| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D508013 |
Unmanned air vehicle |
August 2, 2005 |
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| D504654 |
Aircraft |
May 3, 2005 |
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| D475340 |
Aircraft |
June 3, 2003 |
|
| D471854 |
Supersonic aircraft |
March 18, 2003 |
|
| D465798 |
Ultrasonic horn for insertion of z-direction composite rods |
November 19, 2002 |
|
| D421002 |
Personal communications unit handset |
February 22, 2000 |
|
| D419160 |
Personal communications unit docking station |
January 18, 2000 |
|
| D396044 |
Modem |
July 14, 1998 |
|
| D377333 |
Aircraft |
January 14, 1997 |
|
| D377326 |
Tactical aircraft decoy (TAD) |
January 14, 1997 |
|
| D365545 |
Airplane |
December 26, 1995 |
|
| D356990 |
Aircraft |
April 4, 1995 |
|
| 7616378 |
Dichroic beam splitter and related apparatus and methods |
November 10, 2009 |
| Dichroic beam splitters having non-parallel entry and exit surfaces, reduced distance between such surfaces, and an aspherical exit surface can be advantageously used in dual channel optical systems, particularly when one channel is dedicated to infrared light and the other channel is |
| 7614300 |
System and method for mitigating errors in electrostatic force balanced instrument |
November 10, 2009 |
| System and method for mitigating errors in electrostatic force balanced instrument is provided. The system and method mitigate errors in measurement readings caused by charge buildup in force balanced instruments that employ charge pulses to generate an electrostatic force to null an |
| 7612610 |
Active input load wide bandwidth low noise HEMT amplifier |
November 3, 2009 |
| A relatively wide bandwidth low noise amplifier with an active input matching network. The active load maybe formed from a field effect transistor (FET) or high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) in a common gate configuration. The active load input matching network has a lower over |
| 7606884 |
SNMP firewall for network identification |
October 20, 2009 |
| Systems and methods are provided for exchanging Small Network Management Protocol (SNMP) messages in a multi-network system between devices across different networks and a network management station. Network identification information is provided into SNMP messages transmitted across |
| 7606784 |
Uncertainty management in a decision-making system |
October 20, 2009 |
| Systems and methods are provided for constructing and evaluating a story of interest. The system includes a plurality of decision algorithms. Each decision algorithm is operative to quantify at least one category of uncertainty associated with the story of interest as a set of at least |
| 7606528 |
Distributed conformal adaptive antenna array for SATCOM using decision direction |
October 20, 2009 |
| An apparatus comprises a distributed array of antenna elements for receiving a radio frequency signal on a satellite communications link, wherein the radio frequency signal includes a known preamble; a plurality of mixers for translating the radio frequency signal to a plurality of b |
| 7605013 |
Photo-detector and related methods |
October 20, 2009 |
| An apparatus comprising at least one multilayer wafer which includes a device layer adjacent to a barrier layer, and the device layer includes at least two photoconductive regions separated by an etched channel extending through the device layer. In some instances the apparatus may b |
| 7598717 |
Current-sourced power supplies |
October 6, 2009 |
| A method for providing stable dc-to-dc power conversion from high impedance or pure current input sources by inverting the duty cycle control with respect to the duty cycle control used with low impedance or pure voltage input sources. |
| 7593487 |
Non-redundant differential MSK demodulator with double error correction capability |
September 22, 2009 |
| A non-redundant differential MSK demodulator with double-error correction capability includes a differential detection stage, an error signal generator stage, and an error detection-and-correction stage. Differential detectors receive modulated MSK input. The error signal generator c |
| 7592593 |
Multi-band focal plane array |
September 22, 2009 |
| A multi-band focal plane array architecture operative to detect multiple spectral image. The multi-band focal plane array architecture has an integrated readout circuit, a plurality of first detectors integrated in the readout circuit and a plurality of second detectors deposited on the |
| 7586958 |
Electro-opto switching of unpolarized lasers |
September 8, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus for switching an unpolarized pulsed laser is disclosed. An example is a laser system having a source for producing input energy in response to an input drive signal. A laser medium is provided for receiving the input energy and converting the input energy to a |
| 7586427 |
Sequential triggering of series-connected resonant tunneling diodes |
September 8, 2009 |
| One embodiment of the invention includes a quantization circuit. The circuit comprises a sense resistor configured to provide a voltage that is indicative of a digital quantization of an input voltage. The circuit also comprises a plurality of resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs) arranged |
| 7584628 |
System for delivering coolant to a laser system |
September 8, 2009 |
| A cooling system is provided for providing a coolant to a laser system at a substantially set temperature. The cooling system employs a stratified thermal energy storage (TES) device that is configured to distribute hot coolant provided at an inlet port over a cross-sectional area of the |
| 7580909 |
Visual representation tool for structured arguments |
August 25, 2009 |
| Systems and methods are provided for editing and displaying a structured argument. An argument model comprises a plurality of parameters associated with a structured argument. A user interface graphically displays the plurality of parameters at a user accessible display and receives |
| 7580476 |
Communication system and method for improving efficiency and linearity |
August 25, 2009 |
| A communication system and method is provided that modifies a signal for transmission at a transmitter to reduce peaks associated with the signal. The signal can be modified employing signal shaping, signal clipping, signal decomposition or other techniques to remove peaks associated wit |
| 7580431 |
Method and apparatus for high power amplification in multimode fibers |
August 25, 2009 |
| An apparatus and method for high power amplification in a multimode fiber amplifier. The apparatus includes a diffraction limited low power laser, a multimode fiber amplifier, and a lens. The multimode fiber amplifier is coupled to the low power laser to amplify the low power laser outpu |
| 7579618 |
Carbon nanotube resonator transistor and method of making same |
August 25, 2009 |
| A resonant transistor includes a substrate, a source and a drain formed on the substrate, an input electrode and a carbon nanotube gate. A gap is formed between the source and the drain. The input electrode is formed on the substrate. The carbon nanotube gate is clamped on one end by a |
| 7576844 |
Systems and methods for use in detecting harmful aerosol particles |
August 18, 2009 |
| The invention provides systems and methods for detecting aerosols. The systems and methods can be used to detect harmful aerosols, such as, bio-aerosols. |
| 7575650 |
End gaps of filled honeycomb |
August 18, 2009 |
| A sandwich panel includes a honeycomb core of a plurality of cells. A first skin is adhered to a first surface of the honeycomb core with an adhesive. A second skin is adhered to a second surface of the honeycomb core with the adhesive. The plurality of cells extend longitudinally be |
| 7574050 |
Image page search for arbitrary textual information |
August 11, 2009 |
| The approach of the present invention is called optical word recognition (OWR). The present invention advantageously uses techniques to search for arbitrary textual information contained in imaged documents. The result is a significant advance in high-speed search for textual information |
| 7572094 |
Apparatus and method for reorienting a stack of mail |
August 11, 2009 |
| Mail reorientation apparatus which transfers horizontally oriented mail stack in an input tray to a vertical orientation in an output tray. The input tray is brought to a rotating station where a plate is brought down on top of the mail stack and a plurality of pusher rods are extended |
| 7571148 |
System and method for graphically representing uncertainty in an assisted decision-making system |
August 4, 2009 |
| Systems and methods are provided for graphically representing uncertainty in an assisted decision-making application. A database contains a class vector for each of a plurality of objects of interest. A given class vector includes a plurality of possible classes for its associated object |
| 7570221 |
Reduced beamwidth antenna |
August 4, 2009 |
| Systems and methods for reducing the beamwidth of an antenna system are provided. An evanescent field generator generates an evanescent field representing a far field radio frequency (RF) signal received at the antenna system. A negative refractive index lens assembly focuses the eva |
| 7570201 |
Radar exciter including phase compensation of the waveform generator |
August 4, 2009 |
| Phase compensation for the phase non-linearities introduced by the filters, amplifiers, and other microwave devices included in waveform generators in a radar system is achieved by first measuring the phase errors over a predetermined frequency range which are then fed to a pair of d |
| 7570137 |
Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) waveguide resonators having a tunable ferroelectr |
August 4, 2009 |
| A ferroelectric loaded waveguide resonator capable of operation at microwave, millimeter-wave and higher frequencies and suitable for integration into a three-dimensional monolithic microwave integrated circuit (3D MMIC) is disclosed. The resonator includes a resonator cavity, which, |
| 7570129 |
3D MMIC balun and methods of making the same |
August 4, 2009 |
| A three dimensional (3D) monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC) balun and methods of making the same are provided. A primary spiral winding is spaced apart from a secondary primary winding by a gap in a substantially aligned stacked configuration forming a balun. The gap medium can be a |
| 7564401 |
Signal inconsistency detection of spoofing |
July 21, 2009 |
| Methods and apparatus relating to signal inconsistency detection of spoofing (SIDS), i.e. the use of inconsistencies in signals received at a plurality of points in space to detect spoofing. |
| 7561813 |
Wide field of view heterodyne receiver |
July 14, 2009 |
| A wide field of view heterodyne receiver is provided for enhancing mixing efficiency of a returned signal with a local oscillator signal to generate a heterodyned signal. The returned signal defines a first wave front, and the local oscillator signal defines a second wave front. The |
| 7559233 |
Method for surface replication via thermoplastic media |
July 14, 2009 |
| A method of inspecting a specimen under test may comprise the step of disposing melted thermoplastic media onto a surface under test of the specimen under test, maintaining a constant temperature of the specimen under test at or about room temperature wherein the temperature of the s |
| 7558772 |
Information fusion predictor |
July 7, 2009 |
| A method of data fusion comprises the steps of: receiving a plurality of decisions and associated confidences; determining probabilities of a set of the decisions; if the probabilities are not zero, then choosing the decision having a highest likelihood from the plurality of decisions; a |
| 7558688 |
Angle calibration of long baseline antennas |
July 7, 2009 |
| A method for calibrating a sensor mounted on an aircraft includes the steps of: using an optical device to create reference points which define a reference line that is parallel to both horizontal and vertical planes of the sensor, and using the reference line to calibrate the sensor wit |
| 7558654 |
Apparatus and method for providing flight operations integrated planning and analysis tools |
July 7, 2009 |
| An apparatus and method provide flight operations integrated planning and analysis tools (FOIPAT) to perform integrated planning and analysis tasks for autonomous (unmanned) systems operations. The FOIPAT may be used for space launch and satellite early orbit analysis. The FOIPAT improve |
| 7557979 |
Electro-optic crystal, diffraction-based, beam-steering element |
July 7, 2009 |
| A beam-steering element made of a more optically-active material, potassium tantalate niobate, with an improved diffraction efficiency, having a plurality of electrode layers and one electro-optic crystal layer interposed between every two adjacent electrode layers. Each electro-opti |
| 7555383 |
Target acquisition and tracking system |
June 30, 2009 |
| Systems and methods are provided for identifying one or more targets of interest, and scheduling the tracking of at least one such target of interest employing one or more remote sensing/tracking systems. A target finder finds, describes, and provides a report concerning targets of p |
| 7554663 |
Systems and methods for use in detecting harmful aerosol particles |
June 30, 2009 |
| The invention provides systems and methods for detecting aerosols. The systems and methods can be used to detect harmful aerosols, such as, bio-aerosols. |
| 7554471 |
System and method for improving linearity of a DAC |
June 30, 2009 |
| A system and method for improving the linearity of a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is provided. In one embodiment, the system comprises a digital waveform generator that generates a digital sequence associated with a desired analog waveform and a pseudo-random noise component that |
| 7554076 |
Sensor system with modular optical transceivers |
June 30, 2009 |
| An optical sensor system and method includes a plurality of optical transceiver modules arranged across the surface of the optical sensor in a predetermined pattern. A given optical transceiver module includes an optical transmitter that produces at least one light beam and an optical |
| 7551139 |
Multi-platform precision passive location of continuous wave emitters |
June 23, 2009 |
| An apparatus comprises a first sensor mounted on a first platform for sampling a first portion of a continuous waveform occurring in a time window and for producing a first signal sample, a second sensor mounted on a second platform for sampling a second portion of the continuous wav |
