| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| H314 |
Safety container for transporting small quantities of explosives |
August 4, 1987 |
| A safety container for transporting small quantities of explosives that iude a metal bottle that has a bottom and top section that are secured together with seal means therebetween and a cavity of the bottle has antistatic foam plastic material therein with a cavity at the geometric |
| H311 |
Compensated laser resonant fluorescence beam sensing device for neutral particle beams |
July 7, 1987 |
| A device for determining the direction of a neutral particle beam relative o a reference direction is provided. The technique of laser resonant fluorescence is used. Measurements are made near the doppler free angle and a direct view prism means is used for automatically compensating for |
| H309 |
Energy recoverable choke feed |
July 7, 1987 |
| An improved choke feed is provided for minimizing the inductive fly-back tage phenomenon at the inputs of voltage chopper circuits. By using directional shunts, fly-back energy is recovered and passed through to the chopper circuit for improved efficiency. |
| H307 |
High "G" electronics system |
July 7, 1987 |
| The invention concerns a technique and apparatus for protecting sensitive ectronic components against the high accelerations encountered in a tank-powered projectile, for instance. A first ring is placed on a circuit board and filled with an RTV compound. A cap is placed on the first rin |
| H306 |
Method for preparation of amine salt bonding agents |
July 7, 1987 |
| A stoichiometric amount of a polyamine compound selected from the group cisting of cyanoethyl substituted tetraethylene pentamine (TEPAN), or the glycidol reaction product of cyanoethyl substituted tetraethylene pentamine (TEPANOL) is reacted with a stoichiometric amount of perchloric |
| H305 |
Demilitarization of high burn rate propellants containing ferrocene or its derivatives |
July 7, 1987 |
| An effective method to recover the catalyst material, ferrocene or its deatives, from high burn rate propellants comprises the method which uses compressed gas in the form of a near critical liquid to extract, remove, and recover the specific catalyst material directly from rocket motor |
| H299 |
Covert beam projector |
July 7, 1987 |
| A method and apparatus for projecting a laser beam for communication or guidance purposes wherein transmitted energy goes directly to a receiver area without requiring services of slewing or tracking devices. The energy is precisely directed from a laser transmitter on a missile toward a |
| H296 |
Elastic puller sabot for small caliber flechette |
July 7, 1987 |
| An elastic puller sabot for use with a small caliber flechette to be laund from a bore of a launcher. The sabot comprises at least two portions, which, when placed together, have an interior surface conforming to the shape of the flechette, and an exterior surface conforming to the |
| H292 |
Apparatus for the detection of angles-of-arrival of radio frequency signals |
June 2, 1987 |
| Incoming radio frequency signals from one or more remote transmitters, that may be changing or "hopping" in frequency, are received at two closely spaced antennas. A pair of Chirp-Z transform processors are respectively coupled to said antennas. The transform processors are operated in |
| H288 |
Interference cancelling transmitter |
June 2, 1987 |
| An interference cancelling transmitter is configured which provides electagnetic compatibility (EMC) among different communications apparatus in the same area as well as providing a low probability of intercept (LPI) in a dense communications environment where secure communications is |
| H286 |
Modular glow/corona discharge device |
June 2, 1987 |
| A glow/corona discharge device for use in detoxifying air at atmospheric ssure. The device includes a generally cylindrical supporting structure with a plurality of self-contained modular discharge units (or power packs) mounted around the surface thereof. Each module contains a flow |
| H285 |
Oxygen rich igniter compositions |
June 2, 1987 |
| Low (thermal) Vulnerability Ammunition or LOVA is more responsive to the rmal stimulation of the igniter compositions disclosed herein. The igniter compositions of this invention generate oxygen rich flames upon decomposition. Such igniter compositions comprise nitrocellulose, nitro |
| H284 |
Non-carcinogenic, non-polluting sulfuric acid etchants for preparing aluminum surfaces for adhes |
June 2, 1987 |
| The invention provides a process and composition of low toxicity for prepng aluminum surfaces for adhesive bonding. According to the invention non-carcinogenic, non-polluting soluble metal salts generally, other than ferric sulfate disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,212,701, when added in an |
| H279 |
Method for interpreting yaw data in a projectile traversing a resisting medium |
June 2, 1987 |
| Snapshot data from a projectile traversing a resisting medium are analyzed o determine a lower critical value within the resisting medium where rapid yaw growth begins and a yaw-growth constant governing yaw growth from the lower critical value to an upper critical value. Snapshot data fr |
| H278 |
Apparatus for adapting a rifle to fire a different projectile |
June 2, 1987 |
| An adaptor for attachment to the end of a rifle allows an individual to f from the rifle a different projectile than originally designed for the rifle, without substantial degredation in overall accuracy and throw distance of the rifle. The adaptor has a rifled cylinder which in the |
| H275 |
Pulse modulator |
May 5, 1987 |
| A low level input pulse signal from T.sup.2 L logic is delivered to the it of a ground deck driver which is transformer-coupled to a floating deck driver. The leading edge of the input pulse serves to enable or trigger a first FET driver, which is coupled to the gates of a plurality |
| H272 |
Poly(allyl azido nitrates) |
May 5, 1987 |
| Novel poly (allyl azide) compositions are produced by reacting a poly (al nitrate) of molecular weight at least about 400 with a metal azide in the presence of an inert liquid solvent or diluent. The poly (allyl azides), which may contain residual nitro groups, are energetic materials, |
| H271 |
Treatment of malaria with esters of cephalotaxine |
May 5, 1987 |
| A method of treating animals for the control of malaria using the esters of cephalotaxine--harringtonine, homoharringtonine and deoxyharringtonine. |
| H270 |
Chemical warfare simulant |
May 5, 1987 |
| A chemical 2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl dimethylthiocarbamate as a simulant use in place of VX nerve gas in decontamination studies. |
| H267 |
Method and apparatus for improved gas mask and filter test penetrometer |
May 5, 1987 |
| An accurate, instantaneous determination of geometric standard deviation gma.g of particle size distribution of aerosols, permitting verification that the test aerosols fall within suitable specifications and are giving test results that are truly representative of the degree of protect |
| H265 |
Penetrator ammunition with propulsion gas seal |
May 5, 1987 |
| In a munition comprising a cartridge case, a subcaliber penetrator, and a ltipartite sabot for enabling propulsive discharge of said penetrator from said case, the improvement which comprises a film of curable sealant deposited on said sabot and said penetrator so as to prevent passage o |
| H257 |
Dry powder aerosolizer |
April 7, 1987 |
| A dry powder aerosolizer for both dispersing and investigating the propers, behavior and measurement of airborne particles has a cylinder and a piston head dividing the cylinder into first and second sub-chambers. The first sub-chamber contains a quantity of dry powder and the secon |
| H255 |
Charcoal adsorbent test apparatus and method using filter tubes |
April 7, 1987 |
| An apparatus and method for testing the performance of a sample charcoal orbent material. The apparatus comprises means for supplying a gaseous sample containing toxic contaminants to a filtering means. The filtering means includes a filter tube containing a sample charcoal adsorbent |
| H251 |
Increased safety in use, and improved function, of ammunition items |
April 7, 1987 |
| An electrically detonated fuse for a grenade is shown, used either as a b up system for the usual mechanical detonator, or independently as the sole arming and detonating means. The invention is considered more accurate and dependable than a mechanical system, which is aimed at the |
| H249 |
Dual rate actuator |
April 7, 1987 |
| Two solenoid controlled ball valves are employed in such a way that dual w rate control is provided to a missile control vane actuator. The result is the superior performance of an open center valve actuator over that of a closed center valve actuator with gas consumption savings approa |
| H248 |
Fuse status indicator system |
April 7, 1987 |
| An on-line indicator connected to each fuse of an electrical circuit includes an LED which becomes illuminated if its protected fuse blows. Groups of these on-line indicators can be connected via an OR gate to a single master fuse status indicator which also includes an LED which bec |
| H247 |
Roll measurement system for flight vehicle |
April 7, 1987 |
| A roll measurement system for a flight vehicle, such as a tank-launched ged projectile or guided missile, includes a power source and a pulsed laser, such as a laser diode, which propagates a laser beam which is focused into a narrow conical beam and directed toward the earth. The l |
| H244 |
Metallographic preparation of E-glass-epoxy composite material |
April 7, 1987 |
| A method of preparing samples of a E-glass-epoxy composite material for moscopic examination thereof comprising the steps of first rough grinding the sample to produce a flat surface, fine grinding the sample in a series of grinding steps, each step accomplished with a finer grit of fin |
| H237 |
Armature for small caliber electromagnetic launch projectile |
March 3, 1987 |
| The invention concerns an electromagnetically launched projectile having an rmature comprised of refractory metal washers, each of which being coated with a thin film of cathode emitter material. The low work function metal generated by the heat of arcing rises to the armature surface thr |
| H236 |
Asymmetric side-exhausting nozzles |
March 3, 1987 |
| Asymmetric side exhausting nozzles are provided for exhausting propulsion ses of a rocket to the side of the rocket to provide a performance gain of from 1 to three percent over axis symmetric side exhausting nozzles. |
| H234 |
Energetic derivatives of a novel diol and methods for their syntheses |
March 3, 1987 |
| A novel diol, 1,3-Bis-2(2-hydroxyethyl)-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene has been syesized by the reaction of 1,3-dimethyl-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene with formaldehyde. The novel diol can be converted to a dinitrate and to a diazide which are both useful as explosives or as propellants. |
| H233 |
Smoke producing composition |
March 3, 1987 |
| The present invention is an essentially non-toxic, smoke-producing, pyrotnic composition. The composition uses 1,4 benzenedicarboxylic acid which produces a superior visual screening smoke when vaporized by heat provided a reaction between suitable fuel and oxidizer. The composition |
| H232 |
Smoke-producing composition |
March 3, 1987 |
| The composition of this invention contains red phosphorus, magnesium, sod nitrate, and an epoxy binder. It can optionally contain silica to aid in processing. The magnesium is used to sustain the smoke produced by the red phosphorus for a period greater than 5 minutes for screening of |
| H231 |
Rocket fuel |
March 3, 1987 |
| The composition of this invention is a colored-smoke pyrotechnic for use as rocket fuel which can propel a 500 gram grenade assembly along a trajectory of about 100 meters while producing a trail of intensely colored, highly visible smoke. The composition contains ammonium sulfamate, |
| H227 |
Colored smoke-producing composition |
March 3, 1987 |
| This invention relates to a smoke-producing composition containing a dye 1,4,- benzenedicarboxylic acid. The acid is useful for purging slag and solid clinker while lowering the steady state burning temperature of the composition. The coloring agent used by the composition does not deg |
| H223 |
Decontamination of mustard gas with superoxide |
March 3, 1987 |
| Articles or structures can be treated to convert mustard gas to divinylsude by coating on said articles or structures a composition containing a transition metal complex of a tetrasulfonated or tetraamino phthalocyanine. |
| H220 |
Optical performance comparator |
February 3, 1987 |
| Improved measurement of optical material degradation is provided by a comator utilizing a vidicon focused upon an illuminated white contrast target card. The optic under test is positioned between the vidicon and the target. The output of the vidicon as it scans the card is compared |
| H219 |
Layered construction of composite interceptor motor cases, etc. |
February 3, 1987 |
| Improved method of manufacturing composite rocket motor cases and laminated tructures is disclosed which includes a layered procedure wherein a high percentage of a highly flexibilized, low-modulus epoxy blend of a resin composition is employed in the matrix of the innermost layer section |
| H217 |
Recoil mechanism |
February 3, 1987 |
| A hydraulic recoil mechanism, which may be used as a shock absorbing device ontrols both the recoil and counter-recoil motion of a cannon. Main recoil energy is dissipated via a movable cylindrical piston rod which pumps hydraulic fluid through a series of orifices into a primary chamber |
| H215 |
Fuze for riot control grenade |
February 3, 1987 |
| This fuze is a subassembly of a spherical smoke grenade. The grenade compes a rubber case with the main charge therein. The fuze comprises a metal body one surface of which is sperhical and forms part of the spherical exterior of the grenade. The fuze comprises an arm/safe mechanism |
| H212 |
Displacement and force measurement by means of optically-generated moire fringes |
February 3, 1987 |
| Apparatus for measuring force and displacement by measuring Moire fringe fts in response to relative movement between a pair of mirrors which reflect light beams therefrom to an interaction region. A pair of electro-optical sensors is positioned to view the interference region and d |
| H211 |
Combined ejector-rammer for small arms |
February 3, 1987 |
| This combined ejector-rammer, or ejectomer, is a single mechanical device ich performs the functions of both an ejector and a rammer for small arms which use cartridge type ammunition. An ejectomer lever is attached to the side of the weapon's bolt by means of a pair of pins and a spring |
| H210 |
Bi-input safe detonator |
February 3, 1987 |
| A detonator comprises a housing which contains a weak explosive charge igable by a bridge wire and a piezoelectric semiconductor buffer positioned in the housing for receiving a shockwave from the weak explosive charge when it is ignited. A high voltage lead is connected to the buff |
| H2097 |
Electrolyte additive to stabilize lithium organic electrolytes for lithium ion cells |
February 3, 2004 |
| A salt additive to lithium conducting organic electrolytes which thermally stabilizes the solution and more particular to provide improved cell operation and storage of lithium ion cells at elevated temperatures is LiBF.sub.4 and is employed in a salt molar ratio of at least about 1:1. |
| H207 |
Over-under destructive crossover circuit |
February 3, 1987 |
| The invention relates to destructive crossovers for explosive logic circu, wherein two crossing paths of explosive material are embedded in a substrate in two separate planes. The first path which detonates across the intersection destroys the intersection so that the second path may |
| H206 |
Dynamic pressure calibrator |
February 3, 1987 |
| A high pressure, short rise time pulse is generated by first pressurizing a arge chamber utilizing a pressure fluid. An initially closed channel communicates the large chamber with a small test chamber that is closed except for the channel and to which one or more pressure gauges are |
| H203 |
Integral rocket motor-warhead |
February 3, 1987 |
| A rocket motor is disclosed which employs a Class 1.1 detonatable composition which is both a propellant and explosive. One grain design is configured to give a high boost acceleration during the burning phase of a perforated portion of the grain. The internally burning grain subsequentl |
| H202 |
Barrel flexure control system |
February 3, 1987 |
| An adapter is mounted on a gun barrel near its free end. The adapter conts spaced-apart fulcrums with an actuator between the fulcrums for bending or flexing the barrel with respect to the fulcrums. This bends the barrel, causing the muzzle of the barrel to move and thus re-air the |
| H1999 |
Tuning saboted projectile performance through bourrelet modification |
November 6, 2001 |
| Kinetic energy projectiles including sabots having stiffened bourrelets which tune and improve shot performance. Shot dispersion for the projectiles is decreased by reducing adverse dynamic perturbations imparted to the projectiles during projectile launch. Reducing dynamic perturbat |
| H199 |
Ground slot waveguide laser |
January 6, 1987 |
| A method of fabricating CO.sub.2 waveguide type lasers of the type comprising a slot formed in a broad surface of a hard ceramic material, comprising grinding the slot in a conventional surface grinding machine in two steps. The first step utilizes a coarse grinding wheel and the second |
