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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5283982 | Complex contour milling machine The milling machine disclosed herein offers significant advantages over prior milling machines, particularly in the field of milling composite panels. The structure of the milling machine, having a C-shaped frame with a clamping mechanism that cooperates ... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5201892 | Rivet orientating device A rivet orienting and handling device is disclosed that is capable of controllably and accurately handling rivets of different size diameters. The device includes a manifold adapted to receive rivets from a remote hopper, a body adapted to transport rivet... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5166696 | Apparatus and method for deploying an inflatable antenna Provided is a method and apparatus for deploying an inflatable antenna from a compressed storage position on the trailer bed of a transport vehicle. A support structure is provided having a pair of spaced apart actuating rails for engagement with the ante... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5155905 | Method and apparatus for attaching a circuit component to a printed circuit board A method and apparatus are provided for mounting a gate array device 12 on a printed circuit board 14. The device 12 includes at least two pin-type electrical contacts 22, 24 and a plurality of button-type contacts. A sheet of boron nitride 26 is position... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5132699 | Inflatable antenna Provided is a collapsible antenna formed of one or more generally planar and vertically inclined inflatable panels. According to the invention, each of the panels has a continuous outer wall, a continuous inner wall and a plurality of web partitions exten... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5043839 | Electronically monitored and controlled electrostatic discharge floor structure The flooring structure of this invention controls electrostatic charges. The normal presence of moisture will not affect the flooring structure's ability to control electrostatic charges. A moisture detector circuit will, however, indicate the presence of... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5010658 | Hole profile gaging systems The present invention provides a hole profile gage comprising a probe that senses deviations in the contour of the inner surface of a bore while it is retracted through the bore. The profile gage includes a processing unit that samples the output from the... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4977562 | Method and apparatus for laser frequency stabilization A method and apparatus for stabilizing the frequency at which a laser cavity oscillates comprising a passive system which provides a plurality or continuum of optical paths of differing lengths. The various paths correspond to differences in mode paramete... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4970403 | Focal array reimaging system The present invention relates to an optical reimaging system which incorporates multiple sets of lenses to transmit an image from one plane to another in the form of image segments which are detected by one or more discrete detector arrays. Signals genera... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4946526 | Method for compression molding of laminated panels A process for producing reinforced laminate plastic panel structures by thermoplastic compression employing internal mold mandrels which are significantly embrittled during or subsequent to the compression step. Hat stiffened panels formed from two thermo... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4938916 | Flux enhancement for neutron radiography inspection device A neutron radiography system having a high energy neutron generator (100) of the type comprising an ion accelerator (106) and a tritium target (110) located downstream of the accelerator. The generator is disclosed in a housing (22) containing a moderator... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4936941 | Automatic skin taping machine The invention is an automatic skin taping machine for use in applying a protective coating to sheets of material, especially aluminum. The machine comprises a main frame, a transfer car movable within the main frame, an applicator that uniformly applies t... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4933951 | Minimum thermal environment sensor A planar thermal radiator for use in outer space is disclosed. The radiator is adapted to rotate on two mutually perpendicular x and y axes which are in x and y planes respectively that are perpendicular to each other and to the planar surfaces of the rad... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4931241 | Method for producing structures by isostatic compression A process for producing a green composite structure by isostatic compression and filtration. A suspension of colloidal size matrix powders is established in a carrier liquid. The suspension is incorporated into a die chamber having a filter opening contai... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4848042 | Fluid jet cutting system with standoff control A system for closely controlling the standoff distance of a nozzle in a remotely controlled fluid jet abrasive cutting system. The system comprises a head assembly having a support section and a nozzle body. Control means move the head assembly along a de... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4840763 | Method for the production of reinforced composites A process for the production of reinforced refractory composite structures which may be of high density and shaped in desired three dimensional configurations. The shaped composite structures are produced by forming a suspension of particulate materials i... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4826275 | Optical communication systems using star couplers Optical communication system having repeater amplifiers cascaded with plurality of optical star couplers wherein each star coupler is coupled to an associated set of terminals. Each star coupler has two mixing sections serially disposed between its input ... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4792904 | Computerized flight inspection system A computerized flight inspection system is disclosed. The system of the present invention may be utilized to generate an accurate reference location with respect to an airport runway for an aircraft having an inertial navigation system. A selected geometr... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4791722 | Method of designing and manufacturing circuits using universal circuit board A printed circuit for mounting and connecting a plurality of semiconductor devices is disclosed and includes a planar insulating substrate having multiple conductive layers disposed in overlying relationship within the planar substrate. A plurality of par... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4774702 | Erasable optical memory employing a marmen alloy to effect phase-change erasing in a chalcogenide film A portion of a chalcogenide transformation film in a less reflective phase responds to a low energy laser beam writing pulse by transforming to a crystalline phase. A marmem alloy, secured to the bottom side of the film, responds to a longer erasing pulse... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4703922 | Mechanism for raising, rotating and lowering a part A mechanism for raising, rotating and lowering a workpiece from a first secured position to a second secured position with only a rotational input, wherein work operations may be performed on said workpiece in the first and second secured positions, inclu... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4655679 | Power translation device An apparatus for translating motive energy includes a rotor structure, having mutually spaced rotor members, adapted to react with fluids within the housing. In one embodiment, the rotor structure is rotationally driven by an external power plant for pump... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4645394 | Fastener apparatus A fastening apparatus is adapted to be inserted and removed from one side of a work piece having an opposite side which is substantially inaccessible to a worker. A first, externally threaded member is threadingly engaged with a receiving structure, and a... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4637761 | Automated tool positioning system An automated tool positioning system is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of work stations, each having a set of guide rails disposed along the length thereof. A single control device is provided and includes a set of guide rails adapted to be te... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4637008 | Optical erasable disk memory system utilizing duration modulated laser switching An optical erasable disk memory system which utilizes duration modulated laser switching is disclosed. The disk storage system utilizes a disk-shaped storage medium which includes a planar substrate and a thin film of phase change material. A substantiall... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635245 | Frasable optical read/write data storage disc A temperature sensitive data storage element is disclosed, suitable for application in an erasable optical read/write data storage system. The data storage element includes an optical tuning film and a film of thermochromic phase change material which wil... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4624726 | Apparatus for forming elongate structures of composite materials An apparatus is disclosed for forming elongate structures of composite materials. The apparatus includes a plurality of forming dies for preheating, heating and then cooling an elongate portion of composite material while shaping the material within an in... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4615587 | High speed erasing and rebiasing of thermoptic thin films A method and apparatus for rapidly erasing and rebiasing a thermoptic thin film. A thermal insulating material (16) is disposed adjacent a thermoptic thin film (10). A layer of resistive material (14) is disposed between the insulating material and the th... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4598395 | Erasable optical read/write data storage system An erasable optical read/write data storage system is disclosed. The data storage system utilizes a temperature sensitive data storage disk which includes an optical tuning film and a film of thermochromic phase change material which will change from a fi... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4594120 | Method for installing a septum in honeycomb core In a method of installing a septum (18) at a desired depth within a section of honeycomb core (12) for use in a sound attenuation panels, the septum is sandwiched between two layers (20, 24) of support material having a melting temperature intermediate be... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4591402 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing composite structures An apparatus for forming composite, fiber/resin components with fibrous, resin-impregnated tape is disclosed. The apparatus employs a gantry for positioning a tape dispensing head assembly over a mold structure, which defines a mold surface of planar or c... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4587555 | Neutron and X-ray radiation combined inspection means and method A radiographic imaging system (10) includes first and second housing segments (10a, 10b) with the second housing segment (11b) having a low-light-sensitivity television camera (13) mounted therein. The first housing segment (11a) has a radioluminescent sc... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4587565 | Pressure sensitive film display having multiple gray levels A pressure sensitive film display is disclosed having a piezoelectric substrate and a thin film of pressure sensitive phase change material disposed thereon. A film of pressure sensitive material such as samarium sulfide is deposited on a piezoelectric su... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4585675 | Alumina silicon carbide, and silicon primary protective coatings for carbon-carbon substrates In accordance with the invention, a composition of matter is provided for forming a coating for protecting carbonaceous substrates from degradation at elevated temperatures. The composition of matter is a mixture of particulate silicon, silicon carbide an... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4586164 | Random access memory device utilizing phase change materials A random access memory device is disclosed which utilizes phase change materials. The memory device includes two overlapping films of a phase change material which exhibits an optically discernible phase change at any portion thereof which is subjected to... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4582999 | Thermal neutron collimator In a system for generating thermal (14 MeV) neutrons containing an ionic accelerator, a novel thermal neutron collimator for producing a beam of collimated thermal neutrons is disclosed. The apparatus includes a substantially hollow collimator tube (10) h... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4574029 | Apparatus for forming concave tape wrapped composite structures An apparatus is disclosed for forming concave tape wrapped composite structures. The apparatus utilizes a mold having a cylindrical concave surface with a mounting plate mounted for rotation at each end thereof about a point on a longitudinal axis of the ... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4567007 | Method of making carbon/carbon composites Disclosed is a method of making carbon/carbon composites by pyrolytic conversion of a carbonizable liquid in a pre-formed graphite body to form an amorphous carbon reinforcing matrix. Graphite fabric saturated with a carbonizable liquid is formed into the... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4560603 | Composite matrix with oriented whiskers A composite material manufacturing process and resulting structure is provided to include high strength material whiskers (20) having a characteristic orientation when placed in an electromagnetic field (22). In one embodiment, whiskers (20) are disposed ... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4554657 | Multiplexed multiplex bus A multiplexed multiplex bus includes a bus controller for controlling the traffic on a multiplex bus network. A plurality of extended buses are stubbed off of one stub on the main bus and are buffered by a series of driver/receivers. Control remote termin... | 11/19/1985 |
