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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182643 | Large composite structures and a process for fabricating large composite structures In a process for fabricating large structures, a composite material panel is continuously pultruded in a pultrusion die assembly and cut transversely to the process direction to provide panel sections. The panel sections can be sufficiently long to extend from one e... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8172195 | Foundation adapter system A tiedown system foundation adapter system provides greater flexibility in spotting equipment on a support surface. An adapter module includes a plate assembly that drops into a slotted track system and is slid along the track system until it fits into an attachment... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8053068 | Shape memory alloy composite material shock and vibration isolator devices A shock and vibration isolator device has one or more connecting elements of a superelastic shape memory alloy composite material extending between a base member, configured to mount to a structure or ground, and a mounting member, configured to support equipment or... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7926677 | Modular packaging system A modular packaging system of containers each having a generally tubular, hollow container body of a fiber-reinforced composite material with cooperative mating interlocking elements extending axially along its length. The interlocking elements allow the containers ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7854410 | Powered unmanned aerial vehicle An unmanned aerial vehicle mounts a payload section to an air delivery vehicle. The air delivery vehicle includes deployable wings and tail fins for gliding or powered flight. A set of propeller blades are provided for powered flight. The propeller blades are mounte... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7829829 | Grid fin control system for a fluid-borne object A grid fin control system for a fluid-borne body includes a nozzle extension, an optional stabilization device, and a plurality of grid fins. The grid fins are stowable folded against the nozzle extension and deployable to extend radially outwardly. ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7811493 | Joiner panel system A joiner panel system is formed from a composite material and includes a panel attached to a deck by a coaming or shoe and attached at its upper edge by a curtain plate that fits around obstructions at the ceiling area. The shoe can be readily installed to an uneven... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7707788 | Buckling restrained brace for structural reinforcement and seismic energy dissipation and method of producing same A buckling restrained brace includes a deformable core contained within an outer casing. Ends of the core protrude from the casing for connection to a frame or other structure. A length of the deformable core between its ends, referred to as the gauge or yielding se... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7407901 | Impact resistant, thin ply composite structures and method of manufacturing same A reinforced carbon-carbon (RCC) composite material has improved impact resistance. The RCC composite material is formed from a fiber reinforcement of layers or plies of thin ply carbon fiber fabric impregnated with a carbon matrix. Carbon nanotube reinforcement in ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7337737 | Stanchion assembly A stanchion assembly is provided for retaining cargo in a hold from lateral motion, the hold having a deck grid fitting assembly and a ceiling grid fitting assembly. The stanchion assembly includes an elongated beam with a box cross section of two parallel webs and ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7243879 | Lattice fin for missiles or other fluid-born bodies and method for producing same A method for the manufacture of lattice fins for fluid-born bodies is provided. In one embodiment, lattice fins having a metallic cell structure are manufactured from strips or sheets of metal. In another embodiment, composite lattice fins are manufactured from a lo... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7213530 | Hatch or door system for securing and sealing openings in marine vessels A hatch or door system for closing an opening in a surrounding structure has a panel assembly having a metal frame enclosing a composite material panel. An operating mechanism is operative in a first stage to hold the panel assembly in the closed position. In a seco... | 05/08/2007 |
| 6986481 | Extendable joined wing system for a fluid-born body An extendable wing system for a fluid-born body has a forward wing and an aft wing pivotably coupled together at a location outward of their wing roots. A linkage mechanism mounted on the body provides both pivoting of the wing roots about a pivot point and translat... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6953001 | Hatch or door system for securing and sealing openings in marine vessels A hatch or door system secures and seals an opening in a surrounding structure, such as a horizontal or vertical surface of a marine vessel. A panel having at least two straight edges is rotatably mountable to the surrounding surface. An operating mechanism is mount... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6928715 | Method for producing lattice fin for missiles or other fluid-born bodies A method for the manufacture of lattice fins for fluid-born bodies is provided. In one embodiment, lattice fins having a metallic cell structure are manufactured from strips or sheets of metal. In another embodiment, composite lattice fins are manufactured from a lo... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6764057 | Low cost tooling technique for producing pultrusion dies A pultrusion die is usually fashioned of multiple pieces. One or more die components, and possibly all die components, can be formed by facing less precisely machined and finished tooling materials with highly polished sheet metal. Other possible die components can ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6730382 | Stiff composite structures A damage-resistant structure suitable for ship's stanchions and other tube and post applications that are susceptible to permanent bending deformation from impacts or overloads is revealed. Multiple stiff, strong, axially oriented high aspect ratio reinforcements, i... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6701680 | Low cost, light weight, energy-absorbing earthquake brace An energy absorbing seismic brace for both retrofit and new construction. The brace comprises a central strut of either multi-legged or homogeneous section fabricated from low strength aluminum, whose characteristics maximize the seismic energy absorption... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6530182 | Low cost, light weight, energy-absorbing earthquake brace An energy absorbing seismic brace for both retrofit and new construction. The brace comprises a central strut of either multi-legged or homogeneous section fabricated from low strength aluminum, whose characteristics maximize the seismic energy absorption... | 03/11/2003 |
