| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 4355311 |
Multibeam single frequency synthetic aperture radar processor for imaging separate range swaths |
October 19, 1982 |
| A single-frequency multibeam synthetic aperture radar for large swath imaging is disclosed. Each beam illuminates a separate "footprint" (i.e., range and azimuth interval). The distinct azimuth intervals for the separate beams produce a distinct Doppler frequency spectrum for each be |
| 4347613 |
Method and apparatus for convection control of metallic halide vapor density in a metallic halid |
August 31, 1982 |
| A method and apparatus for convection control of metallic halide vapor density in a metallic halide laser (10). More particularly, an apparatus is disclosed wherein a reservoir (48) containing copper chloride (62), which in the exemplary embodiment is the metallic halide chosen, is heate |
| 4338568 |
Method and device for detection of a substance |
July 6, 1982 |
| A method and device for detecting the presence of a substance having predetermined characteristics. More particularly, a device is disclosed wherein a discharge grid (20) is provided having a sufficiently high voltage potential across its grid electrodes (32 and 36) so that the subst |
| 4328464 |
High power metallic halide laser |
May 4, 1982 |
| A high power metallic halide laser capable of providing 300 watts of output power. More specifically, a laser amplification system is disclosed whereby a metallic halide vapor such as copper chloride (Cu.sub.3 Cl.sub.3) is caused to flow through a laser amplifier (10) and a heat exch |
| 4321299 |
Strong thin membrane structure for use as solar sail comprising substrate with reflective coatin |
March 23, 1982 |
| Production of strong lightweight membrane structure by applying a thin reflective coating such as aluminum to a rotating cylinder, applying a mesh material such as nylon over the aluminum coating, coating the mesh overlying the aluminum with a polymerizing material such as a para-xyl |
| 4321099 |
Method of fabricating Schottky barrier solar cell |
March 23, 1982 |
| A Schottky barrier solar cell consists of a thin substrate of low cost material with at least the top surface of the substrate being electrically conductive. A thin layer of heavily doped n-type polycrystalline germanium, with crystalline sizes in the submicron range, is deposited on |
| 4320290 |
Constant magnification optical tracking system |
March 16, 1982 |
| A constant magnification optical tracking system for continuously tracking a moving object. More particularly, a constant magnification optical tracking system is disclosed wherein a traveling objective lens (14) maintains a fixed relationship to an object (10) to be optically tracked. |
| 4308541 |
Antenna feed system for receiving circular polarization and transmitting linear polarization |
December 29, 1981 |
| An object is to provide for receiving a circularly polarized signal from an antenna feed (10) connected to orthogonally spaced antenna elements (11, 12, 13, 14) and for transmitting a linearly polarized signal through the same feed without switches, and without suffering a 3 dB polarizat |
| 4287838 |
Fluidized bed coal combustion reactor |
September 8, 1981 |
| A fluidized bed coal reactor includes a combination nozzle-injector ash-removal unit formed by a grid of closely spaced open channels, each containing a worm screw conveyor, which function as continuous ash removal troughs. A pressurized air-coal mixture is introduced below the unit and |
| 4278830 |
Schottky barrier solar cell |
July 14, 1981 |
| A Schottky barrier solar cell consists of a thin substrate of low cost material with at least the top surface of the substrate being electrically conductive. A thin layer of heavily doped n-type polycrystalline germanium, with crystalline sizes in the submicron range, is deposited on |
| 4243323 |
Interferometer |
January 6, 1981 |
| An interferometer of relatively simple design which is tilt compensated, and which facilitates adjustment of the path lengths of split light beams. The interferometer includes a pair of plate-like elements with a dielectric coating and an oil film between them, that forms a beamsplitter |
| 4236383 |
Solar energy receiver for a Stirling engine |
December 2, 1980 |
| A solar energy receiver including a separable endless wall formed of a ceramic material having defined therein a cavity of a substantially cylindrical configuration for entrapping solar flux, and an acceptance aperture adapted to admit to the cavity a concentrated beam of solar energ |
| 4199764 |
Dual band combiner for horn antenna |
April 22, 1980 |
| A corrugated horn antenna adapted to be coupled to a waveguide at the apex thereof for X-band excitation is further adapted to be connected to waveguides through a circumferential slot for S-band excitation at four distinct phases S.sub.1 through S.sub.4 selected for the desired S-band |
| 4193388 |
Portable heatable container |
March 18, 1980 |
| A container is provided which can be designed to heat its outer surface as to sterilize it, or to heat its inner surface and any contents therewithin. In a container that self sterilizes its outer surface, the container includes a combustible layer of thermit-type pyrotechnic materia |
| 4191159 |
System for slicing silicon wafers |
March 4, 1980 |
| An improved system having at least one endless band saw blade characterized by a continuously regenerated cutting edge and unidirectionally driven along a pair of courses extended in mutual parallelism through a cutting station located near the midportion of said courses. The blade is |
| 4141219 |
Method and turbine for extracting kinetic energy from a stream of two-phase fluid |
February 27, 1979 |
| A turbine including a plurality of nozzles for delivering streams of a two-phase fluid along linear paths, a phase separator for responsively separating the vapor and liquid characterized by concentrically related annuli supported for rotation within the paths and having endless channels |
| 4105517 |
Solar photolysis of water |
August 8, 1978 |
| A cyclic process for the solar photolysis of water includes a first stage in which water is reduced in the presence of a Eu.sup.+2 photo-oxidizable reagent producing hydrogen and spent oxidized Eu.sup.+3 reagent. The spent reagent (Eu.sup.+3) is reduced by means of a transition metal lig |
