |
May 17, 2005 |
| An impeller clearance adjustment system for providing for a desired clearance between an impeller and a housing by adjusting a spacing (10) between a thrust housing (11) and a frame (12) using a plurality of evenly-spaced shoulder screws (21) locked into a screwed-in position by resp |
| 6891570 |
Method and adaptively deriving exposure time and frame rate from image motion |
May 10, 2005 |
| In a method for determining the frame rate and exposure time for each frame of a video collection, an image capture system acquires at least two successive frames of a scene, separated in time. The two images are compared to determine if objects in the scene are in motion. If motion is |
| 6885333 |
Cross-eye technique implementation |
April 26, 2005 |
| An electronic warfare (EW) cross-eye system comprises two antennas separated a distance, d, a part, where d is much greater than the wavelength, .lambda., of a tracking signal emitted by a fire control radar (i.e., d>>.lambda.). The EW cross-eye system further comprises a recei |
| 6883974 |
Optic fiber connector with spring in a self-contained cartridge |
April 26, 2005 |
| An optic fiber connector includes a self-contained optical fiber cartridge (12), that can be easily inserted into a passageway (16) of a connector housing (14), and easily removed and replaced, without exposing the coil spring (52) that urges the terminus forwardly. The cartridge include |
| 6881082 |
Connection-switch arrangement |
April 19, 2005 |
| A connection arrangement includes a first connector (12) with an opening leading to first and second contacts (14, 16), where the first contact includes a beam (40) that is biased upwardly against the second contact but which can be depressed out of engagement with the second contact. Th |
| 6880966 |
Inline high turbulence mixer having combined oblique and transverse stationary vanes |
April 19, 2005 |
| An inline mixer has a casing and a rotor. The casing has an inlet for receiving a chemical and a process flow media, an inner surface defining a cavity therein, a stationary vane arranged obliquely on the inner surface in relation to the direction of flow of the chemical and process flow |
| 6880943 |
High resolution image formation from a multiple aperture imaging system |
April 19, 2005 |
| In a method for imaging using multiple apertures, the present invention uses a wavefront sensor, a phase sensor, and an image processor to construct a high-resolution image without using complex relay optics. A wavefront sensor collects information that allows the wavefront from each |
| 6880397 |
Fluid level sensor |
April 19, 2005 |
| A device for sensing a level of a fluid, the device including a microcontroller and a probe coupled to the microcontroller. The microcontroller applies a given DC potential to the probe for a first period of time, measures a voltage associated with the level of the fluid to be sensed |
| 6876802 |
Microchannel plate having microchannels with deep funneled and/or step funneled openings and met |
April 5, 2005 |
| The invention includes a microchannel plate for an image intensifier tube, in which the plate has multiple microchannels extending in a longitudinal dimension between transverse surfaces of the plate. Each microchannel includes a first portion forming a first opening at an end proximate |
| 6876326 |
Method and apparatus for high-accuracy position location using search mode ranging techniques |
April 5, 2005 |
| A high accuracy search and tracking system that uses a round-trip messaging scheme in which the time of arrive (TOA) of ranging signals is accurately determined to yield the range estimates between a target communications device and one or more search communications devices. Successive r |
| 6876325 |
System and method for location-finding using communication signals |
April 5, 2005 |
| A method and system for location-determination of a mobile comprising of a receiver with a variable processor gain of up to 45.15 dB for detecting signals transmitted from transmitters that at a farther distance as well as from transmitters that are situated in sparsely populated areas. |
| 6875037 |
Coupling mechanism for electrical connectors |
April 5, 2005 |
| The present invention is directed to a structure for coupling a plug connector to a receptacle connector by simply pushing the plug connector to lock into place on a receptacle connector and pull the coupling nut to release. Although the action of the push to lock and pull to release is |
| 6874945 |
Optic fiber connection system with terminus-holding body slidable in housing |
April 5, 2005 |
| An optic fiber connection system in which a first connector (12) on a daughter board (32) can slide towards a second connector (14) on a mother board (20) until the daughter board is latched and the connectors are fully mated, which assures proper mating despite overtravel or undertravel |
| 6873664 |
Method and apparatus for detecting an interleaved code |
March 29, 2005 |
| A receiver that receives a long pseudonoise (PN) code signal composed of two shorter codes interleaved with one another, includes a correlator unit that correlates the received signal with one or more reference codes corresponding to the two interleaved codes, respectively, and generates |
| 6873649 |
Method and apparatus for detecting a stationary dither code |
March 29, 2005 |
| An apparatus and method of detecting a transmission code from a received signal, where the transmission code is composed of a plurality of dithered codes. The codes can be dithered either by varying the length of the code or varying the phase of the code according to a dither pattern and |
| 6869302 |
Smart card connector with locking switch |
March 22, 2005 |
| A smart card connector (30) which includes a base (36) that can mount on a circuit board and a cover (76) that can hold a card (C) and that has a rear end pivotally connected to the base. The cover has a cover frame (77) and has a locking member (140) movable on the cover frame, so when |
| 6869213 |
Apparatus for injecting a chemical upstream of an inline mixer |
March 22, 2005 |
| A new and unique inline mixer and process pipe combination includes an inline mixer with a casing and a rotor arranged therein. The casing has one or more stationary vanes and an inlet connected to a process pipe configuration. The rotor has one or more rotary vanes that rotate on an |
| 6868805 |
Horizontally oriented combustion apparatus |
March 22, 2005 |
| A combustion chamber for a chiller includes a burner and igniter which are maintained in the horizontal position. The horizontal positioning is implemented by a steel casting, which includes a thick flange portion. The thick flange portion is between the combustion chamber and the outsid |
| 6868108 |
Method and apparatus for generating and transmitting a stationary dither code |
March 15, 2005 |
| A generator generates a composite code from dithered copies of a reference code to form an optimal stationary dither code. The generator either dithers the length of the reference code to generate a boundary dither code composed of a series varying length short codes, or it dithers the |
| 6867625 |
Method and apparatus for high frequency digital carrier synthesis from plural intermediate carri |
March 15, 2005 |
| A signal synthesizer according to the present invention produces a high speed or high frequency carrier waveform without employing an ASIC or FPGA operating at a sampling rate of greater than twice the carrier frequency. The signal synthesizer basically simulates a high speed or high fre |
| 6866303 |
Low profile fluid quick connector |
March 15, 2005 |
| 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 |
| 6865196 |
Laser spectroscopy using a master/slave architecture |
March 8, 2005 |
| A system for tuning one or more second radiant sources relative to a first radiant source may include a coupler configured to combine output signals from the first radiant source and a second radiant source to generate a heterodyne signal containing a frequency difference between the out |
| 6862144 |
Aviator's night vision imaging system non-rotational objective lens |
March 1, 2005 |
| A device for adjusting the position of a lens along an optical axis of the lens. The device has a lens housing for carrying the lens and a first knob positioned to rotate about the lens housing. A second knob is cooperatively threaded to the first knob such that rotation of the first |
| 6861982 |
System for determining position of an emitter |
March 1, 2005 |
| The position of a non-cooperating emitter is determined by detecting a signal from the emitter at three or more receiver communication devices positioned at different locations. The receiver communication devices determine respective detection times of the emitted signal in respective |
| 6859463 |
Methods and apparatus for organizing selection of operational parameters in a communication syst |
February 22, 2005 |
| Operational parameters for transmitting a signal over a communication channel of a network are selected by first determining RF conditions on the communication channel from a received signal transmitted over the communication channel. An initial set of parameter values is selected for |
| 6857906 |
Connector that occupies minimal cb surface |
February 22, 2005 |
| A connector (10) mounted on a circuit board (40), has an insulative frame (12) and two laterally-spaced columns (66, 68) of contacts (14), each contact formed of a bent metal strip and having an upper portion (36) for engaging a contact of a mating device and having a lower portion (38) |
| 6857667 |
High pressure fluid quick connect |
February 22, 2005 |
| A fluid quick connect includes a body having a conical, split end retainer slidably mounted in a recess in at least one end of the body. The retainer has a leading edge extending into a through bore in the body which is engagable with an annular flange on an endform inserted into the hou |
| 6856284 |
Methods and apparatus for multi-beam, multi-signal transmission for active phased array antenna |
February 15, 2005 |
| A method and apparatus for simultaneously transmitting, at a common frequency, a plurality of signals on a plurality of beams from a phased array antenna involves forming composite signals that contain the plurality of signals. The composite signals correspond to respective antenna e |
| 6855953 |
Electronic circuit assembly having high contrast fiducial |
February 15, 2005 |
| An electronic circuit assembly having a fiducial on a lower layer substrate. The fiducial is viewed through a through hole that is aligned with the fiducial and extends through an upper layer substrate that is adjacent the lower layer substrate. The fiducial and the through hole prov |
| 6853351 |
Compact high-power reflective-cavity backed spiral antenna |
February 8, 2005 |
| An antenna device includes a substrate, and a radiating element disposed on the substrate. The radiating element has two spiral arms unfurling in an Archimedean progression and terminating in a logarithmic progression. The substrate is formed from a dielectric material and includes multi |
| 6850734 |
Position enhanced communication system including system for embedding CDMA navigation beacons un |
February 1, 2005 |
| A cellular telephone system having three or more cell sites with each cell site having a source of cellular communication signals and an RF transmitter and antenna for broadcasting the cellular communication signals. A direct sequence spread spectrum waveform carrying navigation sign |
| 6848116 |
Method and apparatus for on-demand video program access control using integrated out-of-band sig |
January 25, 2005 |
| An on-demand program access system for broadband, frequency division multiplexed cable television signals, one or more infrastructure element (IF) constituting a local video network signal server has a plurality of subscriber premise equipment elements (SPEE) served thereby. Each SPEE |
| 6843629 |
Blind fluid fitting/threaded insert |
January 18, 2005 |
| The present invention includes a device for providing a blind hole for making a removable connection to an enclosure. The device has a cylindrical shaft with a proximal portion and a distal portion. A head is formed at the distal portion of the shaft. The proximal portion of the shaf |
| 6842534 |
Detecting material failures in ground locations |
January 11, 2005 |
| A method for capturing images of ground locations and for detecting the presence of failure(s) or material failures in man-made structures in such ground locations is disclosed. The method provides an image sensor spaced remotely from the ground and which sequentially captures a number o |
| 6842336 |
Portable electronic device with carrier plate |
January 11, 2005 |
| A hand-held electrical device (10) such as a mobile telephone, includes a carrier (11) formed by a thick (over 2 mm) plate of insulative material having a plurality of recesses that receive electronic components. The periphery of the carrier forms most of the periphery of the electronic |
| 6837747 |
Filtered connector |
January 4, 2005 |
| A standard D-sub connector is modified to connect a capacitor (64) between each of many contacts (14) and the grounded metal shell (16), in a construction of minimum parts. A flexible circuit (62) is provided with numerous metal-plated ground holes and signal holes, each ground hole |
| 6836968 |
Precision frictionless flexure based linear translation mechanism insensitive to thermal and vib |
January 4, 2005 |
| A linear translation device includes a frame, a carriage pivotally coupled to the frame, a drive arm body coupled to the carriage and rotatably coupled to the frame, and an actuator coupled to the drive arm body and the frame to effect rotation of the drive arm body about a pivot point. |
| 6836059 |
Image intensifier and electron multiplier therefor |
December 28, 2004 |
| An image intensifier and electron multiplier therefor is disclosed. Photons of an image impinge a photo-cathode that converts the photons to electrons. An electron multiplier multiplies the electrons from the photo-cathode to create an increased number of electrons. A sensor captures |
| 6832785 |
Spin welded fluid coupling |
December 21, 2004 |
| A fluid coupling between a fluid carrying first component and a second fluid carrying endform is formed by spin welding induced by a bonding material disposed in a recess in the first component which is spin weld compatible with the materials of the first and second component to spin |
| 6832155 |
Methods and apparatus for determining phase ambiguities in ranging and navigation systems |
December 14, 2004 |
| An improved technique for determining the integer value of phase ambiguities (integer ambiguities) of pseudorange measurements based on the carrier phase of received navigation signals provides more accurate ranging and position determination in navigation and ranging systems. A Baye |
| 6831447 |
Surge limiting circuit with optional short circuit detection |
December 14, 2004 |
| A method and apparatus for protecting circuit components from inrush current. A field effect transistor (FET) is controlled to provide a source of dynamic impedance, placed in series with a circuit component to be protected. The circuit uses a current limiting circuit to limit current |
| 6823898 |
Low cost, low permeation multi-layer tubing |
November 30, 2004 |
| A multi-layer tubing composed of a first layer, a second layer and an intermediate layer interposed between the first layer and the second layer. The first layer contains a first melt-processible thermoplastic such as polyamides, thermoplastic elstomers, and mixtures such materials. |
