| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE40425 |
Optical interface devices having balanced amplification |
July 8, 2008 |
| An optical interface devices (OID) routes signals entering each of its ports to all other ports. The OID passively routes the optical signals and performs no conversion of the signals into the electrical domain. In addition to signal routing, the OID also performs bi-directional ampl |
| RE39503 |
Space-based server network architecture |
March 6, 2007 |
| A space-based server network architecture (1) which permits on demand transfer of mission and control data between client satellites (14) in an orbit about earth and an earth station (20, 22, 24, 26) irrespective of the location of the client satellite (14) relative to the earth station |
| RE38433 |
High performance, thin metal lined, composite overwrapped pressure vessel |
February 24, 2004 |
| An innovative technology for composite overwrapped pressure vessels (COPVs) has been developed which significantly increases cost effectiveness, increases reliability, and reduces weight over state-of-the-art COPVs. This technology combines an innovative thin liner made of a metal having |
| RE37331 |
Dual-control scheme for improved missile maneuverability |
August 14, 2001 |
| A comparative dual-control strategy actuates forward and aft control devices simultaneously to significantly improve a missile's maneuverability/dynamic capability. A substantial, and measurable, operational effect of the inventive control strategy is a dramatic improvement in a miss |
| RE36298 |
Vehicle |
September 14, 1999 |
| A vehicle in free space or air, with external surfaces primarily fashioned from planar facets. The planar facets or panels are angularly positioned to reduce scattered energy in the direction of the receiver. In particular, radar signals which strike the vehicle are primarily reflected |
| D599854 |
Writing instrument |
September 8, 2009 |
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| D585857 |
Seamless display console |
February 3, 2009 |
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| D536649 |
Muffler assembly housing |
February 13, 2007 |
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| D536053 |
Gun cupola |
January 30, 2007 |
|
| D534468 |
Truck system dashboard |
January 2, 2007 |
|
| D503961 |
Missile |
April 12, 2005 |
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| D492676 |
Video display console with dual upright displays |
July 6, 2004 |
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| D487434 |
Video display console with upright display |
March 9, 2004 |
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| D476325 |
Video display console |
June 24, 2003 |
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| D455423 |
Video display console |
April 9, 2002 |
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| D449364 |
Sharpened nose penetrator |
October 16, 2001 |
|
| D442666 |
Sharpened nose penetrator |
May 22, 2001 |
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| D442253 |
Sharpened nose penetrator |
May 15, 2001 |
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| D441826 |
Sharpened nose penetrator |
May 8, 2001 |
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| D437284 |
Aircraft |
February 6, 2001 |
|
| D428381 |
Supersonic business jet |
July 18, 2000 |
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| D419278 |
Toy aircraft |
January 25, 2000 |
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| D418804 |
Partially buoyant aerial vehicle |
January 11, 2000 |
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| D417639 |
JASSM missile |
December 14, 1999 |
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| D417184 |
Supersonic business jet |
November 30, 1999 |
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| D414486 |
Dual mode telephone handset |
September 28, 1999 |
|
| D388392 |
Unmanned aircraft |
December 30, 1997 |
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| D382851 |
Unmanned aircraft |
August 26, 1997 |
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| D373641 |
Information kiosks |
September 10, 1996 |
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| 7620985 |
Flood attack projection model |
November 17, 2009 |
| A flood attack of an information system is simulated by injecting an algorithmically compressed flood attack model into the information system to assess the effect of the attack upon the system. The flood attack model propagates from node to node throughout the system by way of virtu |
| 7620077 |
Apparatus and method for pumping and operating optical parametric oscillators using DFB fiber la |
November 17, 2009 |
| An optical parametric oscillator (OPO) is described that efficiently converts a near-infrared laser beam to tunable mid-infrared wavelength output. In some embodiments, the OPO includes an optical resonator containing a nonlinear crystal, such as periodically-poled lithium niobate. T |
| 7619881 |
Display component modules |
November 17, 2009 |
| A display device embodiment can include a first module having an inverter component, a second module having a backlight component, a third module having a power supply, and where at least two of the first module, second module, and third module are replaceably connected together. |
| 7619568 |
Patch antenna including septa for bandwidth control |
November 17, 2009 |
| A patch antenna element includes a parasitic patch which is positioned on a top surface of a substrate. Located beneath the parasitic patch is a driven patch. The driven patch is coupled either directly or capacitively to the center conductor of a coaxial cable and hence provides a signa |
| 7619541 |
Remote sensor processing system and method |
November 17, 2009 |
| A sensor assembly includes a sensor operable to sense a physical parameter and generate an electrical signal responsive to the sensed physical parameter. Local processing circuitry is physically positioned proximate the sensor and is electrically coupled to the sensor. The local proc |
| 7617670 |
Flow control redistribution to mitigate high cycle fatigue |
November 17, 2009 |
| A method operable to improve pressure recovery and/or distortion within engine inlet is disclosed. A first fluid flow is provided to primary jet vortex generator(s) operable to inject fluid at a first injection rate into a boundary layer of a primary fluid flow within the inlet. A se |
| 7617060 |
Extracting higher order information from scene-based Shack-Hartmann wave-front sensing |
November 10, 2009 |
| An adaptive optics system is provided, comprising a deformable mirror configured to receive an input beam with an aberrated wavefront and to reflect the input beam to a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor array. The system further comprises the Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor array confi |
| 7616851 |
Tunable wavelength filter device |
November 10, 2009 |
| A tunable wavelength filter device that includes a light wave circuit having an input light wave path, an output light wave path, and a plurality of reflector elements between the input light wave path and the output light wave path that separate one or more wavelengths of an inputte |
| 7613902 |
Device and method for enabling efficient and flexible reconfigurable computing |
November 3, 2009 |
| A power-efficient, distributed reconfigurable computing system and method are provided. A reconfigurable computing system may include an embedded controller for performing real-time control and initialization and circuitry that supports data-flow driven execution of processing phases. |
| 7613803 |
Middle-ware interface status tool and method for using same |
November 3, 2009 |
| The MIST provides a mechanism to dynamically determine and characterize the status of distributed objects that communicate in a complex, multiple sub-system, and systems integration environment. At run time, objects that should be participating in the environment are determined. A static |
| 7613017 |
Gated pulse power converter systems and methods |
November 3, 2009 |
| The present invention is generally directed to power converter systems and methods that regulate an output voltage by gating a fixed energy pulse. For example, a comparator may be used to gate a programmable timer that is optimized to provide a fixed "on-time" and "off-time" for a given |
| 7612894 |
Fiber laser for ultrasonic testing |
November 3, 2009 |
| Embodiments of the present invention relates to an improved laser for the optical detection of ultrasound. The primary task of this "first" detection laser is to illuminate the spot where a "second" laser is used to generate ultrasound in the part under test. The scattered light from |
| 7612890 |
System and method for controlling wafer temperature |
November 3, 2009 |
| The invention is directed to a system and method for implementing process control for temperature of a semiconductor wafer using sonic NDE techniques. The system may, for example, generate ultrasound waves in a test object during the manufacturing process. A detector such as an inter |
| 7611595 |
System, method, and apparatus for metallic-composite joint with compliant, non-corrosive interfa |
November 3, 2009 |
| A metallic-composite joint is formed by inserting a metallic member into a slot of a pi-shaped composite preform. The preform is formed from woven carbon fiber in a binder of resin and may or may not be cured prior to assembly. An inert compliant layer is located between the legs of the |
| 7609532 |
Phase-shifted PWM bridge with switchable inductors to maintain zero-voltage switching at light l |
October 27, 2009 |
| A dc-to-dc pulse-width-modulated phase-shifted full bridge defines two taps, and the bridge switches are operated to produce alternating voltage between the taps. A switchable inductor is connected between each tap and a reference potential. The inductors are switched into circuit during |
| 7609226 |
Antenna system with base configuration for passive inter-modulation (PIM) mitigation |
October 27, 2009 |
| An antenna system comprises an antenna element, a base plate, and a ground plane. The antenna element is configured to radiate signals, receive signals, or radiate and receive signals. The base plate has a front surface facing the antenna element and a rear surface facing away from t |
| 7606850 |
Method and apparatus for providing a base-2 logarithm approximation to a binary number |
October 20, 2009 |
| An apparatus for providing a base-2 logarithm approximation to a binary number is disclosed. A position k of the most significant bit within a binary number is located. Then, all bits that are less significant than position k within the binary number are assigned as a fractional portion |
| 7606831 |
Unique identification labeling method and system |
October 20, 2009 |
| A system and method for automatically generating a plurality of unique identification labels including accessing inputable computerized record fields, including a predetermined required field and a user-definable field, inputting data into at least the predetermined required field in |
| 7606289 |
Overlaying digital signals on analog wireless communication signals |
October 20, 2009 |
| A method and system of providing digital communications over frequencies concurrently utilized for analog communications. In one embodiment, the method (400) includes the step of establishing (410) a digital channel including two or more analog channels that are concurrently used to |
| 7606113 |
Modeling sound propagation for underwater test areas |
October 20, 2009 |
| A system and method for quickly modeling the ideal acoustic sound propagation in a body of water based on current SVP data and the position of the sound source, comprising the steps of: obtaining SVP data for the body of water; determining a depth of a sound source within the body of |
| 7605924 |
Laser-ultrasound inspection using infrared thermography |
October 20, 2009 |
| An inspection system is provided to examine internal structures of a target material. This inspection system combines an ultrasonic inspection system and a thermographic inspection system. The thermographic inspection system is attached to ultrasonic inspection and modified to enable |
