| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| H441 |
Technique and mechanism for hot spall testing under pressure |
March 1, 1988 |
| The hot spall tester comprises a tube furnace portion adapted for retaining a magazine portion for containment of a plurality of steel ball bearings which are heated and individually dropped through a feed tube member to a programmed or manually operated carrousel portion having a plural |
| H437 |
Laser medium for dye lasers |
February 2, 1988 |
| A polydisperse aggregate of very small solid particles that form voids therebetween with a lasing dye solution in said voids to form a laser host medium is disclosed. |
| H436 |
Laser diode modulator |
February 2, 1988 |
| A low voltage trigger pulse is coupled to a three-stage driver which genees therefrom a high amplitude (e.g., 20 amp.) decaying current spike of predetermined width. The current pulse or spike from the driver is coupled to the gates of a multiplicity (i.e., 12) of parallel-connected |
| H432 |
Slot line tunable bandpass filter |
February 2, 1988 |
| A tunable bandpass filter comprising a pair of slot line resonant cavities formed in a metallic film covering the planar surface of a ferrite substrate. A magnetic biasing field of variable magnitude is generated and applied through the ferrite substrate transversely across the slot line |
| H431 |
Portable laboratory for detection and monitoring of hazardous chemicals |
February 2, 1988 |
| This invention relates to a system for detecting, identifying, and quanting hazardous chemicals and radioactive areas, gathering water and soil samples for later analysis and marking contaminated areas under battlefield condition.The invention is comprised of a laboratory enclosure, a v |
| H430 |
Azidodeoxycellulose nitrate |
February 2, 1988 |
| A process of making azidodeoxycellulose nitrate in yields as high as 90 pent. The process initially involves the conversion of cellulose to the mesylate or tosylate derivative. This is followed by reacting the above cellulose derivative with a metallic azide to produce azidodeoxycellulo |
| H428 |
1,2,4,5-tetrakis (Diazidomethyl) benzene energetic polyazide |
February 2, 1988 |
| 1,2,4,5-tetrakis (diazidomethyl) benzene and a method of making the same by eacting 1,2,4,5-tetrakis (dibromomethyl) benzene with sodium azide in dimethylformamide for three hours at 70.degree. to 80.degree. C. |
| H414 |
Surface ionization source |
January 5, 1988 |
| An ionization source comprises a housing defining a space, a wire extending o the space, a temperature control connected to the wire and an alkali metal glass bead attached to the wire to be heated by the temperature control. An ion extraction plate with an orifice therein covers the spac |
| H412 |
Coordinate position detector |
January 5, 1988 |
| A linear detector array is positioned a fixed distance behind a narrow slot n an opaque mask. The array is oriented perpendicular to the slot as viewed from the "front", or direction of laser energy arrival. Light from the laser source, limited by the mask and slot, falls on only a few ad |
| H409 |
Synthesis of cadmium sulfide using the laser-induced reaction of dialkylcadmium and organosulfur |
January 5, 1988 |
| Cadmium sulfide is formed successfully from the laser-induced chemical reion between a first reactant of a dialkylcadmium and a second reactant of a dialkylsulfide. Infrared laser radiation in the range of 10.4 or 9.4 micrometers is provided by a continuous-wave CO.sub.2 laser. In singl |
| H405 |
Rocket/launcher interface |
January 5, 1988 |
| Sabot adapters are provided for mounting along the outer periphery of a ret on opposite sides of the center of gravity with the sabot adapters at each location including inner and outer ring shaped structures that are made of segments and telescoped together with tapering surfaces so th |
| H404 |
Disposal of inorganic chemical wastes |
January 5, 1988 |
| Recovery and disposing of waste materials containing inorganic chemicals not be effected by incineration to meet environmental regulations as is the situation with waste organic materials. As long as the inorganic toxic materials are in some soluble form, they can pollute the environmen |
| H403 |
Gun launched kinetic energy penetrator |
January 5, 1988 |
| A kinetic energy penetrator assembly includes a motor casing having an aft pening. A nozzle with a nozzle opening is seated in the aft opening of the casing and confines expanding gases produced by burning propellant in the casing to a configuration for applying a thrust to the casing. An |
| H401 |
Penetrator munition |
January 5, 1988 |
| The method of manufacture of a sabot component which comprises the steps of evering an aluminum workpiece from bar stock, upsetting the workpiece in a first die, by axial force, to constitute a first preform having a desired uneven mass distribution along the axis thereof, hot forging the |
| H400 |
Aimpoint bias for terminal homing guidance |
January 5, 1988 |
| This device is a modification to the basic auto-tracker function in missile uidance systems, and consist of three new auto-tracker functions. First the gunner has control of an extra set of crosshairs in the tracker output imagery. The gunner will position this crosshair on the desired im |
| H399 |
Water-to-water heat pipe exchanger |
January 5, 1988 |
| This invention encompasses a water-to-water heat-pipe heat exchanger having vessel, at least one partition dividing said vessel into at least two compartments, at least one of said compartments further having a fresh water input means and a fresh water output means, and a different c |
| H397 |
Modified bubble inturn mask periphery |
January 5, 1988 |
| An improved protective face mask periphery includes an inturn having a flat ortion extending inwardly of an inner surface of the face mask, and a curved bubble portion which is concave with respect to the inner surface of the face mask and which curves outwardly into engagement with the |
| H395 |
Process for measuring the electrical properties of liquids and granular substances |
December 1, 1987 |
| A process for determining the electrical characteristics of a material whin a probe is inserted into the material and an electrical pulse is transmitted to generate a reflected wave which will have a shape which will depend on the electrical characteristics of the material. The probe |
| H393 |
Television test signal generator |
December 1, 1987 |
| An Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EPROM) is coupled to two count which are driven by a crystal clock oscillator. The EPROM has selectable outputs which are multiplexed, converted and fed to video equipment, whereby test patterns can be generated for adjustment of their anal |
| H382 |
Long rod penetrator |
December 1, 1987 |
| An improved penetrator rod for a kinetic energy projectile is disclosed. edded as a central core within said penetrator rod is a lubricating rod, comprising metal alloys such as tin zinc, aluminum, or lead, which will continue to follow as it erodes upon penetration despite the heat and |
| H381 |
Condition monitoring device |
December 1, 1987 |
| A multiple sensor condition monitoring device for use with an enclosed coiner. The device includes a plurality of passive sensors positioned within the container and adapted to measure temperature, pressure and relative humidity within the container. Meter means are connected to the |
| H376 |
Degradation monitor for laser optics |
December 1, 1987 |
| Refractive elements typically have ground glass edges in areas where the perly-transmitted laser beam does not impinge. Defects on either incident optical surface or the exit optical will produce wide-angle scattering. Some of this scattered radiation will impinge directly upon the grou |
| H374 |
Optimum multiple target detection and resolution |
November 3, 1987 |
| A method or technique of resolving multiple energy sources from signals oined by a spatial array of sensors in which portions of two prior art techniques are combined to yield an improved hybrid technique. The method involves sampling and digitizing the output of a sensor array, forming |
| H373 |
Antenna stowing and release assembly for a terminal delivery vehicle |
November 3, 1987 |
| There is disclosed a release assembly mounted within a housing member for intaining an antenna assembly under spring deployment compression in a terminal delivery vehicle for delivery by a projectile and wherein the release assembly is comprised of a cover member and a weight member unde |
| H372 |
Piezoelectric charging device |
November 3, 1987 |
| A piezoelectric charging device in which a rocket with a rocket motor uties pressure from the rocket motor to squeeze a piezoelectric crystal and utilizes the current produced from squeezing the piezoelectric crystal in a full wave bridge circuit to charge a capacitor that can then be u |
| H366 |
Microemulsions containing sulfolanes |
November 3, 1987 |
| Novel microemulsions containing sulfolane cr 3-methylsulfolane or both as surfactants together with a cationic surfactant such as cetyl trimethylammonium bromide or a nonionic surfactant such as polyoxyethylene octylphenol ether are disclosed. In another aspect of the invention, seaw |
| H365 |
New energetic polymer, P-DEND |
November 3, 1987 |
| Poly(diethylene glycol-4,7-dinitrazadecane-dioate), P-DEND), is synthesized y the Michael addition of ethylene dinitramine to methyl acrylate to yield the intermediate compound dimethyl-4,7-dinitrazadecane-dioate (DMDND). DMDND is reacted for a period of about 18 hours with diethylene gly |
| H362 |
Rigid warhead detonation transfer system |
November 3, 1987 |
| In a missile having a shaped charge warhead that is pivotable from a posin in which the axis of the shaped charge is in alignment with the axis of the missile to a canted position in which the axis of the shaped charge warhead is canted relative to the axis of the missile and a rigid |
| H361 |
Metallographic preparation of pressed and sintered powder metallurgy material (tungsten, columbi |
November 3, 1987 |
| A metallographic preparation technique employs a grinding and polishing in our stages, and with multiple steps of each stage, to produce a flat, scratch-free representative sample of a pressed and sintered powder metallurgy material comprised of tungsten, lead, copper, and columbium.The c |
| H360 |
Slurry filled obscuration payload |
November 3, 1987 |
| An improved device for a smoke obscuration munition includes a thin-walled erosol can body. A sealed central burster tube is affixed to and extends into the sealed payload within the device. The payload consists of a slurry contained in the annular space outside the burster which includes |
| H357 |
Electromagnetic projectile launchers |
November 3, 1987 |
| These electromagnetic guns or launchers comprise a pair of switching rails ith a slidable switching armature associated therewith for commutating a high direct current into a pair of projectile rails which are arranged in tandem with the switching rails and are electrically connected ther |
| H354 |
Linear algorithm for non-linear interpolation for computer aided designs |
October 6, 1987 |
| The linear algorithm described differs from other artificial intelligence ograms in its operation over a continuous representation. In the algorithm, the size of the exponent is tied to the magnitude of the learning base employed, and the design thus becomes more selective as the lea |
| H35 |
Freeze dried cooked meats |
March 4, 1986 |
| This invention provides a method of producing dehydrated meat products wh more easily and completely rehydrate than prior art dehydrated meats. This is accomplished by expansion of the cooked meat matrix by the addition of water, salt, phosphate and adjunctive hydrophilic ingredients |
| H349 |
Inert solid compositions which become chemically reactive when molten |
October 6, 1987 |
| A reagent composition which is chemically inert when solid and is chemica reactive when molten comprises a first substance selected from high molecular weight waxes and polymers and a second substance dissolved, dispersed, or encapsulated in the first substance. The second substance is |
| H346 |
Process for making compounds possessing anticholinesterase activity |
October 6, 1987 |
| The compounds of S-(2-dialkylaminoalkyl) alkyl phosphonothioic acids and hod of preparing said compounds possessing anticholinesterase activity comprising an aqueous solution which comprises dialkylaminoalkyl chloride salts which are converted to their corresponding dialkylmonoalkyl amm |
| H345 |
Missile canting shaped charge warhead |
October 6, 1987 |
| A missile which has a shaped charge warhead mounted therein in such a man that the shaped charge warhead is automatically pivoted or canted after launch of the missile to present a shaped charge warhead in an advantageous position for destroying a target. |
| H344 |
High velocity canting shaped charge warhead |
October 6, 1987 |
| A missile having a shaped charge warhead mounted therein for being canted or near a target to present the shaped charge warhead in an advantageous position for destroying the target. |
| H343 |
Fiber array reinforced kinetic energy penetrator and method of making same |
October 6, 1987 |
| An improved fiber reinforced penetrator rod for a kinetic energy projectile aving enhanced penetrating strength is disclosed herein. Embedded in a matrix medium of depleted uranium, or liquid phase sintered tungsten, are long fibers of tungsten-hafnium-carbide which are knitted into a |
| H342 |
Apparatus to improve accuracy of weapons through barrel flexure |
October 6, 1987 |
| A method and apparatus is shown for programming near perfect accuracy for ch shot in a rapid burst machine gun sequence which heretofore was not known to be attainable. Because of vibrations from many sources in the barrel, which are predictable and repeatable, it is impossible for each |
| H341 |
Dual mode scanner/tracker |
October 6, 1987 |
| The beam of a laser radar is moved over the field of view by means of a p of scanner/trackers arranged in cascade along the laser beam. One of the scanner/trackers operates at high speed, with high resolution and a narrow field and is located in the demagnified portion of the laser beam |
| H339 |
Snap slit door with over pressure relief |
October 6, 1987 |
| A snap slit door having at least one panel and a flat closure means used to reate tension in the door panel or panels, such tension acting as the closure force generated by the closure means for the door panel or panels. The flat closure means may be adjustable such that the tension and |
| H338 |
Resonant free platen for vibration testing of test specimens |
October 6, 1987 |
| This invention relates to a system for vibration testing of specimens using n electro-dynamic shaker. It overcomes the various undesirable consequences which attend the existing technology and methodology, which uses a constant thickness flat plate platen, by using an inverted, truncated |
| H337 |
Delayed swell viscometer |
October 6, 1987 |
| A method of measuring the shear viscosity of a polymeric solution by measng the delayed die swell of a pressurized solution through a capillary. |
| H336 |
Non-destructive method to assess physical condition of chemical fill |
October 6, 1987 |
| This invention relates to a method for assessment of the condition, and cge of condition, of the liquid fill for chemical projectiles by analyzing the vibrational characteristics of the projectile and fill. It is a method by which the condition of the liquid fill in a projectile can |
| H333 |
Nonimaging identification structure |
September 1, 1987 |
| A nonimaging technique for identification of a ground vehicle as a nontar utilizing a pulsing infrared wavelength energy source located on the ground vehicle and a matched receiver at the point making the identification. The transmitter is designed to not increase the vehicle infrar |
| H332 |
High speed lock mechanism |
September 1, 1987 |
| The invention relates to lock mechanisms by which a missile or analogous tem may be prevented from undergoing an undesired launch or ignition. Specifically, the invention is a rotating lock mechanism which may be rotated in precise clockwise and counterclockwise steps by an electrical |
| H331 |
Large memory acousto-optically addressed pattern recognition |
September 1, 1987 |
| A method of and apparatus for acousto-optically addressed pattern recognition using Vander Lugt matched filtering. In optical correlation a beam of light containing an image to be examined is directed to fall on a matched filter array that contains a representation of an object of in |
| H33 |
Shaped-charge |
March 4, 1986 |
| A shaped-charge for a non-rotating projectile whose structural components, .e., the conical liner, explosive, and container have asymmetries relative the projectile producing upon explosion controlled deflection of a penetrating jet which is effective on sloped armor surfaces. |
| H324 |
Fence for reducing turbulence |
September 1, 1987 |
| A system for lowering the level of turbulence in an opening over which a eam of air is flowing at a subsonic velocity wherein a fence positioned adjacent to the opening at an upstream location is provided with a plurality of apertures in the distal portion thereof. The apertures in the |
| H323 |
Electromechanical lag angle detector |
September 1, 1987 |
| An electromechanical lag angle detector device in which the lag angle of a iber that is being wound on a bobbin is sensed by an electromechanical lag angle detector which causes an output signal to be produced which is proportional to the variation from the preset lag angle to provide a |
