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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8097198 | Manufacturing method with vacuum bag A method for producing an article of composite material. A female molding tool is provided. A form bag is provided. At least one prepreg is placed in the molding tool. A heel shaped hard tool part. A hard tool part is placed at the female tool close to an edge of th... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7944392 | Radar receiver and a method for processing radar returns A method for processing received radar returns of a radiated wide-band arbitrary waveform in a wide-band radar processing system using spectral processing. The received wide-band radar returns are undersampled by using a first sampling rate to obtain an undersampled... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7561096 | Subsurface imaging radar The present invention can be summarized by use of a diffraction limited SAR giving large integration angle and a short depth of field which gives that energy from underground targets is focused independently at different depths to enable 3d imaging. The radar... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7551118 | RFI suppression in SAR A filter scheme for broadcast interference cancellation that is computationally efficient and numerically robust Airborne Low Frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) operating in the VHF and UHF bands has been shown. At least interference Doppler filtering or inter... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7538717 | Adaptive ground clutter cancellation The present invention refers to an airborne radar device (1) comprising at least two antennas (2, 3) and clutter suppressing means (4). The radar device is arranged, via the antennas (2, 3) to send out radar pulses focused in main lobes (... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7467121 | Method of establishing rules for a device which is intended to be able to be used for generating decision support The invention concerns a method of establishing rules (14) for a specific device which is intended to be able to be used for generating decision support for decisions which determine the behavior of an entity (44) and/or for controlling the behavior of... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7401060 | Device, use, system, and storage medium concerning decision support for, or the control of, the behavior of an entity The invention concerns a device with a supervising unit arranged to handle a rule system for the behavior of an entity. The supervising unit comprises at least one storage member in which a set of rules for the behavior is stored. The device also has a user interfac... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400244 | System and method for determining the location of a moving object in a secluded space A system for determining a location of a moving object in an enclosed space comprises at least one first transmitter adapted to be located in the enclosed space, wherein each of the first transmitters is operable to transmit a code associated with the first transmit... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7391574 | Head-up display A head-up display system including an image source with a projection lens where the lens projects an intermediate image on a diffuser, forming an intermediate image on the diffuser matt surface. A first planar semi-transparent mirror is arranged to reflect the inter... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7377517 | Target device A target device for firing practice. At least one thermal target surface is heated by an electrically current passing through same. The thermal target surface includes a number of current coils arranged so as to conduct the current from a first area of the target su... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373886 | Dispenser for discharging countermeasures and method therefore A method and an arrangement for discharging countermeasures from a carrier craft in the form of an aircraft or equivalent. The countermeasures are intended to be spread initially in the form of unit packs that, after they have left the carrier craft, are to screen t... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7365703 | Radar reflector A radar reflector including a first and a second radar corner. The radar corners are formed by an essentially rectangular first flat plate and a second and a third essentially flat plate arranged perpendicular to the first plate at two perpendicular edges of the fir... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363152 | Method and system for calculating a flight route The invention concerns a method and a system for calculating a flight route between a first position and a second position. According to the method, the first position is chosen as the current position, and the following steps are then repeated until the second posi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353739 | Arrangement for weapon An arrangement for a weapon including a countermass for reducing the pressure around the weapon. The countermass is enclosed in a countermass container that can be opened at both ends. The invention aims to bring about a symmetrical opening with favorable recoil in ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7305911 | Method and device for launching free-flying projectiles The present invention relates to a method and a device by means of which it has been made possible, without gas discharge to the surrounding environment, to accelerate the speed of a powder-gas-driven projectile from zero to a speed which gives the projectile free-f... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7301507 | Reflector comprising a core having a thickness that varies in accordance with a given pattern The present invention relates to a reflector for a reflector antenna. The reflector includes a reflective surface in the form of a first skin, wherein the first skin is adherent to a core that is substantially thicker than the first skin. A portion of the core not a... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7248967 | Autonomous velocity estimation and navigation Measurement of a spatial velocity vector in order to make determination of a geographical position possible. A spatial velocity meter includes an inertial measurement unit, a direction-sensing module and a velocity processor. The inertial measurement unit registers ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7233859 | Method and device for planning a trajectory The present invention relates to planning of a trajectory for minimum threat exposure in a given geographical region. A trajectory is planned from a start node to a final node in a digital representation of the geographical region. The threat exposure for a vehicle ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7161500 | Display device for aircraft and method for displaying detected threats This invention concerns a display device for aircraft comprising a display surface (15) that has a punctual marking (11) arranged so as to represent the pilot's own airplane and one or more threat markings, each of which is arranged so as to represent ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158877 | Waypoint navigation The invention relates to remote control of an unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, (100) from a control station (110) by means of a wireless command link (115). The UAV (100) may be controlled in an autonomous mode wherein it flies according to ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151999 | Passive terrain navigation The present invention relates to terrain navigation wherein an earth-reflected satellite signal is received from at least one reference signal source whose position is known (120), for example a navigation satellite. Based on information contained in the rece... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7124982 | Device for bracing a shell in an aircraft fuselage A device for bracing a shell surface in an aircraft fuselage against deformations and consisting of a continuous profile that is arranged so as, after conformation, to be mounted against the shell surface. Notches are spaced at regular distances apart from each othe... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7064704 | Apparatus for radar A radar transmits electromagnetic energy in pulse repetition intervals and receives reflections from objects in range gates including Doppler filters. The radar approves desirable ambiguous echoes and suppresses ambiguous echoes of no interest or that interfere with... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059560 | System for determining the target range for a laser guided weapon A system for determining the distance between a target (4) and a laser guided weapon traveling towards the target (4). The system (1) comprises a laser designator (5) on a remote platform (2) for radiating a first train of pulses (... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7051511 | Method and arrangement for preventing encased explosives being caused to explode by an external fire This disclosure relates to a method and an arrangement for preventing explosives such as rocket engines from exploding while subjected to an external fire in an ammunition bunker. The basic principle underlying the invention is that the casing surrounding the explos... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052276 | System and method for combat simulation The invention relates to simulation of effects in a combat environment, wherein personnel, vehicles and buildings are exposed to simulated fire from military weapons. Direct fire and indirect fire are simulated by means of at least one of light rays and radio waves.... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7017861 | Control system for actuators in an aircraft A control system for calculating control commands for actuators in an aircraft, wherein the control commands are calculated by computers distributed in the craft in dependence on input signals containing parameters that serve as the basis for said commands, wherein ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013593 | Holder device The invention relates to a holder device configured for fastening to a substantially cylindrical body, such as a gun barrel, for the support of equipment such as a sight. The holder device comprises at least two holder elements, one holder element being configured f... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6982667 | Method for target-tracking of objects A geographical region having an object to be tracked is divided into subregions, where adjacent disposed subregions partial overlap one another and the overlapping portions of adjacently disposed subregions share common states. A transition matrix is used to represe... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6971299 | Countermass weapon The subject invention concerns a general method of producing countermass weaponry and is based on the use of a high-pressure system and a low-pressure system with a countermass (12, 26, 26′, 38) acting against the low-pressure system. The high-pressure syst... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6967000 | Method and device for fabricating composite materials and bonded sheet items This invention refers to a method and a device for use in connection with the fabrication of multilayer products (8) such as composites and bonded multilayer sheet products, ect. by means of the so-called “bagging technique,” to increase the compressive p... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6959402 | Computer device with a safety function The invention concerns a computer device with a safety function in order to avoid non-necessary disconnection of the computer device. The computer device comprises processor means (10), an ordinary member unit (12), a supervisory unit (14) and a... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6945782 | Method and arrangement for indicating hits The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for indicating that a target (1), such as a vehicle, has been hit. The target is provided with information on the weapon action, and a light source indicates a hit. The information can be made available by ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6814563 | Holding device for holding an article and a plant for heat treatment of an article The invention refers to a plant and a holding device in connection with heat treatment of articles (3), which is at least partly manufactured in a thermosetting composite material. The holding device, which is comprised by the plant, includes a base element (... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6774818 | Method and device for the presentation of objects in surrounding space The invention relates to a method device for displaying, in a way that is easy for an operator, such as a pilot in an aircraft, to grasp and understand, the direction to objects (A, B) in the surrounding space. In accordance with the invention the object is projecte... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6681561 | Outlet device for a jet engine An outlet device for a jet engine (2) includes an outlet channel (3), which has an upstream end (3') for being connected to the jet engine and a downstream end (3") and which defines a main flow direction (a) for a jet from the jet engine. The outlet chan... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6568292 | Indexing mechanism A method and a device are provided for achieving a step-by-step feeding, based on a rotary shaft which optionally can be made to execute one or more well-defined, whole rotation turns. The step-by-step feeding is achieved by mechanical connection between ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6428452 | Assembly robot for wing A method and a device for assembling an air-craft wing incorporating at least two of the operations drilling, riveting and fitting of anchor nuts (20), where a robot (7) is mobile relative to the wing in a plane parallel to the wing and where the robot (7... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6386485 | Arrangement and method for regulating the steering force in a mechanical steering system for an aircraft The present invention relates to an arrangement and a method in a mechanical control system of an aircraft. From the cockpit of the aircraft control surfaces (1) of the aircraft can be acted upon via the control system by means of at least one control ele... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6278401 | Target type estimation in target tracking The present invention is in general related to target type estimation in target tracking systems. The invention enables a low complexity estimation of target type, using, e.g. ESM sensor data, by the introduction of an ambiguity restoring procedure in cer... | 08/21/2001 |
