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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177703 | Blood pump A blood pump (26) includes a stator assembly including a fluid inlet (24) and a fluid outlet (26). A rotor assembly (120) includes an impeller (40) rotatable about an axis (44) to move fluid from the inlet (24) to the... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176808 | Robot arm assembly A robot arm assembly a base unit with a shoulder assembly rotatably disposed on the base unit. A lower robot arm is pivotably attached to the shoulder assembly. An upper robot arm is pivotably attached to the lower robot arm. The base unit includes a first motor whi... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8166862 | Firing pin assembly A firing pin assembly with a firing pin having a shaft with a distal bearing thereon. The firing pin has a standby position, a load position, and a fire position. A cam engages the bearing and is configured to drive the shaft between the standby position and the loa... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8158002 | Responsive gels and methods of use thereof The present invention provides variable pore size filters. The variable pore size filters of the present invention comprise a fabric matrix, having a set pore size, wherein the fabric matrix is coated with a gel that expands and shrinks in response to a trigger. Whe... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8141924 | Gripper system A gripper system having a pair of jaws operable in a first plane and having a central closure axis; each jaw including a finger member and finger tip member disposed on its distal end; and a gripper drive assembly for moving the jaws toward and away from each other;... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141470 | Vehicle protection method A structure or vehicle protection method including a removable frame on the structure or vehicle, and a net within the frame and spaced from the structure or vehicle and having a mesh size designed to disarm an incoming threat. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8091964 | Blast mitigating seat A blast mitigating seat features a base and a seat frame. The seat frame includes a pan and a backrest including an open area for gear worn by a user. A first damping subsystem between the base and the seat frame has a first force/stroke relationship and a second da... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087339 | Armor system An armor system and method for the interior of a structure to be protected wherein releasable fastener material is secured to an inside wall of the structure and at least a first armor panel includes, in one example, a spacer layer, a ceramic hard face layer behind ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8074324 | Flexible, deployment rate damped hinge A flexible hinge including a first set of plies and a second set of plies, and a hinge area where the first set of plies and the second set of plies bend. A damping material is disposed between plies of the first set and the second set at least at the hinge area the... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8061258 | Protection system A net deployment system which, in one example, includes a manifold assembly including multiple weight ducts and a bladder port. A weight is disposed in each weight duct and each weight is tied to the net. A bladder is behind the net and is over the bladder port. At ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8042449 | Vehicle protection system A structure or vehicle protection system including a removable frame on the structure or vehicle, and a net within the frame and spaced from the structure or vehicle and having a mesh size designed to disarm an incoming threat. ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8011285 | Vehicle and structure shield A vehicle and structure shield includes a flexible net subsystem including an array of rods or hard points supported by the net subsystem and configured to impact a projectile striking the net. A frame includes mounting brackets attached thereto positioning the fram... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8004127 | Rotary reluctance motor A rotary reluctance motor includes a set of inner disks each having an inner diameter root, an outer diameter free end, and a plurality of alternating high permeability teeth and low permeability material segments. A set of outer disks is interleaved with the inner ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7980335 | Omni-directional wheel An omni-directional wheel includes a hub rotatable about a wheel axis and a first row of angled rollers about the hub each rotatably supported by the hub. There is at least a second row of angled rollers about the hub each also rotatably supported by the hub. The ro... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7974736 | Robot deployed weapon system and safing method This subject invention features a robot deployed weapon system. A remotely controlled mobile robot has a weapon mounted to the robot. There is a firing circuit for the weapon and a weapon interrupt module on board the robot. An operator control unit is for remotely ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972901 | Chip package sealing method A method of manufacturing a package including manufacturing a substrate to include at least one layer of LCP material, manufacturing a cover made of LCP material to include a lower lip, and sealing the cover to the substrate by heating the interface between the lowe... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7962243 | Weapon robot with situational awareness A mobile, remotely controlled robot includes a turret subsystem, a robot controller subsystem configured to control the robot, control the turret, and fire the weapon, a robot navigation subsystem configured to determine the position of the robot, a turret orientati... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7905920 | Support system for intervertebral fusion A support system includes a plurality of support members and a plurality of cross members. The support system is adapted to fit within an access device for insertion into a space between adjacent vertebrae. A plurality of hinges connects each cross member to at leas... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905177 | Safe and arm system for a robot A safe and arm system includes an operator control subsystem including a first arm switch, a second arm switch, and a fire switch. A fire control subsystem is responsive to the operator control subsystem and includes at least a pair of terminals for connection to a ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7895930 | Weapon mount A mobile remotely controlled robot includes a robot platform and a robot arm maneuverable with respect to the robot platform. A housing is configured to be removably mounted to the robot arm. A sleeve is translatable with respect to the housing for receiving a weapo... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7889141 | Dual function composite system and method of making same A dual function composite system includes a first electronic subsystem, a second electronic subsystem, and a composite member between the first and second electronic subsystems. The composite member includes plies of fabric, and resin impregnating the plies of fabri... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7866250 | Vehicle protection system A protection system features a flexible packaged net with perimeter weighting housed in a deployment box releasably attached to a vehicle. One deployment subsystem includes an airbag packaged in the deployment box behind the net. A sensor subsystem detects an incomi... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7677587 | Trailer and hitch mechanism for a robot A trailer and hitch system for a mobile robot. The trailer includes a front Ackerman steering linkage, a releasable locking mechanism for releasably positioning the Ackerman steering linkage in a turned position to arrest the trailer, a tow bar extending upwardly fr... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7604705 | Process of separating gun propellant components and useful byproducts thereof Methods for the separation of targeted components from gun propellant formulations. In particular, the methods separate targeted components in a usable/useful form. Preferred methods are directed to the separation of nitrocellulose, nitroguanidine and/or nitroglycer... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7559902 | Physiological monitoring garment A physiological monitoring garment includes first and second elastic fabric portions. An elongate stretchable textile data/power bus is disposed between the first and second elastic fabric portions. The elongate stretchable textile data/power bus includes a pluralit... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7550216 | Composite solid polymer electrolyte membranes The present invention relates to composite solid polymer electrolyte membranes (SPEMs) which include a porous polymer substrate interpenetrated with a water soluble ion-conducting material. SPEMs of the present invention are useful in electrochemical applications, i... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7497968 | Dilute solutions of lyotropic liquid crystalline polymers, methods of making same and compositions prepared from same The invention features dilute solutions of rigid rod or extended rod lyotropic liquid crystalline polymers prepared from high concentration polymerization mixtures. The invention also features methods of preparing such dilute solutions which utilize high mechanical ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7495761 | Array detector coupled spectroanalytical system and graded blaze angle grating A spectroanalytical system for receiving radiation to be analyzed along a first path includes a grating in the first path with periodic faceted grooves for spatially separating the radiation as a function of wavelength. The blaze angles of the faceted grooves are pr... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7476566 | Electronic and optoelectronic component packaging technique A packaging method including assembling components on a substrate, manufacturing a lid assembly to include a plurality of integrated covers, and mating the lid assembly to the substrate. ... | 01/13/2009 |
