| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7620277 |
Fiber pigtails and method for fabricating the same |
November 17, 2009 |
| An optical fiber pigtail and methods of fabricating of the same. The invention also relates to a method of self-alignment of a fiber pigtail and a method of attachment of a fiber pigtail to a surrogate chip. |
| 7586514 |
Compact remote tactical imagery relay system |
September 8, 2009 |
| An imagery system that transfers digital images of a target from a military aircraft to a ground station or other aircraft and returns an updated image to the aircraft for pursuit and destruction of the target. The imagery system includes a digital image processor that captures still |
| 7552059 |
Material ordering and reporting expediter (MORE) |
June 23, 2009 |
| A computer program which automates and assist various members of an order and approval chain in preparing purchase documents. A requester using the program enters a part number and other information in the purchase document and forwards the document to a processor. The processor checks |
| 7525229 |
Hysteresis-start permanent magnet motor |
April 28, 2009 |
| A hysteresis-start permanent magnet rotor having a non-magnetic rotor shaft, a permanent magnet rigidly attached to a center portion of the non-magnetic rotor shaft, a non-magnetic spacer on each side of the permanent magnet, each non-magnetic spacer rigidly attached to the non-magne |
| 7501996 |
Immersive input display apparatus |
March 10, 2009 |
| An apparatus includes a deformable eyecup. A display shares an optical path with the eyecup. A monocular houses the display. A shutter shares the optical path with the eyecup and the display, wherein the shutter opens upon deformation of the eyecup. Optionally, the eyecup includes a |
| 7494670 |
Composition and process for removing and preventing mildew and fungal growth |
February 24, 2009 |
| This invention comprises a composition and the process of using the composition for removing and preventing mold, mildew, and fungal growth. The composition comprises at least one alkali metal perborate, at least one inhibiting compound selected from the group consisting of alkali me |
| 7486224 |
Microwave and millimeter frequency bistatic radar tracking and fire control system |
February 3, 2009 |
| A bistatic passive radar system for tracking at least one target utilizing means for transmitting radar signals from at least one satellite platform in a geosynchronous orbit with the earth, means for receiving radar signals from a reflection from each target, means for tracking a positi |
| 7484749 |
Frame tow-bar adapter |
February 3, 2009 |
| A tow-bar adapter for towing a loaded trailer behind a combat vehicle permits opening of a rear ramp door on the vehicle and supporting the open door on the adapter as the vehicle proceeds forward. Longitudinal legs each have first ends provided with a lateral bore axially aligned wi |
| 7484447 |
Mine clearing device incorporating unbiased motion |
February 3, 2009 |
| A mine clearing device comprises a substantially hollow body forming a cavity. An eccentric ballast is disposed within the cavity and is rotated by a motor powered by an internal power source, thereby imparting rotational motion to the device. A plurality of anti-axial projections of |
| 7472653 |
Insensitive munitions warhead explosive venting system |
January 6, 2009 |
| A venting system for a casing containing an explosive material includes a base plug having one or more venting ports. A ring-shaped failure mechanism mounted to the base plug seals the venting ports. The failure mechanism has a selected melting temperature such that raising the tempe |
| 7460740 |
Intensity modulated fiber optic static pressure sensor system |
December 2, 2008 |
| A fiber optic sensor for measuring static pressure includes a cartridge housing having an end that is exposed to the atmosphere, a thin flexible membrane covering the exposed end of the cartridge housing such that the flexible membrane has an exposed side and a protected side, and a fibe |
| 7449238 |
LiF-coated doped and undoped yttrium oxide |
November 11, 2008 |
| An embodiment of the invention includes a particle. The particle includes a first yttria core; and a fluoride salt coating on the first yttria core. The coating is sufficiently continuous to prevent a large number of sites where a second yttria core may come into contact with the first |
| 7430964 |
Safe and arm device and method of using the same |
October 7, 2008 |
| A safe and arm device and method for a fuze in a bomb utilizing a piston and a drive shaft to rotate a rotor in and out of the safe and armed positions. The piston is operated by a difference in air pressure within the fuze as the bomb leaves its delivery vehicle. |
| 7421349 |
Bearing fault signature detection |
September 2, 2008 |
| A device, and method, detects the presence of developing faults in rolling element bearings. Detection is accomplished by measuring the vibration of the apparatus in which the bearing is operating (motor, generator, engine, etc.) and searching for signatures unique to bearing faults. |
| 7409900 |
Rails for electromagnetic hypervelocity launcher |
August 12, 2008 |
| An electromagnetic launcher is provided for accelerating a projectile from a breech end to a muzzle end. The launcher includes a container, a rail contained therein and a support. The container includes an inner surface along an axial direction. The rail is contained within the inner sur |
| 7401565 |
Port security barrier |
July 22, 2008 |
| The port security barrier includes multiple barrier float assemblies connected to one another to form a barrier to stop, delay and discourage attacks by high speed boats of sixty five feet or less in length on high valued waterfront assets such as ports and docking facilities. The port |
| 7383071 |
Microsensor system and method for measuring data |
June 3, 2008 |
| One embodiment is a microprobe. An example of the microprobe comprises a housing having an aperture. This example of the microprobe also comprises an ISFET attached to the housing. The ISFET may have a gate located proximate the aperture. This example of the microprobe further comprises |
| 7379592 |
System and method for significant dust detection and enhancement of dust images over land and oc |
May 27, 2008 |
| A new processing capability for dust enhancement over land or water using image data from the Sea-viewing Wide Field of View Sensor (SeaWiFS) has been developed for Naval meteorology/oceanography (MetOc) operations support. The data are captured via direct broadcast high-resolution p |
| 7379329 |
Addressing architecture for perpendicular giant magnetoresistance memory |
May 27, 2008 |
| A magnetic memory storage device with at least one magnetic storage element comprising electrical addressing leads to inject electrical current directly through a single magnetic memory storage element. The number of electrical addressing leads is at least one more than the number of |
| 7363172 |
Method and apparatus for detecting damage in structures |
April 22, 2008 |
| A method including providing time series structural response data from a structure. A plurality of linear surrogate data series is generated from the time series structural response data. A first generalized correlation function is estimated for each linear surrogate data series of the |
| 7361206 |
Apparatus and method for water vapor removal in an ion mobility spectrometer |
April 22, 2008 |
| The present invention is directed to an apparatus and a method for continuously removing water vapor from a closed loop, re-circulated gas flow in an ion mobility spectrometer using a water permeable membrane, having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The gas flo |
| 7349806 |
System and method for extracting optical properties from environmental parameters in water |
March 25, 2008 |
| A method for predicting water clarity at a plurality of water depths for a location including providing training data to a neural network, the training data representative of water measurements at the location, thereafter receiving inputs including temperature, salinity, tidal inform |
| 7348997 |
Object selection in a computer-generated 3D environment |
March 25, 2008 |
| An object selection of 3D objects in a computer-generated 3D environment method and system. The method includes defining a 3D space in a computer-generated environment. The method further includes identifying a plurality of 3D objects within the 3D space. Then, determining a line of |
| 7345331 |
Ferroelectric capacitor circuit for sensing hydrogen gas |
March 18, 2008 |
| A ferroelectric capacitor circuit for sensing hydrogen gas having a closed integrated circuit package, a ferroelectric capacitor within the closed integrated circuit package, the ferroelectric capacitor having a bismuth oxide based ferroelectric layer being able to absorb hydrogen gas th |
| 7341113 |
Apparatus and method for fire suppression |
March 11, 2008 |
| An embodiment of the invention includes an apparatus and a method for fire suppression including the utilization of an explosive composition layered between a fire suppressant panel such as, for example, a powder panel and another fixed structure such as, for example, a fuel tank dry bay |
| 7339972 |
Laser filament imager |
March 4, 2008 |
| An apparatus includes a gas chamber comprising a gas feed nozzle, an exhaust nozzle, and a window. The apparatus also includes a first partial reflector, in the gas chamber, sharing an optical path with the exhaust nozzle, and the window. Optionally, The apparatus includes a gas source |
| 7330653 |
Quantum dense coding system |
February 12, 2008 |
| A Quantum Dense Coding System. The system includes a source, a transmitter and a receiver. The source is capable of down-converting a pump photon into a signal photon and an idler photon and outputting probability amplitudes, the signal photon and the idler photon, wherein the signal |
| 7327928 |
Gas filled hollow core chalcogenide photonic bandgap fiber Raman device and method |
February 5, 2008 |
| A hollow core photonic bandgap chalcogenide glass fiber includes a hollow core for passing light therethrough, a Raman active gas disposed in said core, a microstructured region disposed around said core, and a solid region disposed around said microstructured region for providing st |
| 7324041 |
Method for solving two RF signals' angular position |
January 29, 2008 |
| A method for determining an angle for each of two RF signals at different frequencies and offset from each other. The average angle of a composite signal is obtained from the two RF signals over a frequency difference period by averaging the frequency difference period. The average angle |
| 7315485 |
System and method for target classification and clutter rejection in low-resolution imagery |
January 1, 2008 |
| A system and method of determining a classification of at least one underwater object is provided. The method includes generating at least one low-resolution imagery of an object from a plurality of frequencies produced by a detection device and extracting at least 5 characteristics |
| 7315222 |
Matching feed partially inside a waveguide ridge |
January 1, 2008 |
| An impedance matching feed is disclosed for use in a ridge waveguide which allows a coaxial transmission line, generally having an impedance of fifty ohm, to be matched to a ridge waveguide of arbitrary impedance. The matching feed consist of a transformer which is located inside the rid |
| 7312855 |
Combined coherent and incoherent imaging LADAR |
December 25, 2007 |
| A long range eye-safe laser radar (LADAR) system for use in an environment where real-time non-cooperative identification of an object is required. In particular, a laser beam is aimed at an object, the laser energy reflected from the object is collected by a detector array for use in |
| 7307266 |
Method and apparatus for an optically clocked optoelectronic track and hold device |
December 11, 2007 |
| A method and apparatus for optically clocked optoelectronic track and hold ("OCOETH") device. The OCOETH device includes a diode bridge, input node, at least two current sources and at least two photodetectors. The input node is operatively coupled to the diode bridge and can receive an |
| 7302187 |
Minimum transmitted photon quantum optical communications system |
November 27, 2007 |
| A system parametrically down-converts a photon into a pair of first and second quantum-entangled photons. A transmitter is coupled to receive the first photon and includes an irreversible collapse event device for collapsing the quantum-entangled state of each photon in the pair. The |
| 7301959 |
System and method for multiplying communications capacity on a time domain multiple access netwo |
November 27, 2007 |
| A communications system and method using slave channeling. The method includes the steps of: (a) receiving a request to transmit a message from a first communications resource, the request including a destination address that identifies a second resource; (b) searching within a perio |
| 7301954 |
Multiple-buffer queueing of data packets with high throughput rate |
November 27, 2007 |
| The present invention is a method and apparatus to buffer data. A buffer memory of a first type stores data associated with a connection identifier corresponding to a channel in a network. The data is organized into at least one chunk based on a linked list. The connection identifier |
| 7301851 |
Underway hull survey system |
November 27, 2007 |
| A method and survey system for inspecting hulls of ships has a base portion and side portions defining an inspection channel in water. Sonar is mounted on the side portions transmitting acoustic signals onto a hull as a ship passes through the inspection channel, receiving reflected |
| 7301641 |
Fiber optic smoke detector |
November 27, 2007 |
| A passive sensor housing has an air gap formed therein between a collimating lens and a lens focused mirror reflecting optical light signals transmitted through the lens into the air gap within which smoke is received through screened openings in the housing. The optical light signal |
| 7299714 |
Telescoping and locking lever arm |
November 27, 2007 |
| A telescoping lever arm comprises a tube and a rod. The tube has an opening at one end thereof and has an inner circumferential dimension along the inside thereof. The opening is smaller than the inner circumferential dimension of the tube. The rod has an outer circumferential dimens |
| 7299152 |
Correlating event data for large geographic area |
November 20, 2007 |
| Event data associated with possible terrorist activities occurring at geographically-dispersed locations is monitored and analyzed. Event data collected from the locations is delineated by one or more data classes. Statistical analyses performed on the event data are based on one of a |
| 7298332 |
Fourteen inch X-band antenna |
November 20, 2007 |
| An X-Band microstrip antenna for use on a fourteen inch diameter projectile to transmit telemetry data. The X-Band microstrip antenna is configured to wrap around the projectile's body without interfering with the aerodynamic design of the projectile. The X-Band microstrip antenna op |
| 7298313 |
Radar-compatible data link system (U) |
November 20, 2007 |
| The invention provides a radar system capable of transmitting data communications concurrently with and on a non-interfering basis with the normal radar functions. A continuous-wave carrier frequency is generated and transmitted to perform the normal radar function such as the proces |
| 7298277 |
Depth monitoring and alert system |
November 20, 2007 |
| A system is provided for monitoring one or more depth associated parameters of an object submerged in water. A first set of alarm devices are mounted in the system's housing such that they are accessible from the exterior thereof. The first set of alarm devices, defined by an audio g |
| 7297113 |
Microsensor system and method for measuring data |
November 20, 2007 |
| One embodiment is a microprobe. An example of the microprobe comprises a housing having an aperture. This example of the microprobe also comprises an ISFET attached to the housing. The ISFET may have a gate located proximate the aperture. This example of the microprobe further comprises |
| 7296530 |
Unmanned system for underwater object inspection, identification and/or neutralization |
November 20, 2007 |
| An unmanned system performs inspection, identification and/or neutralization of underwater objects. An unmanned vehicle that operates at a water's surface stows underwater crawling and/or swimming vehicles that can operate underneath a water's surface. A winch associated with each ro |
| 7296528 |
Angled landing platform |
November 20, 2007 |
| A platform for providing an interface between a host vessel and ship-to-shore craft has a water buoyant surface that is transportable on the host vessel, an angled deck within the surface, an inner and outer ramp, and an inner and outer deck of different deck heights within the platf |
| 7296396 |
Method for using variable supersonic Mach number air heater utilizing supersonic combustion |
November 20, 2007 |
| A supersonic combustion apparatus and method for using the same including a fixed geometric nozzle having a converging area, throat, and a diverging area, at least one fuel injection means and at least one flame stabilization means located in the divergent area, and an exit plane adj |
| 7293478 |
Method for testing a foam delivery system on a vehicle |
November 13, 2007 |
| A method which permits the environmentally safe testing of the Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting vehicle's foam delivery system by using a surrogate fluid to test the foam delivery system. The method uses piping, valves, and connecting elements to interface with the fire vehicle's foam |
| 7289738 |
Quantum optical communications system |
October 30, 2007 |
| A communication system employs quantum entanglement by projecting photons through a nonlinear crystal. Some become parametrically down-converted into signal and idler photon pairs. The signal photons are projected to a receiver and the idler photons to a transmitter. The transmitter oper |
| 7289700 |
Blazed grating optical fiber polarizing coupler |
October 30, 2007 |
| The blazed grating optical fiber polarizing coupler comprises a first optical fiber with a Bragg diffraction grating formed in its core at substantially the Brewster's angle with respect to an optical axis of the first optical fiber, a second optical fiber, also with a Bragg diffract |
