| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D332080 |
Aircraft |
December 29, 1992 |
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| D317003 |
Aircraft |
May 21, 1991 |
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| D314366 |
Aircraft |
February 5, 1991 |
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| D295037 |
Aircraft |
April 5, 1988 |
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| D294478 |
Aircraft |
March 1, 1988 |
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| D291194 |
Aircraft |
August 4, 1987 |
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| D285062 |
Aircraft |
August 12, 1986 |
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| D280007 |
Unmanned aircraft |
August 6, 1985 |
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| 5596332 |
Aircraft location and identification system |
January 21, 1997 |
| An aircraft location and identification system, including a first position determining portion located aboard a transmitting aircraft for determining a first set of present positional and tracking information is described relative to said transmitting aircraft. A transmitting portion is |
| 5550434 |
Boost-mode energization and modulation circuit for an arc lamp |
August 27, 1996 |
| Electrical activation of an arc lamp is accomplished by a plurality of circuits, each of which has a boost topology including a capacitor and a charging circuit for charging the capacitor by a series of current pulses. One of the circuits is an igniter circuit and includes a transformer |
| 5402720 |
Booster-missile self-aligning adapter |
April 4, 1995 |
| A self-aligning adapter used for attaching a booster to a missile includes a hollow tapered receptacle positioned on the missile. A tapered member sized and shaped to fit into and mate with the receptacle is positioned on the booster. The tapered member fits into the tapered receptacle t |
| 5366180 |
High-lift device for aircraft |
November 22, 1994 |
| High lift producing apparatus for an aircraft includes a pair of foreplanes, one for each side of the aircraft, each foreplane extending between a root end at the fuselage and a distant tip end. Wings are mounted on the fuselage aft of the foreplanes and, intermediate the wings and t |
| 5352764 |
Stepwise linear magnetic polymers and methods for preparation thereof |
October 4, 1994 |
| A stepwise linear polymer composition having intense magnetic properties and a method for preparation of same. A phthalimide compound and an aromatic dialiphatic acid are reacted in the presence of an acetate of monovalent metal at elevated temperatures to form a phenylenebis diphtha |
| 5347680 |
Spring retracting caster |
September 20, 1994 |
| A retracting caster assembly is provided with a frame, a lever, a spring, a roller, and a manual retracting bolt. The lever is pivotally connected to the frame. The roller is connected to a first end of the lever. A spring loading member connects the spring to a second end of the lever. |
| 5341236 |
Nonlinear optical wavelength converters with feedback |
August 23, 1994 |
| An optical frequency conversion apparatus includes at least one resonator (10) having an optical path defined by a plurality of mirrors (M1, M2). A nonlinear conversion medium (10a) is disposed within the optical path of the resonator, the nonlinear conversion medium receiving optical ra |
| 5340915 |
Crosslinked magnetic polymers and methods for preparation thereof |
August 23, 1994 |
| A crosslinked polymer composition having intense magnetic properties and a method for preparation of same. A phthalimide compound and an aromatic dialiphatic acid are reacted in the presence of an acetate of a monovalent metal at elevated temperatures to form a phenylenebis diphthalimidi |
| 5336748 |
Epoxy and amino trialkoxysilane reaction products |
August 9, 1994 |
| Silane polymer coating compositions which have excellent bonding properties for metallic surfaces and which make such surfaces highly resistant to corrosion. The compositions are formed by anhydrously reacting an epoxy trialkoxy silane with a primary amino trialkoxy silane in a stoichiom |
| 5328540 |
Mechanized lay up assembly line for composite structures |
July 12, 1994 |
| A mechanized lay up assembly line for composite structures has a tool delivery station having a plurality of rollers on its surface for moving tools across the surface. Adjacent to the tool delivery station is a work station. The work station includes a work surface. The work surface has |
| 5326206 |
Method for compensating for bolt hole misalignment and bolt assemblies therefor |
July 5, 1994 |
| Method and assembly for producing shear-resistant attachment between a prefabricated top plate having a plurality of preformed bolt passage holes and a support member having a corresponding plurality of bolt-receiving holes which may be slightly out of alignment with the bolt passage hol |
| 5326140 |
Submerged cam actuated rotary latch for front access panels |
July 5, 1994 |
| A submerged panel latch having an eccentric cam rotatable in the plane of the panel near the panel outer surface and accessible to the user, a latch rotor engaged by the cam and rotatable in a plane perpendicular to that of the cam, inward facing strikers on facing edges of a pair of fac |
| 5325174 |
Integrated optic gyro with one Bragg transducer |
June 28, 1994 |
| A laser gyroscope is provided that utilizes a single frequency shifter, in the form of a Bragg cell, to adjust the frequencies of counter-rotating optical signals in a thin film waveguide to achieve resonance along the optical path encountered by each of the signals. The system also util |
| 5325106 |
Analog driver for scrollable spatial light modulator |
June 28, 1994 |
| A scrollable spatial light modulator--or SLM--provides non-destructively transfer and display of an analog signal, which may include multiple levels of gray scale information, for high speed analog optical processing. Each pixel in the scrollable SLM consists of a metal-oxide-semicon |
| 5318018 |
Advanced aircrew protection system |
June 7, 1994 |
| An advanced aircrew protection system comprising a helmet assembly adapted to sustain a full pneumatic pressure within the helmet adjacent to the head of the wearer; a suit assembly adapted to sustain a pressure adjacent to selected parts of the body of the wearer; a neck shroud operativ |
| 5307365 |
Cavity pumped, solid state lasers |
April 26, 1994 |
| A highly efficient pumping configuration for a solid state laser uses a diode bar pumping source producing optical energy coherent along an axis normal to the plane of the diode junctions. Pump energy is nearly collimated by a cylindrical optical fiber and applied through a minimum w |
| 5281305 |
Method for the production of optical waveguides employing trench and fill techniques |
January 25, 1994 |
| A method is described for producing stacked optical waveguides in a silicon dioxide substrate and includes the steps of: etching a first trench in the substrate; filling the first trench with a glassy optical transmission media; depositing a layer of silicon dioxide over the filled trenc |
| 5275984 |
Fiber coating of unbonded multi-layers for toughening ceramic fiber-matrix composites |
January 4, 1994 |
| A composite comprising a ceramic matrix having immersed ceramic reinforcing fibers is strengthened and toughened by providing a multi-layer ceramic coating surrounding each fiber. The multiple layers in the fiber coating are not bonded to one another. As a result, the multiple layers sep |
| 5270428 |
Corrosion-resistant silane polymer coating compositions |
December 14, 1993 |
| Silane polymer coating compositions which have excellent bonding properties for metallic surfaces and which make such surfaces highly resistant to corrosion. The compositions are formed by anhydrously reacting an epoxy trialkoxy silane with a primary amino trialkoxy silane in a stoichiom |
| 5269904 |
Single tank de-oxidation and anodization process |
December 14, 1993 |
| The invention is a single-bath electrolytic de-oxidation and anodization process in which a workpiece surface such as an aluminum surface is electrolytically de-oxidized and then anodized to form an adhesive oxide layer in the same electrolytic chemical bath without removing the work |
| 5268062 |
Method and apparatus for carbon coating and boron-doped carbon coating a porous refractory subst |
December 7, 1993 |
| A gravity assisted open system for coating porous refractory substrates with a highly uniform layer of graphite or other material. Pyrolytic dissociation of downwardly flowing precursor gases in an inert atmosphere, countercurrent to an upward direction of transport of the porous ref |
| 5265827 |
Paddle wheel rotorcraft |
November 30, 1993 |
| An aircraft having vertical takeoff and landing capability having at least first and second laterally extending paddle wheels rotatable on a central axis generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft and between its nose and tail. Each of the paddle wheels has a plural |
| 5252730 |
Polymer composition having intense magnetic properties and method for preparation thereof |
October 12, 1993 |
| A polymer composition having intense magnetic properties and a method for preparation of same. A phthalimide compound and an aromatic dialiphatic acid are reacted in the presence of a metal catalyst at elevated temperatures to form a phenylenebis diphthalimidine compound. The phenyle |
| 5251381 |
Precision angularity hole checker with indicator |
October 12, 1993 |
| A device for the angularity of a hole has a housing, a pivotally movable probe, and a digital display for displaying angular deviation of the probe from a home position. The device can additionally or alternatively have a signaling device to signal angular deviation of the probe past a |
| 5245927 |
Dual-tandem unmanned air vehicle system |
September 21, 1993 |
| An unmanned air vehicle system which is intended for launch from a platform such as an aircraft or a ship and to follow other than a ballistic trajectory includes a pair of substantially similar air vehicles in a tandem relationship. A unitary tubular airframe is provided coextensive |
| 5235439 |
Volume-holographic inner product processor |
August 10, 1993 |
| A pattern recognition apparatus and a method for operating same. The apparatus includes a volume holographic medium (4) having a plurality of Fourier-space volume holograms representing pattern templates stored within. The apparatus further includes a spatial light modulator (1) and a |
| 5225696 |
Focal plane array with charge transfer gate |
July 6, 1993 |
| A radiation detection system includes an array of radiation detectors disposed on a common substrate of type-n silicon, wherein each detector includes an electrode spaced apart from the silicon by silicon dioxide. Two rows of the detectors are coupled by two rows of transfer gates to a |
| 5222827 |
Fastener installation and method for composite members |
June 29, 1993 |
| A fastener installation for securing a composite member to a structure. The fastener installation includes a shear member adhesively bonded to a surface of the composite member, and a pin member extending through the shear member and composite member to engage a fastener bore of a struct |
| 5221989 |
Longitudinal PLZT spatial light modulator |
June 22, 1993 |
| A spatial light modulator comprises a plate of non-ferroelectric PLZT ceramic. An array of pixels is formed by depositing a reflecting coating in the desired array on one side of the plate. A longitudinal electric field is applied so that the light entering the plate from the side op |
| 5206503 |
X-Y translational imaging device with housing supporting means for a camera body including image |
April 27, 1993 |
| An imaging device has a lens for focusing light and a sensor for imaging that light. The lens is selected such that the focus coverage area projected from the lens is much greater in area than the area of the sensor. The sensor is moved through the coverage area of the lens linearly |
| 5206499 |
Strapdown stellar sensor and holographic multiple field of view telescope therefor |
April 27, 1993 |
| A star tracker for generating positional information for a vehicle includes a holographic telescope (150) having one or more fields of view for imaging stellar objects. The telescope includes a plurality of radiation detectors (100) and an input aperture comprised of a primary holographi |
| 5206285 |
Aqueous coating of silane precursor from epoxy and amino trialkoxysilanes |
April 27, 1993 |
| Process for producing novel water-base coating compositions and for applying such compositions to metal surfaces to render them corrosion-resistant, comprising reacting an epoxy trialkoxy silane with a primary aminotrialkoxy silane in a molar ratio providing one epoxy group for react |
| 5205171 |
Miniature silicon accelerometer and method |
April 27, 1993 |
| A miniature accelerometer is fabricated using integrated circuit manufacturing and silicon micromachining techniques to form a closed loop, force balance sensor utilizing a silicon proofmass formed from and connected to a layer of silicon by a split flexure etched therein. The sensor |
| 5204042 |
Method of making composite laminate parts combining resin transfer molding and a trapped expansi |
April 20, 1993 |
| In a process for forming composite laminate parts from reinforcing fibers and resin, a mold is selected which has a mold cavity having a part definition surface therein and a resin passageway leading to the cavity. An expansion member capable of expanding to a larger volume in response t |
| 5202168 |
Precision retro-reflective target tape |
April 13, 1993 |
| A retro-reflective target tape comprising a lower sub-laminate having an upper transparent thick mylar backing about 2 mils thick, a release sheet therebeneath and a pressure sensitive adhesive therebetween; and an upper sub-laminate having an upper light reflective sheet with a thin, |
| 5173443 |
Method of manufacture of optically transparent electrically conductive semiconductor windows |
December 22, 1992 |
| Methods are disclosed for making semiconductor windows which are transparent to light in the infrared range which have good electrical conductivity and are formed of a substrate material (11) having a semiconductor coating (14) having a dopant included therein. The coating is diffuse |
| 5171994 |
Infrared staring imaging array |
December 15, 1992 |
| Monolithic InSb array devices are described for staring infrared imaging systems operating in the 3-5 .mu.m spectral region. These devices are fabricated with only 4 mask levels compared to 5 mask levels for prior devices and have higher output dynamic ranges and greater wafer yield |
| 5170283 |
Silicon spatial light modulator |
December 8, 1992 |
| A spatial light modulator including a silicon backplate having an insulating layer and a standoff grid of insulating material deposited on the backplate to define an array of cells. An electrode is deposited in each cell on said backplate. A thin membrane of doped silicon is mounted |
| 5166949 |
Method and apparatus for suppressing off-axis modes in laser and ring laser gyroscopes |
November 24, 1992 |
| A dielectric interference film having a central region of one thickness and a peripheral region of a different thickness is superimposed on one of the mirrors of a ring laser gyroscope for the purpose of suppressing off-axis resonant modes that are characteristic of a resonant cavity. Th |
| 5165977 |
Long shelf life bismaleimide structural adhesive |
November 24, 1992 |
| An adhesive patch for a composite structure, an adhesive for that patch and a method for forming the adhesive patch for the composite structure are described. The adhesive includes three uncured components of a bismaleimide polymeric mixture. Two of these components are liquid. The l |
| 5162271 |
Method of forming a ductile fiber coating for toughening non-oxide ceramic matrix composites |
November 10, 1992 |
| A method of toughening a fiber/matrix ceramic composite consisting of non-oxide based ceramic fibers immersed in a ceramic matrix. The method includes, prior to immersing the fibers in the matrix, applying a metallo-organic solution of a noble metal to the fibers to form a coating of |
| 5156358 |
Aircraft outboard control |
October 20, 1992 |
| An outboard control surface for an aircraft. The control surface is operably connected to wing side edges of the aircraft and includes a forward flap and a rearward flap with at least one of the flaps being movable into and out of alignment with the plane of the wing. |
