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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4683930 | Locking configuration for a wheel rim flange retaining ring A split retaining ring for locking a separable tire bead flange on a wheel rim has inboard and outboard facing portions and two circumferentially aligned terminal ends, each terminal end characterized by an outboard facing tab having a drilled-through bor... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4676167 | Spin dispensing method and apparatus An airborne spin dispensing apparatus (100,101) and method of dispensing a plurality of sub-units (60) such that the ground plane impact pattern of the plurality of sub-units substantially corresponds to a particular geometric ground target. An onboard mi... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4668535 | Process for preparing a fuel tank of polyurethane laminate having contiguous contrasting layers A plurality of polyurethane layers, some of which have a contrasting color with respect to an adjacent layer is formed into a laminate. During preparation, each layer is separately formed, as by spraying, and the contrasting color ensures that the precedi... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4667781 | Electric brake heater This invention provides for heating a brake assembly electrically to prevent it from freezing. More specifically this invention provides for heating electrically an aircraft multi-disk brake assembly. An electric resistance heating element 12 is adapted to for... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4658936 | Brake temperature and wear indicator An indicator for monitoring both the temperature and the degree of wear of a brake. Specifically this invention may be used with multi-disk brakes, especially aircraft brakes. Upon brake actuation, a pressure plate compresses stationary and rotating membe... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4655398 | Spraying apparatus for in situ formation of vehicle fuel tanks A spray nozzle extension is affixed to the output of a conventional spray gun apparatus to allow an operator to spray a polymeric elastomer into enclosed spaces of an integral fuel tank cavity such as to form an in situ tank within the cavity. The nozzle ... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4652238 | Enhanced limited field of view simulator A system of enhancing a limited field of view (LFOV) aircraft simulator, having less than a full 360×360 degree continuous field of view, such that while a primary object is tracking within the field of view it is fully reproduced as an aircraft, target,... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4635695 | Locking configuration for a wheel rim flange retaining ring A split retaining ring 60 locking a separable tire bead flange 14 on a wheel rim 10 has inboard 60a and outboard 60b facing portions and circumferentially aligned terminal ends 40, 50, each terminal end characterized by a drilled-through bore 46, 56 exten... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4628953 | Fusible plug safety device for venting aircraft tires A fusible thermally responsive device (20) for mounting in a bore (12) provided for it in a wheel (10) to vent an overpressure condition caused by heat generated in an aircraft wheel and brake assembly comprises a rod-shaped length of a thermally activate... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4596316 | Electrically actuated aircraft brakes A reciprocating drive for operative axial communication with a brake disk stack through a pressure plate to compress the disk stack for braking of a rotatable wheel comprises: a relatively stationary annular housing; an annular ram member mounted coaxiall... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4573508 | Collapsible storage tank A flexible and collapsible storage tank (10) for holding large volumes of material is fabricated in a rectangular shape from long lengths of a rubberized square-woven fabric. The lengths of fabric are oriented with overlapping adjacent edges to form inner... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4568863 | Controller for electric brake motors A control circuit for regulating the application and release of brake force in an electric brake. A pulse width modulator presents an output signal of regulatable duty cycle to power drivers connected to the electric motors of the brake. A control circuit... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4567967 | Electrically actuated aircraft brakes Apparatus for electrically controlling the application and release of aircraft brakes. In one embodiment, the invention includes a slurry clutch controlling a reciprocating member which is operatively connected to the pressure plate. In another embodiment... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4566237 | Armored panel An armored panel construction for a shelter to defeat ballistic fragment and thermal radiation threats comprises an inner structural panel of aluminum alloy sheets bonded to a honeycomb core and an outer face panel of an aramid fiber fabric in a multi-ply... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4565729 | Polyurethane laminate of contrasting layers and process therefor A plurality of polyurethane layers, some of which have a contrasting color with respect to an adjacent layer is formed into a laminate. During preparation, each layer is separately formed, as by spraying, and the contrasting color ensures that the precedi... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4557356 | Brake disk and keyslot reinforcements therefor A friction brake disk is formed having a plurality of T-shaped slots extending through a peripheral edge thereof from one braking face surface to the other and each slot carries a keyslot reinforcement comprised of a metallic insert member having the same... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4555450 | Moisture-resistant transparent mercaptan compositions A transparent moisture-resistant mercaptan composition is made utilizing an amino-titanate catalyst. The composition can be utilized in association with high heat-resistant transparent compositions containing a boroxine compound.... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4554300 | Reducing the speed of aliphatic diamine curing agents in polyurethane cements A method for preparing a polyurethane suitable for lining fuel tanks, said polyurethane having good, fuel resistance and improved hydrolysis resistance by using a ketimine of an aliphatic diamine as a curing agent in a three-component system composed of a... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4554299 | Controlling the rate of diamine curing agents in polyurethane cements A method for preparing a polyurethane which has good long term flexibility, solvent resistance and resistance to hydrolysis, said method comprising mixing three components just prior to curing said components comprising a prepolymer solution, a cement sol... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4552194 | Locking configuration for a wheel rim flange retaining ring A retaining ring (30) for use in combination with a wheel rim (10) having a separable bead flange (14) to secure the separable bead flange on the rim in the absence of a properly inflated tire is characterized by an inboard facing portion (30a) and an out... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4542809 | Electrically actuated aircraft brakes Apparatus for electrically controlling the application and release of aircraft brakes. In one embodiment, the invention includes a slurry clutch controlling a reciprocating member which is operatively connected to the pressure plate. In another embodiment... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4536824 | Indirect cooling of electronic circuits This invention provides for the dissipation of heat generated in integrated circuit components mounted on printed circuit boards. High conduction, low thermal resistance cooling channels are mounted between the ICs and the PC board to effect conduction co... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4535957 | Safety device for venting aircraft tires A device (10) for venting aircraft tires comprises a fusible plug (42) and a spring-biased piston (30), both plug (42) and piston (30) being positioned within a single bore (B) of the device. The plug (42) is meltable out of the bore when the wheel (12) t... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4529640 | Spaced armor A configuration for a light-weight composite armor comprises an outer layer of high content carbon steel; an inner laminate of multiple plies of ballistic grade fabric; and an intermediate core material interconnecting the outer steel to the fabric lamina... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4529068 | Integral disk brake actuator and adjuster A brake wear adjuster is mounted within the bore of an actuator piston having a snap ring at the entrance of the bore. The adjuster includes a spring holder having a uniquely configured washer that is seated in a groove in the outer surface of the holder.... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4523282 | Antiskid control circuit An antiskid control circuit for aircraft or other braked vehicles in which a deceleration detector determines the instantaneous rate of deceleration of the vehicle, and provides a deceleration signal to an integrator and lead network, in parallel intercon... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4496707 | Polyurethane and method for making stable components thereof A method for preparing a polyurethane wherein the components thereof have a long shelf life. The formulation is made by separately preparing a prepolymer solution, a crosslinking solution, and a cement solution. Upon utilization, the solutions are mixed t... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4496033 | Dual piston actuator A pair of axially aligned and nested pistons are mounted in a pressure sealed arrangement within the bore of a pressure housing. A primary piston is moved in response to increasing pressure to provide an actuating output force while a secondary piston sim... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4487913 | Fuel and hydrolysis resistant polyurethane A polyester polyurethane compound is formed by reacting trans-1,4-cyclohexanediisocyanate with a mixed polyester. The mixed polyester can be the copolymerization condensation product of an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid or an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, or a... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4474060 | Torque readout sensor A torque readout sensor for mounting to a bolted interconnection between an aircraft brake assembly and a brake reaction torque limiting apparatus to sense the reaction torque upon the application of braking action comprises a metal body that replaces a b... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4456496 | Method of making an elastomeric fabric container A method of making an elastomeric coated fabric container utilizing cured elastomeric coated fabric and adhering the edges of each layer of fabric to the other with an adhesive film and curing the adhesive film under heat and pressure to form said contain... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4454201 | Transparencies produced from epoxy resins cured with adducts of boroxines and interlayers of mercaptan resins A high heat resistant transparency of epoxy resins cured with adducts of trimethoxyboroxine and benzyl alcohol is disclosed to resist intense heat for these transparencies in their use on military and industrial hardware. Additionally, the transparency ma... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4450202 | Transparencies produced from epoxy resins cured with adducts of boroxines and interlayers of mercaptan resins A high heat resistant transparency of epoxy resins cured with adducts of trimethoxyboroxine and benzyl alcohol is disclosed to resist intense heat for these transparencies in their use on military and industrial hardware. Additionally, the transparency ma... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449616 | Non-reversible brake adjuster A brake adjuster, including a pin interconnecting a brake pressure plate at one end and a metal swage at the opposite end and oriented within a deformable tube such as to radially deform the tube to the shape of the swage as the swage moves into the tube ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4435240 | Fabric-reinforced, flexible-walled container and method of making said container A flexible, fabric-reinforced, complex-shaped container comprises a fabric reinforcement material and at least one facing layer of a polymeric or elastomeric material, said fabric comprised of yarns capable of changing their effective lengths upon being s... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434021 | Reverse building process for the manufacture of complex-shaped vehicle fuel tanks A manufacturing process for reverse building complex-shaped vehicle fuel tanks using complementary female mold halves which, when joined together about their mating peripheral edges, exactly duplicate the vehicle body cavity into which the completed tanks... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433758 | Brake adjuster having a rod drawn through a draw ring A brake adjuster wherein a solid or fluted rod is connected between the return mechanism and the pressure plate of a brake assembly. The rod passes through a draw ring of slightly less diameter than the major diameter of the rod. The draw ring may be part... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4432440 | Electrically actuated aircraft brakes Apparatus for electrically controlling the application and release of aircraft brakes. In one embodiment, the invention includes a slurry clutch controlling a reciprocating member which is operatively connected to the pressure plate. In another embodiment... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4423832 | Inflatable liner for particulate bulk cargo receptacles An inflatable liner for mounting within a hopper type receptacle or container which receives and discharges flowable bulk particulate material. The liner is comprised of one or more inflatable members such as inflatable fabric bags or tubular members loos... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4412603 | Dual pressure, dual piston actuator A hydraulic actuator comprises a first piston mounted within a primary bore and moved in response to a low pressure force while a second piston is mounted in an axially aligned secondary bore and is moved in response to a high pressure force. The second p... | 11/01/1983 |
