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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7956521 | Electrical connection of a substrate within a vacuum device via electrically conductive epoxy/paste An image intensifier includes a microchannel plate (MCP) having an output surface, and a ceramic substrate having an outer surface. The output surface of the MCP and the outer surface of the ceramic substrate are oriented facing each other. An imager is substantiall... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7944389 | Emitter proximity identification Systems and methods for monitoring and classifying RF emissions in the field include storing an electronic signature map (ESM) of a selected geographic area, where the electronic signature map includes previously detected emitter closeness measures (ECMs) in the sel... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7531273 | Fullerene-based secondary cell electrodes A composition for forming an electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery includes a carbonaceous material combined with a fullerene material including fullerene species having a carbon content of Cn, where n≧100. The composition is heated to a tempera... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7529677 | Methods and apparatus for remotely processing locally generated commands to control a local device A technique for remotely processing a local audio command to control a local device includes: receiving at a local site an acoustic signal and generating a corresponding audio signal; transmitting the audio signal to a remote site; performing speech recognition proc... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7518952 | Sonar sensor array signal distribution system and method A system and method for signal distribution within a sensor array uses a coaxial transmission line. Taps are affixed to the outer conductor of the coaxial transmission line and include field coupling portions extending into the internal field region of the coaxial t... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7511809 | Air sampler module for enhancing the detection capabilities of a chemical detection device or system An air sampler module is provided for use with a detection device that monitors liquids and/or solids on a surface using spectroscopy techniques. The air sampler module comprises a housing, an intake port for collecting air containing airborne threats to be analyzed... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7511804 | Crossed beam roof target for motion tracking A system for detecting motion between a first body and a second body includes first and second detector-emitter pairs, disposed on the first body, and configured to transmit and receive first and second optical beams, respectively. At least a first optical rotator i... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7511368 | Carrier device for electronic chip A surface mount electronic chip (10) is mounted on a holder (70) and electrically connected to holder terminals (74,76, 80) by the use of a carrier device (30). The carrier device has clips (36) mounted on walls of the carrier fram... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7508520 | System and method for multi-target fluid concentration detection and mapping Methods and systems for obtaining a target fluid map of a survey area using a differential absorption LIDAR (DIAL) system are provided. Pulse bursts are transmitted toward the survey area, where each pulse burst includes an off-line pulse and at least one on-line pu... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7505506 | System and method for generating single sideband, constant envelope, spread spectrum signals with multiple spreading codes A method of generating a composite signal includes the steps of: (a) generating a plurality of sub-carriers, each sub-carrier having a different frequency position in a frequency spectrum; (b) generating a plurality of codes; and (c) forming a plurality of code comb... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7504879 | Transconductor and filter circuit A transconductor and filter circuit is described. In one embodiment, a front end module within the transconductor and filter circuit converts a differential input voltage signal into a differential output current and supplies the output current at a differential out... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7502693 | Spectral feature-based identification of substances A spectroscopic identification method and system are provided that uses the primary or main spectroscopic features of a source, such as those as arising from chemical functional groups, to describe and distinguish the source. These primary spectroscopic features mak... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7502382 | Method and apparatus for multicast packet distribution in a satellite constellation network A satellite network constellation employs a technique for multicasting packets through the network according to the present invention. The network comprises plural satellites in plural orbital planes with each satellite equipped with a plurality of high-speed point-... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7502360 | Method and apparatus for dynamic neighbor discovery within wireless networks using time division multiple access (TDMA) An Ad-Hoc wireless network according to the present invention employs a TDMA based neighbor discovery protocol, where each network node is assigned a unique time slot to broadcast neighbor discovery packets or messages. A primary controller node is dynamically desig... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7502117 | Interferometer with ghost suppression An interferometer includes a beamsplitter, and a compensator. At least one surface of the beamsplitter or compensator has a non-zero power. In one embodiment, one surface of the beamsplitter is flat and the other surface of the beamsplitter is curved. In another emb... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7496059 | Energy-efficient medium access control protocol and system for sensor networks An energy efficient MAC protocol for a sensor network that extends the battery life of remotely located wireless nodes by employing MAC operations involving transmission of a wake-up signal with more processing gain, dynamic adjustment of a transmission rate of sync... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7490537 | Suppression apparatus for explosive devices A suppression apparatus for a suspected explosive device comprising a container which surrounds a cavity, wherein the container is shaped such that when filled with liquid, the liquid has an outer boundary of cylindrical shape and an inner boundary of frusto-conical... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7490008 | GPS accumulated delta range processing for navigation applications Techniques for GPS navigation used to determine the position and velocity of a moving object. Pseudorange (PR) measurements and accumulated delta range (ADR) measurements are made at the object from received GPS signals. Differences are computed between ADR measurem... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487493 | Method and apparatus for developing standard architecture compliant software for programmable radios A method and apparatus is described for generating a standard software communication architecture (SCA) compliant waveform application for a software defined radio. An application shell generator is used to separate implementation of software radio software resource... | 02/03/2009 |
| D585921 | Bearing frame | 02/03/2009 |
| 7482572 | Transmissive diffuser with a layer of polytetrafluoroethylene on the output surface for use with an on-orbit radiometric calibration A flux diffuser for radiometrically calibrating an imaging sensor using the sun as a calibration light source, the flux diffuser including a fiberglass cloth having input and output surfaces. The input surface receives solar irradiance, and the output surface provid... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7482571 | Low cost planar image intensifier tube structure An image intensifier tube is provided. The image intensifier tube has a microchannel plate (MCP), a photocathode and phosphor screen deposited on a fiber optic substrate. A first spacer is positioned between the microchannel plate and the fiber optic substrate. A se... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480493 | Bit detection using code spectrum transform techniques for interference cancellation Spreading code detection methods applying autoregressive spectrum estimation (ARSE) techniques to code division multiple access (CDMA) wireless communication systems allowing the subscriber device to estimate the other users' codes. According to one aspect, ARSE tec... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7476322 | Process and energy-efficient biological treatment system with filtration membrane A membrane filtration system comprising one or more submerged ultrafiltration or microfiltration membrane assemblies at ambient pressure, with mixed liquor is discharged underneath each membrane assembly. In a sequenced batch reactor system, a coarse bubble air diff... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7474685 | Multi-line tunable laser system A multi-line tunable laser system, which uses lasers as light sources to illuminate, identify and or quantify one or more targets based on multi-dimensional spectral characteristics of each target. The system includes a plurality of laser sources, each tunable to em... | 01/06/2009 |
| D583841 | ANSI XLTI bearing frame | 12/30/2008 |
| D583396 | ANSI STI bearing frame | 12/23/2008 |
| 7465919 | Ion detection system with neutral noise suppression An ion detection system includes a mass analyzer generating an ion beam along an ion beam longitudinal axis. A field generator generates a field for altering the direction of ions in the ion beam away from the ion beam longitudinal axis. A conversion dynode includes... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7465173 | De-soldering tool A de-soldering tool includes an upper heating device having an upper heating element for applying heat to an upper mating structure, the upper mating structure arranged in a pattern matching contacts in an electrical connecter soldered to a printed wiring board; a l... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7463214 | Method and apparatus for steering radio frequency beams utilizing photonic crystal structures An RF beam steering device according to present invention embodiments employs a prism assembly to steer an RF beam. The prism assembly includes a plurality of dielectric prisms each with an associated impedance matching layer. The dielectric prisms are rotated relat... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7456970 | Pulse finding apparatus and method A method of finding a temporal location of a reflected pulse in a system for remotely measuring characteristics of a target scene. The method includes steps of: (a) transmitting a pulse burst of two or more pulses toward the target scene; (b) capturing a copy of the... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455777 | Method of adjusting levels of dissolved compounds in beverages A method of producing multiple beverage products from a solution is presented. The method comprises providing the solution in a first container, with the solution having a concentration of a dissolved component. A portion of the solution is provided to a second cont... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7453961 | Methods and apparatus for detection of signal timing A technique is described for determining the timing of a received signal that includes one or more time-delayed versions of a reference signal traveling over respective different signal paths. The technique includes correlating the received signal with the reference... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7452091 | Searchlight featuring bayonet mounting system with 2-speed joystick rotational operation The present invention provides a new and unique searchlight featuring a bayonet/security locking and mounting system, or a controller having a center home position, or a controller having a 2-speed joystick, or some combination of one or more of these features. ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7444565 | Re-programmable COMSEC module A method of mitigating logic upsets includes providing an input to each of a plurality of programmable logic components, processing the input in each programmable logic component, determining an output from each programmable logic component, providing the output fro... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436082 | Rocking motion charging device using faraday principle The present invention provides rocking motion charging device using Faraday's principle. The rocking motion charging device features at least three rocking devices for generating electricity and a gimbaled disk or member coupled to the at least three rocking devices... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436187 | Conductance control for detecting foam and/or an unstable fluid line A method and apparatus is provided for detecting and responding to foaming of a fluid being heated, and more particularly, for operating a device having a container with fluid therein, wherein a resistance of an electrical path from a probe is measured through the f... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7429114 | Light-weight mirror blank assembly A light-weight mirror blank assembly, having at least one sheet of corrugated material; and at least one face sheet in intimate contact with a surface of the sheet of corrugated material forming the light-weight mirror blank assembly. The light-weight mirror blank a... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429724 | Low profile wire bond for an electron sensing device in an image intensifier tube An electron sensing device for receiving electrons from an output surface of an electron gain device includes a silicon die having an active surface area for positioning below the output surface of the electron gain device. An array of first bond pads is disposed on... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7422486 | Connectors to connect modules to electronic devices A connector is provided that facilitates an electrical connection between an electronic device and another device. The connector includes a base, a hollow sheath extending from the base, and a plurality of electrical connecting elements disposed and extending longit... | 09/09/2008 |
