| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5466302 |
Solar cell array interconnects |
November 14, 1995 |
| Electrical interconnects for solar cells or other electronic components using a silver-silicone paste or a lead-tin (Pb-Sn) no-clean fluxless solder cream, whereby the high breakage of thin (<6 mil thick) solar cells using conventional solder interconnect is eliminated. The interconne |
| 5466128 |
High aspect ratio, remote controlled pumping assembly |
November 14, 1995 |
| A miniature dual syringe-type pump assembly which has a high aspect ratio and which is remotely controlled, for use such as in a small diameter penetrometer cone or well packer used in water contamination applications. The pump assembly may be used to supply and remove a reagent to a wat |
| 5461907 |
Imaging, cutting, and collecting instrument and method |
October 31, 1995 |
| Instrumentation and techniques to image small objects, such as but not limited to individual human chromosomes, with nanometer resolution, to cut-off identified parts of such objects, to move around and manipulate such cut-off parts on the substrate on which they are being imaged to |
| 5455849 |
Air-core grid for scattered x-ray rejection |
October 3, 1995 |
| The invention is directed to a grid used in x-ray imaging applications to block scattered radiation while allowing the desired imaging radiation to pass through, and to process for making the grid. The grid is composed of glass containing lead oxide, and eliminates the spacer material us |
| 5454880 |
Conjugated polymer-acceptor heterojunctions; diodes, photodiodes, and photovoltaic cells |
October 3, 1995 |
| This invention relates generally to the fabrication of heterojunction diodes from semiconducting (conjugated) polymers and acceptors such as, for example, fullerenes, particularly Buckminsterfullerenes, C.sub.60, and more particularly to the use of such heterojunction structures as p |
| 5453336 |
Rechargeable zinc cell with alkaline electrolyte which inhibits shape change in zinc electrode |
September 26, 1995 |
| An improved rechargeable zinc cell is described comprising a zinc electrode and another electrode such as, for example, a nickel-containing electrode, and having an electrolyte containing one or more hydroxides having the formula M(OH), one or more fluorides having the formula MF, and on |
| 5451781 |
Mini ion trap mass spectrometer |
September 19, 1995 |
| An ion trap which operates in the regime between research ion traps which can detect ions with a mass resolution of better than 1:10.sup.9 and commercial mass spectrometers requiring 10.sup.4 ions with resolutions of a few hundred. The power consumption is kept to a minimum by the use of |
| 5450752 |
Ultrasonic position sensor for measuring movement of an object |
September 19, 1995 |
| A position sensor for measuring the distance from a first position to a second position. The sensor may include an elastic wave generator, an acoustical path over which the elastic wave passes, and a transducer to which the wave passes. A measurement loop includes the acoustical path, |
| 5448513 |
Capacitorless DRAM device on silicon-on-insulator substrate |
September 5, 1995 |
| A DRAM device has a first semiconductor region of one conductivity on the silicon film of a silicon-on-insulator substrate. A second and a third semiconductor region of the opposite conductivity type are formed in the first semiconductor region. A fourth semiconductor region of the same |
| 5438293 |
Low power analog absolute differencing circuit and architecture |
August 1, 1995 |
| A low power analog absolute differencing circuit includes an integrating amplifier with an input node connected to a common integration line. The common integration line is connected to a set of analog comparison circuits to form an analog vector absolute differencing circuit row. Each |
| 5437773 |
Method for monitoring environmental and corrosion |
August 1, 1995 |
| A corrosion sensor array incorporating individual elements for measuring various elements and ions, such as chloride, sulfide, copper, hydrogen (pH), etc. and elements for evaluating the instantaneous corrosion properties of structural materials. The exact combination and number of e |
| 5432151 |
Process for ion-assisted laser deposition of biaxially textured layer on substrate |
July 11, 1995 |
| A process for depositing a biaxially aligned intermediate layer over a non-single crystal substrate is disclosed which permits the subsequent deposition thereon of a biaxially oriented superconducting film. The process comprises depositing on a substrate by laser ablation a material |
| 5432149 |
In-situ tunable Josephson weak links |
July 11, 1995 |
| A weak link is patterned from a high-temperature superconducting film using standard lithographic techniques. Once the area in which the weak link is to be located is defined, the remainder of the film is covered with an oxygen-impermeable material. The oxygen is then removed in the weak |
| 5427507 |
Valving for controlling a fluid-driven reciprocating apparatus |
June 27, 1995 |
| A pair of control valve assemblies for alternately actuating a pair of fluid-driven free-piston devices by using fluid pressure communication therebetween. Each control valve assembly is switched by a pressure signal depending on the state of its counterpart's piston. The communication |
| 5416327 |
Ultrafast scanning probe microscopy |
May 16, 1995 |
| An ultrafast scanning probe microscopy method for achieving subpicosecond-temporal resolution and submicron-spatial resolution of an observation sample. In one embodiment of the present claimed invention, a single short optical pulse is generated and is split into first and second pu |
| 5409683 |
Method for producing metal oxide aerogels |
April 25, 1995 |
| A two-step hydrolysis-condensation method was developed to form metal oxide aerogels of any density, including densities of less than 0.003g/cm.sup.3 and greater than 0.27g/cm.sup.3. High purity metal alkoxide is reacted with water, alcohol solvent, and an additive to form a partially co |
| 5404026 |
Infrared-sensitive photocathode |
April 4, 1995 |
| A single-crystal, multi-layer device incorporating an IR absorbing layer that is compositionally different from the Ga.sub.x Al.sub.1-x Sb layer which acts as the electron emitter. Many different IR absorbing layers can be envisioned for use in this embodiment, limited only by the abilit |
| 5403665 |
Method of applying a monolayer lubricant to micromachines |
April 4, 1995 |
| A micromachine is lubricated in a fluid-based process. The known fluid-based process of releasing a sacrificial layer from a micromachine is followed by a fluid-based hydrophilic processing of the micromachine surfaces. A lubricating monolayer surface is then formed on the resultant |
| 5403620 |
Catalysis in organometallic CVD of thin metal films |
April 4, 1995 |
| A process for CVD including plasma enhanced and laser induced CVD using one or more precursor film forming metal compounds as the major film forming metal precursor, for example organotungsten, which is admixed with minor amounts of a precursor catalytic metal compound, for example, an |
| 5403497 |
New method for determining particle size and concentration in a fluid medium |
April 4, 1995 |
| A method for monitoring water filter performance and efficiency, by correlating particle size and distribution to turbidity measurement. The method includes the steps of installing and calibrating the filter system, and periodically testing the filter system efficiency. The calibration o |
| 5402306 |
Aquagel electrode separator for use in batteries and supercapacitors |
March 28, 1995 |
| An electrode separator for electrochemical energy storage devices, such as a high energy density capacitor incorporating a variety of carbon foam electrodes. The separator is derived from an aquagel of resorcinol-formaldehyde and related polymers and containing ionically conducting e |
| 5401847 |
DNA complexes with dyes designed for energy transfer as fluorescent markers |
March 28, 1995 |
| Heteromultimeric fluorophores are provided for binding to DNA, which allow for the detection of DNA in electrical separations and preparation of probes having high-fluorescent efficiencies and large Stokes shifts. In addition, by appropriate choice of fluorescent molecules, one can use a |
| 5399231 |
Method of forming crystalline silicon devices on glass |
March 21, 1995 |
| A method for fabricating single-crystal silicon microelectronic components on a silicon substrate and transferring same to a glass substrate. This is achieved by utilizing conventional silicon processing techniques for fabricating components of electronic circuits and devices on bulk sil |
| 5395805 |
Method for making monolithic metal oxide aerogels |
March 7, 1995 |
| Transparent, monolithic metal oxide aerogels of varying densities are produced using a method in which a metal alkoxide solution and a catalyst solution are prepared separately and reacted. The resulting hydrolyzed-condensed colloidal solution is gelled, and the wet gel is contained |
| 5395767 |
Gene for ataxia-telangiectasia complementation group D (ATDC) |
March 7, 1995 |
| Disclosed herein is a new gene, an AT gene for complementation group D, the ATDC gene and fragments thereof. Nucleic acid probes for said gene are provided as well as proteins encoded by said gene, cDNA therefrom, preferably a 3 kilobase (kb) cDNA, and recombinant nucleic acid molecules |
| 5395481 |
Method for forming silicon on a glass substrate |
March 7, 1995 |
| A method by which single-crystal silicon microelectronics may be fabricated on glass substrates at unconventionally low temperatures. This is achieved by fabricating a thin film of silicon on glass and subsequently forming the doped components by a short wavelength (excimer) laser doping |
| 5393619 |
Cell separator for use in bipolar-stack energy storage devices |
February 28, 1995 |
| An improved multi-cell electrochemical energy storage device, such as a battery, fuel cell, or double layer capacitor using a cell separator which allows cells to be stacked and interconnected with low electrical resistance and high reliability while maximizing packaging efficiency. By |
| 5392981 |
Fabrication of boron sputter targets |
February 28, 1995 |
| A process for fabricating high density boron sputtering targets with sufficient mechanical strength to function reliably at typical magnetron sputtering power densities and at normal process parameters. The process involves the fabrication of a high density boron monolithe by hot iso |
| 5389445 |
Magnetron sputtered boron films and Ti/B multilayer structures |
February 14, 1995 |
| A method is described for the production of thin boron and titanium/boron films by magnetron sputter deposition. The amorphous boron films contain no morphological growth features, unlike those found when thin films are prepared by various physical vapor deposition processes. Magnetron s |
| 5382895 |
System for tomographic determination of the power distribution in electron beams |
January 17, 1995 |
| A tomographic technique for measuring the current density distribution in electron beams using electron beam profile data acquired from a modified Faraday cup to create an image of the current density in high and low power beams. The modified Faraday cup includes a narrow slit and is |
| 5382285 |
Biofoam |
January 17, 1995 |
| Biofoam is a rigid, opaque microcellular organic foam made from organic materials derived from natural products and biological organisms. Typical organic materials are agar, agarose, gelatin, algin, alginates, gellan gum, and microcrystalline cellulose. The organic material is dissolved |
| 5376795 |
Emission-transmission imaging system using single energy and dual energy transmission and radion |
December 27, 1994 |
| Radionuclide emission imaging is improved by correcting emission-transmission data for attenuation along calculated path lengths and through calculated basis material. X-ray transmission data are used to develop an attenuation map through an object which is then used in reconstructin |
| 5376502 |
Photogenerated conducting organic polymers |
December 27, 1994 |
| Photoactive cationic organic polymers are provided which are electrically insulating and which are capable of photolysis to an electrically conductive form. The organic polymer includes a C-A linkage, wherein C is a chalcogenide-sulfide, selenide or telluride-in the polymer backbone |
| 5375158 |
X-ray source for mammography |
December 20, 1994 |
| An x-ray source utilizing anode material which shifts the output spectrum to higher energy and thereby obtains higher penetrating ability for screening mammography application, than the currently utilized anode material. The currently used anode material (molybdenum) produces an ener |
| 5374710 |
Compounds which release nitric oxide upon illumination |
December 20, 1994 |
| Chemical derivatives of nitric oxide are provided which are stable indefinitely in oxygen-containing solutions until photolysis, whereupon they release NO. These compounds have the general formulawherein A is typically a nitrogen- or oxygen-containing substituent and B is a group lablie |
| 5374621 |
Neurotensin method for inhibiting vascular leakage |
December 20, 1994 |
| A method of retarding vascular leakage caused by tissue injury comprises administering a neurotensin or a neurotensin analog (SEQ ID NO: 1) at dosages sufficient to prevent or retard injury induced vascular leakage following injury or before deliberate injury. |
| 5366721 |
Method for detection of long-lived radioisotopes in small biochemical samples |
November 22, 1994 |
| Disclosed is a method for detection of long-lived radioisotopes in small bio-chemical samples, comprising:a. selecting a biological host in which radioisotopes are present in concentrations equal to or less than those in the ambient biosphere,b. preparing a long-lived radioisotope labeled re |
| 5364615 |
Prophylaxis of pneumocystis carinii with aerosilized pentamidine |
November 15, 1994 |
| A method of preventing clinically manifest Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in immunocompromised humans is provided wherein an aerosol of pentamidine is administered to the patient in a manner which delivers the aerosol to the patient's alveoli. Also provided is a method of treating Pneumo |
| 5361070 |
Ultra-wideband radar motion sensor |
November 1, 1994 |
| A motion sensor is based on ultra-wideband (UWB) radar. UWB radar range is determined by a pulse-echo interval. For motion detection, the sensors operate by staring at a fixed range and then sensing any change in the averaged radar reflectivity at that range. A sampling gate is opened at |
| 5360828 |
Biofoam II |
November 1, 1994 |
| Biofoam is a rigid, microcellular organic foam made from organic materials derived from natural products and biological organisms. Starting materials include agar, agarose, gelatin, algin, alginates, gellan gum, and microcrystalline cellulose. The organic material is dissolved in a polar |
| 5359936 |
Non-detonable explosive simulators |
November 1, 1994 |
| A simulator which is chemically equivalent to an explosive, but is not detonable. The simulator has particular use in the training of explosives detecting dogs and calibrating sensitive analytical instruments. The explosive simulants may be fabricated by different techniques, a first |
| 5359497 |
Planar triode pulser socket |
October 25, 1994 |
| A planar triode is mounted in a PC board orifice by means of a U-shaped capacitor housing and anode contact yoke removably attached to cathode leg extensions passing through and soldered to the cathode side of the PC board by means of a PC cathode pad. A pliant/flexible contact attached |
| 5358802 |
Doping of carbon foams for use in energy storage devices |
October 25, 1994 |
| A polymeric foam precursor, wetted with phosphoric acid, is pyrolyzed in an inert atmosphere to produce an open-cell doped carbon foam, which is utilized as a lithium intercalation anode in a secondary, organic electrolyte battery. Tests were conducted in a cell containing an organic |
| 5354736 |
Synthetic compounds and compositions with enhanced cell binding |
October 11, 1994 |
| Compositions of the invention include composites comprising a biomaterial carrying compounds with enhanced cell binding with respect to collagen. These composites are useful for soft and hard tissue repair or reconstruction. Suitable compounds with enhanced cell binding include synth |
| 5351032 |
Power line detection system |
September 27, 1994 |
| A short-range, radio frequency (RF) transmitting-receiving system that provides both visual and audio warnings to the pilot of a helicopter or light aircraft of an up-coming power transmission line complex. Small, milliwatt-level narrowband transmitters, powered by the transmission line |
| 5346850 |
Crystallization and doping of amorphous silicon on low temperature plastic |
September 13, 1994 |
| A method or process of crystallizing and doping amorphous silicon (a-Si) on a low-temperature plastic substrate using a short pulsed high energy source in a selected environment, without heat propagation and build-up in the substrate. The pulsed energy processing of the a-Si in a selecte |
| 5346307 |
Using electrical resistance tomography to map subsurface temperatures |
September 13, 1994 |
| A method is provided for measuring subsurface soil or rock temperatures remotely using electrical resistivity tomography (ERT). Electrical resistivity measurements are made using electrodes implanted in boreholes driven into the soil and/or at the ground surface. The measurements are |
| 5336274 |
Method for forming a cell separator for use in bipolar-stack energy storage devices |
August 9, 1994 |
| An improved multi-cell electrochemical energy storage device, such as a battery, fuel cell, or double layer capacitor using a cell separator which allows cells to be stacked and interconnected with low electrical resistance and high reliability while maximizing packaging efficiency. By |
| 5335107 |
Method and apparatus for modulation of self-pulsating diode laser's self-pulsating frequency |
August 2, 1994 |
| Disclosed is an optical communication system which uses the self-pulsating frequency of a self-pulsating laser diode as a microwave subcarrier to transmit digital information. The system has a transmitter comprising a self-pulsating laser diode and a modulating mechanism for encoding the |
| 5333726 |
Magnetron sputtering source |
August 2, 1994 |
| A magnetron sputtering source for sputtering coating substrates includes a high thermal conductivity electrically insulating ceramic and magnetically attached sputter target which can eliminate vacuum sealing and direct fluid cooling of the cathode assembly. The magnetron sputtering sour |
