| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6821024 |
Connector secondary latch |
November 23, 2004 |
| A secondary latch (50) is provided for an electrical or optic fiber connector (12) that has a housing (22) with a housing body (24) and with a primary latch (26). The primary latch is of the type that has a front end (30) merging with the housing body and a rear end forming a handle (42) |
| 6816264 |
Systems and methods for amplified optical metrology |
November 9, 2004 |
| A spectrometer may include a radiant source configured to emit radiation and an optical amplifier configured to amply the radiation emitted by the radiant source to produce amplified radiation. A number of optical elements may be configured to produce an interference pattern from the |
| 6814499 |
Optical fiber connector latching mechanism |
November 9, 2004 |
| An optical fiber connector (20) is provided with a compact latching mechanism (42) for holding the connector in a bulkhead casing (12) when inserted therein, and for enabling easy removal, the connector also having a simplified strain relief assembly (170) for fiber optic cables. The |
| 6806828 |
Passive range and angle measurement system and method |
October 19, 2004 |
| A method determines range from a moving platform to an emitter. The method receives a RF signal from the emitter; counts a number of phase reversals of the received RF signal during a period of time; measures a Doppler frequency during the period of time; and determines the range to the |
| 6806821 |
Apparatus and method for rapid detection of objects with time domain impulsive signals |
October 19, 2004 |
| A method and system are disclosed for detecting objects of interest in a target area using ultra wide band (UWB) RF signals. A transmitter and antenna array generate ultra wide band RF impulsive signals that are used to probe a target area that may include an object of interest. An anten |
| 6806772 |
Power transistor array temperature control system |
October 19, 2004 |
| A method and apparatus for use with a transistor array for enhancing the array's performance and/or reliability and/or longevity by sensing the temperature of each transistor in the array and initiating corrective action to maintain its temperature within a desired operating range. Each |
| 6805383 |
Fluid quick connector with secure electrical contact |
October 19, 2004 |
| A quick connector includes a connector housing having a through bore adapted to mate with an endform. An electrical contact is mountable in the bore of the connector housing and includes contact members in the form of projections to provide a secure electrical connection between the endf |
| 6804642 |
Apparatus and method for continuous speech recognition on a PCMCIA card |
October 12, 2004 |
| An apparatus and method for automatic continuous-speech recognition is disclosed. The recognition function for a speaker-dependent continuous-speech recognition (CSR) system is performed on a (PCMCIA) card, which includes a DSP, Codec, and memory. All of the processing performed by t |
| 6802491 |
Fluid shut off valve cartridge with quick connection |
October 12, 2004 |
| A fluid quick connector in cartridge form carrying a shut off valve is mountable in a bore in a fluid charged use device. An end form retainer is mounted in the cartridge for locking an end form in a bore in the cartridge. The shut off valve is internally mounted within the cartridge |
| 6802448 |
Compact smart card reader with ejector |
October 12, 2004 |
| A smart card reader includes a frame (102), a carriage (108) that can slide forwardly when pushed forwardly by the front end of an inserted smart card, and a double click mechanism (193) that latches the carriage in a forward position when pushed there by a card, until the card is pushed |
| 6801782 |
Method and apparatus for determining the position of a mobile communication device |
October 5, 2004 |
| A position location communication system determines the position of a mobile master radio using a round-trip messaging scheme in which the time of arrive (TOA) of ranging signals is accurately determined to yield the range estimates required to calculate the position of the mobile radio. |
| 6801027 |
Power conversion in variable load applications |
October 5, 2004 |
| A power conversion unit and method for efficient conversion of power for one or more variable loads are disclosed herein. Power having a first form is supplied to one or more power conversion units (PCUs) connected to the one or more variable loads. The PCUs are adapted to convert the po |
| 6799944 |
Rotary pump for pumping fluids, mainly sewage water |
October 5, 2004 |
| According to the invention the pump impeller comprises a hub (4) having one or several vanes swept backwards within a pump housing (1). The latter is provided with one or several relief grooves (8) on the inside of the pump housing wall. One or several radially directed scraping apparatu |
| 6794589 |
Multiple electrical switch arrangement |
September 21, 2004 |
| An electrical switch arrangement includes a validation switch and four selection switches, all operated by an actuator (31) that can be pivoted about two horizontal axes and can be depressed. A dome center tripper (28) that can be depressed to operate the validation switch has a peripher |
| 6791760 |
Planar diffractive relay |
September 14, 2004 |
| The present invention relates to an optical system for directing light from an image source to a viewer's eye. The system includes an image source providing an image source light; a collimator for receiving the image source light and converting the received image source light into a |
| 6788459 |
Binocular method utilizing monocular devices |
September 7, 2004 |
| A mounting assembly for mounting two monocular devices to form a binocular device. A method of collimating the monocular devices, so that the binocular device is collimated. |
| 6788407 |
Laser interrogation of surface agents |
September 7, 2004 |
| An apparatus for laser interrogation of surface agents moving relative to the apparatus. A receiver telescope includes a secondary reflector that may compensate for variations in distance from a target to the laser. The secondary reflector relies on a distance to target signal that may b |
| 6786748 |
Switch in smart card connector |
September 7, 2004 |
| A smart card connector switch that detects full installation of a smart card, includes first and second switch contacts (42, 40), with the second switch contact including a sheet metal switch blade (41) that can be depressed against the first contact. The second switch contact includes a |
| 6786622 |
Searchlight and controller therefore |
September 7, 2004 |
| A searchlight including a housing having first and second ends, a window in the first end of the housing and a lamp disposed within the housing so as to emit light through the window. A post is secured to a positioning assembly within the body. The positioning assembly includes: a first |
| 6784840 |
Method for determining azimuth and elevation angles using a single axis direction finding system |
August 31, 2004 |
| A method of determining an azimuth and elevation of a radiation emission source using a single-axis direction finding system is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of radiation signals at the single-axis direction finding system. The plurality of radiation signals are |
| 6776621 |
Board mounted coax connector assembly |
August 17, 2004 |
| A coaxial connector assembly (10) for mounting on a circuit board, which can be constructed at low cost and which provides low losses. The connector assembly, which can include three connectors (11, 12, 13), includes a cast metal housing (40) having a front mating end (20) and having |
| 6776584 |
Method for determining a centrifugal pump operating state without using traditional measurement |
August 17, 2004 |
| A method for determining whether a centrifugal pump is operating within its normal flow operating range includes the steps: of determining a motor torque/TDH relationship over a range of speeds for a minimum flow rate in order to obtain a minimum flow operating range for the centrifugal |
| 6776533 |
Latching fiber optic connector system |
August 17, 2004 |
| An optical fiber connector system includes first and second mateable connectors (12, 14) with fiber blocks (32,72) that hold optical fiber termini (50), wherein forward (F) movement of the second connector housing (70) toward the first housing (30) results in automatic latching together |
| 6769919 |
Low profile and low resistance connector |
August 3, 2004 |
| A connector includes an insulative housing and rows of contacts with downwardly projecting lower ends soldered to contact pads on a circuit board, which assures engagement of all contact lower ends with all contact pads despite tolerance buildup due to housing warping. Each contact has |
| 6768971 |
Instantaneous measurement of signal polarization |
July 27, 2004 |
| A polarization measurement system and method that determines the polarization of a received signal within one received pulse. The polarimeter accepts series of samples representing horizontal and vertical signal components representing the polarization of a received signal. The sampl |
| 6764350 |
Connector contact retention |
July 20, 2004 |
| Contacts (12) that are terminated to the front ends of wires (22) are rapidly mounted in a connector shell (20) while assuring reliable separation of the contacts. After each contact is terminated to the front end of a wire, the contact is laid in a slot (60) of an insulative retaine |
| 6761575 |
Ergonomic electrical connector for a smart card |
July 13, 2004 |
| A smart card connector has a card-receiving cavity with a recess (194, FIG. 73) at the rear that receives the rear edge (152) of the card. A cover or flap is then pivoted down on the support element and slid forward to slide hooks (288, FIG. 27) at the front of the cover under shoulders |
| 6760675 |
Adjustable high current and high voltage pulse generator |
July 6, 2004 |
| A controllable pulse generator apparatus and method are provided according to the invention. The pulse generator generates an adjustable, high current, high voltage pulse train output that may be transmitted to an external device under operation. The pulse generator includes a controller |
| 6758682 |
Pogo contact |
July 6, 2004 |
| A connector has a frame (12) with passages (22) that hold contact assemblies (20), the contact assemblies having lower ends (114) soldered to traces (52) on a circuit board (54) and depressable upper ends, which provides low resistance within each contact assembly and which assures r |
| 6757950 |
Rotatable quick connector stuffer pin |
July 6, 2004 |
| A stuffer pin for a rotatable, two part fluid quick connector carries the seal elements and a retainer housing carrying a retainer for mounting the seal elements in the bore of a first component of the fluid quick connector and positioning the retainer housing for locking and rotatable |
| 6755675 |
Fluid quick connector with secure electrical ground contact |
June 29, 2004 |
| An electrically conductive quick connector housing is matable with a conductive male endform. A contact member is carried in the housing to provide a secure electrical connection between the male endform and the housing. In one aspect, the contact member is in the form of at least one |
| 6752538 |
Optic fiber connector secondary latch |
June 22, 2004 |
| A secondary lach (50) is provided for an optic fiber connector (12) that has a housing (22) with a housing body (24) and with a primary latch (26) with a front end (30) merging with the housing body and a rear end forming a handle (42) that can be depressed to release the latch and allow |
| 6751996 |
Dynamic punch |
June 22, 2004 |
| A forming tool for pipe ends with a fixing device holding the pipe and a flanging die acting on the projection of the pipe end, where the flanging die has a mandrel which can be driven into the pipe end. A forming die surrounds the mandrel. The mandrel and the forming die are held in a |
| 6751384 |
Method and apparatus for laser protection of photosensitive material |
June 15, 2004 |
| A fiber optic faceplate for protecting photosensitive material from high light levels which comprises an optical structure which optically acts like a solid window at low light levels, but which at least one of attenuates or diffuses light incident on the photocathode as a function of |
| 6751010 |
Low finesse, tri-etalon, optical parametric oscillator |
June 15, 2004 |
| A low-finesse, tri-etalon optical parametric oscillator includes an optical cavity bounded by two coupling mirrors, and a narrow-linewidth pump laser which supplies pump energy to the optical cavity at a pump wavelength. A pair of walk-off compensated, non-linear optical crystals (but no |
| 6747258 |
Intensified hybrid solid-state sensor with an insulating layer |
June 8, 2004 |
| An intensified hybrid solid-state sensor includes an imaging device comprising a solid-state sensor assembled with an image intensifier cathode, microchannel plate (MCP), and body envelope. This device combines the best functions of the image intensifier, good signal-to-noise ratio a |
| 6746159 |
Multi-fiber interconnect system |
June 8, 2004 |
| First and second connector housings (20, 26) each hold a corresponding set (22, 30) of numerous fibers, that are coupled when their tips (40, 42) abut, in a low-cost and rugged arrangement. The housings are identical and each has numerous bores (50, 52) extending to a mating face (34, 36 |
| 6745999 |
Gate valve for high-density slurries, and a valve body assembly, and a solids-containing wall li |
June 8, 2004 |
| Flexible, plastic, solids-containing liners or panels are disposed in the chamber of the valve body for contacting, interfacing engagement with the gate. Accordingly, the panels and gate substantially fully occupy the chamber, and prevent an entry of slurry solids thereinto. The panels a |
| 6741633 |
Hop overlay signal structure for including additional signaling channels in code division multip |
May 25, 2004 |
| A new signal format that allows sharing of spectrum with CDMA signals with a minimum amount of mutual interference and a maximum amount of processing gain. The method including the step of coherently frequency hopping a narrow band signal adapted to minimize interference with a main lobe |
| 6739909 |
Rigid support ring molded into elastomeric connector lip |
May 25, 2004 |
| An apparatus for supplying electrical power to a receptacle connector of a railroad car includes embedding a rigid support ring in an elastomeric nose portion of the receptacle connector. The support ring is disposed substantially in the elastomeric nose portion above a circumferential l |
| 6739759 |
Protected optical interface |
May 25, 2004 |
| An optic fiber connector system which uses low cost plex components while providing sealing and physical protection approaching that of military type optical connectors. An assembly (70) of a plurality of shells includes a middle shell (72) with an internal flange (120) having a rect |
| 6739202 |
Method and apparatus for non-destructive testing of leaded packages |
May 25, 2004 |
| A method of non-destructively testing the adhesion of electrical leads joined to a package comprising the steps of holding the package and a portion of a lead in respective stationary positions, applying a force to the lead proximate an area where it's joined to the package, and measurin |
| 6735656 |
PC card having casing part edges joined by fingers in recesses and tabs in slots |
May 11, 2004 |
| A PC card has a casing with upper and lower casing portions (12,11) wherein the upper casing portion is formed by front and rear casing parts (13, 14). The rear casing part has a forward edge portion (102) with forwardly-projecting fingers (29) that each has a free front end. The fro |
| 6735308 |
Mobile telephone connector module |
May 11, 2004 |
| A connector module (10) for installation on a small mobile telephone to enable the module to rest at a docking station where contacts mate to pass multiple medium to low frequency signals and power and to pass high frequency signals through a coaxial connection of high frequency signals |
| 6733047 |
Quick connector for fuel/vapor applications |
May 11, 2004 |
| A quick connector apparatus and method of forming same includes a retainer element having a first end portion spin welded to an inner surface of a bore formed in an end portion of a first conduit after a sealing element has been mounted in the end portion of the first conduit. The retain |
| 6732426 |
Fiber extraction tool |
May 11, 2004 |
| An extraction tool (100) not only releases an optical fiber terminus (20) from a retainer clip (62) so the terminus can be moved rearwardly out of the connector, but also retracts the terminus without applying tension to the optical fiber (52) or force to the tip (32) of the optical fibe |
| 6729773 |
Fiber optic flat ribbon cable strain relief |
May 4, 2004 |
| A strain relief apparatus which is especially useful with a standard fiber optic connector (10) having a cylinder backshell (12) with a pair of rearwardly-projecting arms (20, 22) that hold circular clamp elements (24, 26) to clamp to a circular optical fiber cable, which facilitates cla |
| 6726369 |
Field repairable, breakaway housing for optical fiber connector |
April 27, 2004 |
| An optic fiber connector includes a housing (20) with a through passageway (70) and an optic fiber terminus assembly (22) lying in the passageway, the connector having a simple retainer assembly means prevents inadvertent rearward pullout of the terminus assembly from the passageway but |
| 6722789 |
Releasable terminus retention |
April 20, 2004 |
| An optical fiber connector (12) has a terminus (34) lying in a housing passage (44) and biased forwardly by a spring (80), which enables removal of the terminus while the spring remains in the passage, in a compact arrangement. The terminus body has a groove (112) that forms a rearwa |
| 6716289 |
Rigid gas collector for providing an even flow of gasses |
April 6, 2004 |
| A gas collector for collecting gasses from within a reaction chamber of a reactor comprises a body having a conduit, at least one inlet, an outlet, and a seal disposed on the body. The seal cooperates with a lid of the reactor to prevent escape of reaction gasses from the reaction chambe |
