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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8108157 | Electrospun fibrous nanocomposites as permeable, flexible strain sensors The present invention generally relates to methods to provide electrospun polymer/nanoparticle composite-fiber structures for use as lightweight, compliant, porous strain sensors for non-cyclic strain sensing. In one embodiment, the fibers in the nanocomposites comp... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8071710 | Thermoplastic polyphenoxyquinoxaline and method of preparing the same The manufacture of polyetherquinoxalines may be accomplished by polymerization of quinoxaline and related monomers with a bisphenol under aromatic nucleophilic substitution reaction conditions. A method of manufacture includes contacting a substituted or unsubstitut... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8067521 | Amphiphilic co-networks, films made from amphiphilic co-networks and uses for such co-networks and films The present invention relates to the production of amphiphilic copolymer networks or co-networks that are both hydrophobic and hydrophilic, the copolymer networks comprise polyalkylene glycol segments and disubstituted polysiloxane segments. Furthermore, the present... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8043987 | Lead-free ferroelectric/electrostrictive ceramic material A ceramic composition comprising a binary system solid solution represented by the formulae: (1-x)(Sr1-yBiy)TiO3+x(Na0.5Bi0.5)TiO3 and (1-x)(Sr1-1.5yBi | 10/25/2011 |
| 7964693 | Photocurable polymers for ophthalmic applications The present invention generally relates to pre-polymer and polymer compositions that can be photopolymerized. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to crosslinking agents that can be used in the photopolymerization of the pre-polymers and polymers disclos... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7959848 | Method and device for producing electrospun fibers The present invention relates to methods for producing fibers made from one or more polymers or polymer composites, and to structures that can be produced from such fibers. In one embodiment, the fibers of the present invention are nanofibers. The present invention ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7942036 | Rheometer allowing direct visualization of continuous simple shear in non-newtonian fluid The present invention relates to a rheometric device which provides a direct visualization of the subject material. The device also determines the velocity and/or the strain field across the thickness and the morphology to be determined across the same gap. The inve... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7939133 | Method of transferring patterned non-densely packed interfacial particle films onto substrates A process for transferring patterned non-densely packed interfacial particle films onto substrates by providing a substrate, modifying the substrate so that it is non-water wetting, providing an interfacial film of charged particles, applying a surface modifying pro... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7927666 | Aligned carbon nanotube-polymer materials, systems and methods The invention is directed to carbon nanostructure composite systems which may be useful for various applications, including as dry adhesives, electronics and display technologies, or in a wide variety of other areas where organized nanostructures may be formed and i... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7908905 | Rheometer allowing direct visualization of continuous simple shear in non-newtonian fluid The present invention is directed to an improved rheometer which provides direct visualization, and to a rheometer that can be used in conjunction with shearing devices, such as rotational, torsional, sliding plate, and other type rheometers. ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7823215 | Molecular imaging and nanophotonics imaging and detection principles and systems, and contrast agents, media makers and biomarkers, and mechanisms for such contrast agents The present invention relates to near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM) and near-field/far-field scanning microscopy methods, systems and devices that permit the imaging of biological samples, including biological samples or structures that are smaller than t... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7815859 | Method and apparatus for determining the oxygen permeability of a polymer membrane The present invention is relates to an apparatus and method for the determination of the oxygen gas permeability of a polymer. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to an apparatus and method for determining the oxygen gas permeability of a polymer membra... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7777476 | Dynamic modulation for multiplexation of microfluidic and nanofluidic based biosensors The present invention generally relates to a method for rapidly counting micron and/or submicron particles by passing such particles through any of a plurality of microfluidic channels simultaneously with an ion current and measuring the signal generated thereby. Th... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7765647 | Non-woven fiber assemblies In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a non-woven fiber assembly comprising one or more fibers wherein each fiber contains: a hydrophilic component; and an elastomeric component, and wherein the non-woven fiber assembly further comprises an adhesive co... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7744642 | Prosthetic venous valves A prosthetic venous valve includes a frame and leaflets. The frame includes: (i) a generally hollow base disposed at a blood inflow end; (ii) a plurality of struts connected with the base and extending generally parallel to a direction of forward flow of blood from ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7735833 | Double padded finger seal The present invention generally relates to sealing devices used in conjunction with two relatively rotatable members and having a fluid seal there between. Finger seals are utilized to achieve sealing between a rotating member and a stationary member. As such the pr... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7723084 | Fibrous protein-immobilization systems The present invention provides a fibrous protein-immobilization system composition comprising a fiber comprising fiber-forming material, and a protein attached to the fiber-forming material. ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7714054 | Process for making strain-hardened polymer products A process which subjects a body of polymer to deformation to produce strain hardened polymeric products including blending a polymer and a nanoparticle material to produce a polymeric composition, forming a film from the polymeric composition, and subjecting the com... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7677082 | Solid state gas sensors based on tunnel junction geometry A gas detector utilizing tunnel junction geometry is disclosed. The gas detector comprises a first electrically conductive material layer, an electrically nonconductive material layer disposed on the first electrically conductive material layer, a second electricall... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7656524 | High contrast tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy The present invention relates generally to the field of spectroscopy, and more particularly to tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy that provides an enhanced contrast-ratio of a near-field Raman signal to a background signal. The near-field Raman signal is captured from ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7642332 | Amphiphilic networks, process for producing same, and products made therefrom The present invention relates to the production of amphiphilic copolymer networks, or co-networks, and to methods for preparing amphiphilic co-networks. Furthermore, the present invention relates to products and/or films made from the amphiphilic co-networks produce... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7627428 | Method of evaluating surface deformation The present invention generally relates to methods for rapidly calculating the surface displacement that results from an arbitrarily shaped load on the surface of a layered substrate. Some embodiments include sparse direct calculations of surface displacement in com... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7569652 | Synthesis and characterization of novel cyclosiloxanes and their self- and co-condensation with silanol-terminated polydimethylsiloxane The present invention is directed to syntheses of cyclolinear networks. Two novel cyclic siloxanes were used as starting materials. The cyclic siloxanes are self-condensed and co-condensed with silanol-terminated polydimethylsiloxane to vinyl-terminated cyclolinear ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7526946 | Constant-force rheometer The present invention is generally directed to a method for measuring interfacial stick-slip transitions (SST) and an improved constant-force shear capable of measuring interfacial SST. Some embodiments are capable of measuring SST under simple shear conditions and/... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7501529 | 7-Ethynyl-2,4,9-trithiaadamantane and related methods 7-ethynyl-2,4,9-trithiaadamantane and related methods are presented. Manufacturing 7-ethynyl-2,4,9-trithiaadamantane includes the steps of: (1) reducing alkyl 2,4,9-trithiaadamantane-7-carboxylate to produce 7-hydroxymethyl-2,4,9-trithiaadamantane; (2) oxidizing 7-h... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7489107 | Optimal battery charging for damage mitigation A system and method for charging and thus extending the life of an electrical storage device is disclosed. The system provides for developing an essentialized cell model structure of the electrical storage device; determining model parameters for charge-discharge da... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7482297 | Size controlled fibers, tubes and channels synthesized by heterogeneous deposition via sol-gel processing The present invention is generally directed to a method for making sol-gel ceramic nanofibers, and the compositions resulting from practicing such method. Fibers so formed can be used for fabricating filter media and a wide variety of other ceramic fiber structures ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7428050 | Multispectral, multifusion, laser-polarimetric optical imaging system In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a multi-energy polarization imaging method consisting of a multi-fusion, dual-rotating retarder/multiple-energy complete Mueller matrix-based polarimeter and dual-energy capabilities. By subtracting polarimetri... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7420675 | Multi-wavelength imaging system The present invention relates to a multi-energy system that generates and/or forms images of targets/structures by applying Mueller matrix imaging principles and/or Stokes polarimetric parameter imaging principles to data obtained by the multi-energy system. In one ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417151 | Boron-based organic cations and related methods Generally disclosed are boron-based organic cations, a method for their manufacture, a method for their use in ionic liquids, and a method for their use as phase-transfer catalysts. More specifically, the boron-based organic cations have an charge of 1+, 2+, or 3+. | 08/26/2008 |
| 7397232 | Coulter counter having a plurality of channels The present invention generally relates to a method for rapidly counting micron and/or submicron particles by passing such particles through any of a plurality of orifices simultaneously with an ion current and measuring the signal generated thereby. The present inv... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7388065 | Process for preparing siloxane compounds In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a process for preparing siloxane polymers comprising the steps of: (a) polymerizing at least one siloxane-based monomer in the presence of a crosslinking agent consistent with the following structure: | 06/17/2008 |
| 7348441 | Methyl 2,4,9-trithiaadamantane-7-carboxylate Methyl 2,4,9-trithiaadamantane-7-carboxylate and a method for its manufacture is disclosed. The method reacts oxidized methyl triallyl acetate with a Lewis acid and a sulphuring agent. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7320242 | Tensile impact apparatus The present invention generally relates to a tensile impact apparatus that is designed to give dynamic stress-strain curves and fracture characteristics for a rubber specimen undergoing tensile impact loading. More particularly, this invention relates to a tensile i... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7278369 | Temperature indicator using thermochromic materials A temperature indicator for a rubber article comprises a thermochromic material, wherein the thermochromic material is a component of a rubber article selected from the group consisting of tires, belts and hoses. A rubber article containing a temperature indicator i... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7235615 | Synthetic polymers with highly-functionalized liquid-rubber chain-end moieties A method is provided for synthesizing a polymer that has highly-functionalized chain-end moieties. The method functionalizes liquid rubber to terminate a metallic or organometallic initiated living polymer. After the living polymer has been terminated with the funct... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7202317 | Polymerization of i-butene in hydrocarbon media using bis(borane) co-initiators A method is provided for cationically polymerizing olefin monomer by using a novel coinitiator in the presence of water. More specifically, a method is provided for cationically polymerizing olefin monomer by using a novel coinitiator in an aqueous suspension or aqu... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7196149 | Polymerization of i-butane in hydrocarbon media using bis(borane) co-initiators A method is provided for cationically polymerizing olefin monomer by employing the step of using a novel coinitiator in an organic phase or a neat monomer reaction phase. More specifically, a method is provided for cationically polymerizing olefin monomer by employi... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196142 | Polyisobutylene-based block anionomers and cationomers and synthesis thereof Various novel block cationomers comprising polyisobutylene (PIB) and poly(2-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (PDMAEMA) segments have been synthesized and characterized. The specific targets were various molecular weight diblocks (PDMAEMA+) and triblocks ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7163334 | Method and apparatus for mixing fibers A method of mixing including providing a slurry (26, 126) having a first fiber (14, 114) into a container (20, 120), introducing an agitation fluid (31, 138) into the slurry to cause a mixing motion (38, 138) within the slurry, and... | 01/16/2007 |
