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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 |
| 8183164 | Method for preferential growth of semiconducting vertically aligned single walled carbon nanotubes A method and system for the preferential growth of semiconducting vertically-aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes (VA-SWNTs) is provided. The method combines the use of plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition at low pressure with rapid heating. The method provid... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8170335 | Image processing systems employing image compression and accelerated decompression A system for processing an image includes a non-transitory memory component storing a set of executable instructions, and a scalable tile processing device. The executable instructions cause the system to receive image data, partition the image data into tiles, tran... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170334 | Image processing systems employing image compression and accelerated image decompression A system for processing an image includes a non-transitory memory component storing a set of executable instructions, and a scalable tile processing device. The executable instructions cause the system to receive image data, partition the image data into tiles, tran... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170333 | Image processing systems employing image compression A system for processing an image includes a an image data input port, a compressed image data output port or a compressed image data storage node, a non-transitory memory component storing a set of executable instructions, and a scalable tile processing device. The ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8133465 | Polymer-carbon nanotube composite for use as a sensor A polymer-carbon nanotube composite film is provided for use as a sensor for detecting chemical vapors. The composite film is formed by coating perpendicularly-aligned carbon nanotubes with a polymer selected from poly(vinyl acetate), poly(isoprene), or blends there... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8008930 | Characterization technique for dielectric properties of polymers A test structure for polymer characterization over a wide frequency range, temperature range and under an applied DC electric field is disclosed. A high resistivity silicon substrate is topped by an adhesion layer. A polymer thin-film is deposited on a patterned met... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7956715 | Thin film structures with negative inductance and methods for fabricating inductors comprising the same An inductor structure comprising a substrate and a planar conductor structure on a surface of the substrate, and methods for fabricating an inductor structure. The planar conductor structure may comprise a vertical stack of three or more multilayer films. Each multi... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7922975 | Resonant sensor capable of wireless interrogation A resonant sensor for detecting a specific environmental analyte is presented. The resonant sensor comprises a top conductive layer of two ground conductors and a center signal line, a bottom conductive layer of two ground lines shunted together by a shunt line and ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921727 | Sensing system for monitoring the structural health of composite structures A sensing system for use in monitoring the structural health of a structure such as a polymeric matrix composite structure is provided. The system includes a sensor formed from a conductive ink containing carbon nanofibers and a polymeric resin, and a data acquisiti... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7914612 | Compliant column sheath assembly for gas chromatography A compliant column sheath assembly for use in a gas chromatograph is provided which includes an open tubular column in the form of a helical coil having a coiled length of between about 5 and 15 cm. The sheath assembly further includes an insulating sheath which sur... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7904202 | Method and system to provide improved accuracies in multi-jointed robots through kinematic robot model parameters determination A method and system to provide improved accuracies in multi jointed robots through kinematic robot model parameters determination are disclosed. The present invention calibrates multi-jointed robots by using the chain rule for differentiation in the Jacobian derivat... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900507 | Device and method for monitoring the quality of an oil change and condition of engine oil from an oil change A device and method for measuring the quality of a vehicle oil change and the condition of oil obtained during an oil change is provided which includes an oil measurement compartment and at least one coolant sensor. The oil measurement compartment includes a conduct... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7857194 | Method of joining metals to ceramic matrix composites A method of joining metals to a ceramic material such as a ceramic matrix composite is provided which utilizes a compliant interlayer having a coefficient of thermal expansion between the coefficient of thermal expansion of the metal and that of the ceramic matrix c... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7833331 | Non-toxic corrosion-protection pigments based on cobalt Corrosion-inhibiting pigments based on cobalt are described that contain a trivalent or tetravalent cobalt/valence stabilizer complex. An inorganic or organic material is used to stabilize the trivalent or tetravalent cobalt ion to form a compound that is sparingly ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7799163 | Substrate-supported aligned carbon nanotube films This invention relates to a process for preparing a substrate-supported aligned carbon nanotube film including: synthesizing a layer of aligned carbon nanotubes on the substrate capable of supporting nanotube growth, applying a layer of a second substrate to a top s... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7789958 | Non-toxic corrosion-protection pigments based on manganese Corrosion-inhibiting pigments based on manganese are described that contain a trivalent or tetravalent manganese/valence stabilizer complex. An inorganic or organic material is used to stabilize the trivalent or tetravalent manganese ion to form a compound that is s... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7777478 | Touch and auditory sensors based on nanotube arrays A sensor including at least one sensor probe including a pair of electrodes; a vertically aligned nanotube disposed between the pair of electrodes; optionally a piezoelectric polymer on the nanotube; and optionally, a field source for generating a field, the field s... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7771880 | Solid composite electrolyte membrane and method of making A solid composite electrolyte membrane for use in a lithium battery is provided which exhibits a conductivity ranging from about 10−4 S cm−1 to about 10−3 S cm−1 at ambient temperature. The membrane is formed by pr... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7771696 | Nanocomposites and functionalized carbon nanofibers A composition is provided in which carbon nanofibers are functionalized with at least one moiety where the moiety or moieties comprise at least one bivalent radical. The composition can include a nanocomposite, such as polyimide films. Methods for making functionali... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7719392 | Ferroelectric varactors suitable for capacitive shunt switching A ferroelectric varactor suitable for capacitive shunt switching is disclosed. High resistivity silicon with a SiO2 layer and a patterned metallic layer deposited on top is used as the substrate. A ferroelectric thin-film layer deposited on the substrate ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7716987 | Non-contact thermo-elastic property measurement and imaging system for quantitative nondestructive evaluation of materials A non-contact thermo-elastic property measurement and imaging system and method thereof are described. Acoustic energy is incident on a first surface of a specimen under test. The acoustic energy is converted partially into heat by the specimen, causing a slight inc... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7692270 | Ferroelectric varactors suitable for capacitive shunt switching A ferroelectric varactor suitable for capacitive shunt switching is disclosed. High resistivity silicon with a SiO2 layer and a patterned metallic layer deposited on top is used as the substrate. A ferroelectric thin-film layer deposited on the substrate ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7687436 | Flux pinning enhancements in superconductive REBaCUO(REBCO) films and method of forming thereof Nanometer-sized non-superconducting particulates in superconductive REBCO films, where RE is a rare earth metal, for flux pinning enhancement and a method of forming are disclosed. A target with a second phase material sector portion and a superconductive material p... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7618731 | Ceramic-ceramic nanocomposite electrolyte A ceramic-ceramic nanocomposite electrolyte having enhanced conductivity is provided. The nancomposite electrolyte is formed from chemically stabilized zirconia such as yttria stabilized zirconia or scandia stabilized zirconia and a heterogeneous ceramic dopant mate... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7538062 | Substrate-enhanced electroless deposition (SEED) of metal nanoparticles on carbon nanotubes An electroless deposition method of depositing metal nanoparticles onto conductive substrates such as carbon nanotubes is provided. The carbon nanotubes are provided on a support comprising a metal substrate and then immersed in an aqueous solution containing metal ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7537663 | Corrosion-inhibiting coating A corrosion-inhibiting coating, process, and system that provides a tight, adherent zinc- or zinc-alloy coating that is directly deposited onto steel or cast iron surfaces for enhanced corrosion protection. A process for applying the coating is also provided. The pr... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7488508 | Asymmetric end-functionalization of carbon nanotubes A method of making an asymmetric end-functionalized carbon nanotube film is described. The method includes providing a carbon nanotube film having a first end and a second end; contacting the first end of the carbon nanotube film with a first reactive medium; reacti... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7422793 | Non-toxic corrosion-protection rinses and seals based on rare earth elements Rinsing or sealing solutions comprising a rare earth element and a valence stabilizer for barrier films. The treated films contain a rare earth/valence stabilizer complex. The rare earth element is selected from cerium, praseodymium, terbium, or combinations thereof... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7407711 | Non-toxic corrosion-protection conversion coats based on rare earth elements Conversion coatings comprising a rare earth element and a valence stabilizer combined to form a rare earth/valence stabilizer complex are described for substrate metals. The rare earth element is selected from cerium, praseodymium, terbium, or combinations thereof, ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7349078 | Characterization of lenses In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a method of characterizing a lens is provided. According to the method, an optical source such as a laser is configured to generate a collimated beam that is focused along an optical axis at a distance f | 03/25/2008 |
| 7305094 | System and method for actively damping boom noise in a vibro-acoustic enclosure A system and method for actively damping boom noise within an enclosure such as an automobile cabin. The system comprises an acoustic wave sensor, a motion sensor, an acoustic wave actuator, a first electronic feedback loop, and a second electronic feedback loop. Th... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7294211 | Non-toxic corrosion-protection conversion coats based on cobalt Conversion coatings based on cobalt are described for substrate metals such as aluminum, zinc, magnesium, titanium, cadmium, silver, copper, tin, lead, cobalt, zirconium, beryllium, or indium, their alloys, or items coated with these metals. The conversion coating c... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291217 | Non-toxic corrosion-protection pigments based on rare earth elements A corrosion-inhibiting pigment comprising a rare earth element and a valence stabilizer combinded to form a rare earth/valence stabilizer complex. The rare earth element is selected from cerium, terbium, praseodymium, or a combination thereof, and at least one rare ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7265198 | Sulfonated polyarylenethioethersulfone polymer and copolymer compositions A sulfonated polyarylenethioethersulfone polymer and copolymer. The sulfonated polyarylenethioethersulfone polymer and copolymer comprises the reaction product of an aromatic dihalo functionality sulfonated monomer, an aromatic dithiol monomer, and optionally an aro... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7235142 | Non-toxic corrosion-protection rinses and seals based on cobalt Rinsing or sealing solutions based on cobalt are described for barrier films such as anodic coatings, phosphate coatings, or “black oxide” coatings. The treated films contain a trivalent or tetravalent cobalt/valence stabilizer complex. The rinsing or sealing ba... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7208551 | Polyaryleneetherketone phosphine oxide compositions incorporating cycloaliphatic units for use as polymeric binders in thermal control coatings and method for synthesizing same Polyaryleneetherketone triphenylphosphine oxide compositions incorporating cycloaliphatic units are provided which may be used as a polymeric binders in thermal control coatings for use in space environments. A method is also provided for synthesizing the polyarylen... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7182853 | Redox control/monitoring platform for high throughput screening/drug discovery applications The invention is a redox control and monitoring platform that is to be used in conduction with another detection scheme. The platform includes a portion of an electrochemical control. The electrochemical control can be operated to control and measure the redox envir... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7043967 | Sensor device for monitoring the condition of a fluid and a method of using the same The present invention is a compact apparatus and method that provides an efficient manner for monitoring the condition and level of a functional fluid directly in operating equipment. A sensor device is provided that includes a plurality of liquid sensors and a plur... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7029603 | Conductive polymeric nanocomposite materials A method of reinforcing a polymeric material with carbon nanofibers is provided in which carbon nanofibers are combined with a polymer and a solvent for the polymer to form a substantially homogeneous mixture, followed by removal of the solvent by evaporation or coa... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7030463 | Tuneable electromagnetic bandgap structures based on high resistivity silicon substrates Electrically tunable electromagnetic bandgap (“TEBG”) structures using a ferroelectric thin film on a semiconductor substrate, tunable devices that include such a TEBG structure, such as a monolithic microwave integrated circuit (“MMIC”), and a method produc... | 04/18/2006 |
