| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE31057 |
Chromium-doped beryllium aluminate lasers |
October 12, 1982 |
| Single crystals of chromium-doped beryllium aluminate find advantageous use in optical applications and, in particular, in lasers capable of operating at room temperature. |
| RE30106 |
Method of producing amorphous cutting blades |
October 2, 1979 |
| Metal alloys in an amorphous state are employed in the fabrication of cutting implements such as razor blades or knives. The implement may be formed from the amorphous metal or a coating of the amorphous metal may be applied. Such products may be formed from a ribbon of the amorphous met |
| RE29989 |
Cutting blades made of or coated with an amorphous metal |
May 8, 1979 |
| Metal alloys in an amorphous state are employed in the fabrication of cutting implements such as razor blades or knives. The implement may be formed from the amorphous metal or a coating of the amorphous metal may be applied. Such products may be formed from a ribbon of the amorphous met |
| H557 |
Epitaxial strengthening of crystals |
December 6, 1988 |
| An epitaxial layer is used to place the surface of a crystal in compression o as to greatly increase the durability of the crystal such as a laser medium crystal. |
| 7247290 |
Spinning, processing, and applications of carbon nanotube filaments, ribbons, and yarns |
July 24, 2007 |
| Coagulation spinning produces structures such as fibers, ribbons, and yarns of carbon nanotubes. Stabilization, orientation, and shaping of spun materials are achieved by post-spinning processes. Advantages include the elimination of core-sheath effects due to carbonaceous contaminan |
| 6682677 |
Spinning, processing, and applications of carbon nanotube filaments, ribbons, and yarns |
January 27, 2004 |
| Coagulation spinning produces structures such as fibers, ribbons, and yarns of carbon nanotubes. Stabilization, orientation, and shaping of spun materials are achieved by post-spinning processes. Advantages include the elimination of core-sheath effects due to carbonaceous contaminants, |
| 6500282 |
Gold-indium intermetallic compound, shape memory alloys formed therefrom and resulting articles |
December 31, 2002 |
| A superelastic alloy exhibiting shape memory or pseudoelastic it properties contains about 46.17 weight percent Au and about 53.83 weight percent In. Such alloys containing the superelastic Au--In.sub.2 intermetallic compound which exhibits elasticity can be formed into a gasket or seal |
| 6122993 |
Isotropic energy storage flywheel rotor |
September 26, 2000 |
| An energy storage flywheel having a benign failure mode, the rotor of which is constructed of a brittle, high specific strength, isotropic solid. |
| 5756225 |
Single crystal oxide turbine blades |
May 26, 1998 |
| Blades for use in combusion turbine engines are formed from a single crystal aluminum garnet body--desirably a rare earth aluminum garnet body--having an epitaxial surface layer of a second aluminum garnet having a lattice constant larger than that of the body garnet so as to provide a |
| 5573862 |
Single crystal oxide turbine blades |
November 12, 1996 |
| Blades for use in combusion turbine engine are formed from a single crystal garnet body--suitably an aluminum garnet, desirably a rare earth aluminum garnet--having an epitaxial surface layer of a second garnet having a lattice constant larger than that of the body garnet so as a compres |
| 5572725 |
Epitaxially strengthened single crystal aluminum garnet reinforcement fibers |
November 5, 1996 |
| Reinforcement fibers are formed from a single crystal garnet body--suitably an aluminum garnet, desirably a rare earth aluminum garnet--having an epitaxial surface layer of a second garnet having a lattice constant larger than that of the body garnet so as to provide a compressive strain |
| 5348774 |
Method of rapidly densifying a porous structure |
September 20, 1994 |
| Porous solid bodies, especially carbon bodies, are densified by chemical vapor deposition by establishing a thermal gradient within the body, thermally decomposing a gaseous precursor so deposit an electrically and thermally conductive deposit (e.g. carbon) within the body, and shifting |
| 5255068 |
Fringe pattern analysis of a birefringent modified spectrum to determine environmental temperatu |
October 19, 1993 |
| A sensor for use in an optical temperature detector system having a birefringent element made of a single crystal metal oxide plate. A broad band light spectrum is transmitted through a first linear polarizing element to create a linearly polarized wave. The linearly polarized wave o |
| 5175787 |
Birefringent optical waveguides of aluminum garnet |
December 29, 1992 |
| This invention provides birefringent optical waveguide structures of crystalline aluminum garnet of a high refractive index which are clad with crystalline aluminum garnet of a lower refractive index. Due to predetermined lattice mismatch between garnet substrate and cladding layer, |
| 5142548 |
Broadband tuning and laser line narrowing utilizing birefringent laser hosts |
August 25, 1992 |
| Rotational displacement of the birefringent lasing medium in a lasing cavity containing a polarizing element varies the spectral width of the generated laser light. The combination in a lasing cavity of a birefringent lasing medium, a polarizing element, a tuning element and a birefr |
| 5113472 |
Optical waveguides of aluminum garnet |
May 12, 1992 |
| Optical waveguides suitable for use in high temperature environments are constructed of a waveguiding body composed of a first crystalline aluminum garnet, which is clad with an epitaxially deposited layer of a second crystalline aluminum garnet. The second crystalline aluminum garnet ha |
| 5009658 |
Dual frequency laser lithotripter |
April 23, 1991 |
| Method and apparatus are provided for laser lithotripsy by subjecting calcified matter in the mammalian body, especially the human body, to two spatially and temporally overlapping pulsed laser light beams in the 300-450 and 600-900 nanometer wavelength range. |
| 4835786 |
Unitary solid-state laser |
May 30, 1989 |
| A simple, compact, and rugged laser comprises a solid transparent housing with two cavities. A laser medium is embedded in one cavity and a pump lamp in the other. By choosing for the housing and lamp envelope materials having thermal expansion coefficient similar to that of the laser me |
| 4734913 |
Unitary solid-state laser |
March 29, 1988 |
| A simple, compact, and rugged laser comprises a solid transparent housing with two cavities. A laser medium is embedded in one cavity and a pump lamp in the other. By choosing for the housing and lamp envelope materials having thermal expansion coefficient similar to that of the laser me |
| 4713820 |
Thermal lensing-compensated lanthanum beryllate laser |
December 15, 1987 |
| A single crystal of rare-earth-doped lanthanum beryllate, whose crystal orientation is suitably chosen, provides a laser medium whose index of refraction is substantially independent of temperature. A laser using such a crystal as the laser medium displays little or no thermal lensing, t |
| 4578146 |
Process for growing a large single crystal from multiple seed crystals |
March 25, 1986 |
| A large single crystal of metal orthophosphate is grown from a plurality of seed crystals by first mounting the seed crystals with one planar surface of each seed crystal substantially in contact with a planar surface of an adjoining seed crystal and a second planar surface substantially |
| 4524539 |
Thermostatic fishing device |
June 25, 1985 |
| A fishing assembly including a line, a sinker, a fish snare which may include a hook, bait and/or lure, and a leader for said snare, and including a bimetallic member, adapted for changing state in response to the temperature of the water environment in which said assembly is located |
| 4272733 |
Broadly tunable chromium-doped beryllium aluminate lasers and operation thereof |
June 9, 1981 |
| A high power, broadly wavelength-tunable laser is provided which comprises as the laser medium particular single crystals of chromium-doped beryllium aluminate (BeAl.sub.2 O.sub.4 :Cr.sup.3+) having the chrysoberyl structure, means for exciting the laser medium and tuning means. The lase |
| 4262497 |
Multi-element pleochroic genstomes |
April 21, 1981 |
| Multi-element transparent gemstones comprising pleochroic materials are provided which evidence enhanced colors or other unusual optical properties, based on the pleochroic behavior of the material. Doublet stones, comprising two pleochroic materials, and triplet stones, comprising t |
| 3997853 |
Chromium-doped beryllium aluminate lasers |
December 14, 1976 |
| Single crystals of chromium-doped beryllium aluminate find advantageous use in optical applications and, in particular, in lasers capable of operating at room temperature. |
| 3983051 |
Doped beryllium lanthanate crystals |
September 28, 1976 |
| Novel single crystals of doped beryllium lanthanate having up to 50 atomic percent dopant substituted for lanthanum are provided which find advantageous use in optical applications and, in particular, as laser hosts. |
| 3958711 |
Egg tray |
May 25, 1976 |
| Egg trays for containing and transporting eggs in successive layers. Each tray comprises an array of staggered egg-supporting skirts disposed in transverse and longitudinal rows. Each row of skirts occupies a sequentially alternating upper and lower plane. The skirts are formed by a |
| 3940293 |
Method of producing amorphous cutting blades |
February 24, 1976 |
| Metal alloys in an amorphous state are employed in the fabrication of cutting implements such as razor blades or knives. The implement may be formed from the amorphous metal or a coating of the amorphous metal may be applied. Such products may be formed from a ribbon of the amorphous met |
