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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5261011 | Image discriminator which automatically enhances the ability of a system to discriminate between sources that can not be removed by fixed spectral cancellation An image discriminator which automatically enhances the ability of a system to discriminate between sources that can not be removed by fixed spectral cancellation. The invention (10) includes a mechanism (12, 14, 16, and 18) for separating input energy in... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5235129 | High capacity electrical cartridge interconnect A system for controlling the application of firing signals to electrically fired ammunition rounds which are chambered in the gun or the like. A plurality of insulated contacts are installed in the firing chamber wall so as to connect electrically to mati... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5232738 | Process for removably fixing optical fibers Optical fibers are removably held in place on a payout bobbin using a silicone-based adhesive. The adhesive in a liquid carrier is applied to the optical fibers as they are wound onto the payout bobbin, and holds the fibers in place during the winding of ... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5226614 | Infrared tracker for a portable missile launcher A portable missile launcher (12) has all of the infrared tracker (20) mounted to the same housing (48). The infrared missile beacon image beam (26) is intercepted by a rotating prism (28) which directs a portion of the beam to a narrow field detector (32)... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5225893 | Two-color focal plane array sensor arrangement A two-color focal plane array sensor arrangement (10) operative to simultaneously sense optical energy within first and second wavelength spectra from a scene within a field of view is disclosed herein. The sensor arrangement (10) includes a telescope (12... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5223850 | Low-profile full aperture monopulse antenna assembly A low-profile full aperture traveling wave monopulse antenna assembly including a circular faceplate having a plurality of parallel rows of radiating apertures formed therethrough, a circular backplate having a pair of feed openings each extending across ... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5222899 | Electrostatic discharge safety connector for electro-explosive devices An electrostatic discharge-safe connector comprising mating male and female connectors, that includes an insulated connector pin and a shorting member comprising an electromagnetic interference (EMI) sandwich structure that shorts the connector pin to the... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5220159 | Refraction correction for axisymmetric viewing window An axisymmetric dome (28) located between a radiation emitting target (14) and a radiation sensor (10) has an outer surface area (33) where a principal ray (16) from the target (14) impinges on the dome (28) that is parallel to the dome inner surface area... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5218546 | Frequency shaping method for minimizing impact harshness of suspension system An active suspension system is disclosed for a motorized vehicle and the like. Generally these types of active suspension systems have an impact harshness to sharp road irregularities higher than that of passive suspension systems. This invention incorpor... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5213280 | Linear payout leader holder A linear optical fiber waveguide dispenser (10) comprising a linear payout leader holder (15) including an optical fiber waveguide having an unjacketed portion (16) and leader (17) comprising a coiled jacketed portion disposed within a housing (11). The h... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5214584 | Bidirectional data interface for a processor embedded in a self-propelled vehicle In a self-propelled vehicle such as a shoulder-fired missile, a bidirectional data interface between a missile processor and an external apparatus includes a pair of function signal paths which extend partly outside the missile. A first component of the i... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5209416 | High density filament winding and method for producing improved crossovers and inside payout Method and apparatus for making a filament winding amenable to inside payout and having squared-off ends providing optimal volumetric efficiency. The filament crossovers are distributed so as to reduce crossover stacking in one or a few places which can i... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5210543 | Feed waveguide for an array antenna An improved feed waveguide 15 for an antenna 10 is disclosed which reduces coupling junction phase errors. The improved feed waveguide 15 of the present invention includes first and second slotted parallel walls 35a and 37a along the length thereof. The f... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5207106 | Method and apparatus for testing optical fibers An optical fiber (22) is tested for payout properties by supporting it on a payout support (24 ), preferably in the form of a hollow frustum of a cone, and attaching an unsupported end (26 ) of the optical fiber (22) to a projectile (42) that is thereafte... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5196784 | Isolated current monitoring circuit for measuring direct and high duty factor currents A method and circuit for measuring direct and high duty factor current in a conductor (1) with minimal interference with the operation of a monitored circuit. Current flow in the conductor is magnetically sensed with a transformer T1 having a primary wind... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5194986 | Objective lens assembly for a portable missile launcher A portable missile launcher has an optical system with a single lens (22) for receiving visible and near infrared light energy from a target (14) directing it to a prism (24) where the light is split into a part transmitted to an eyepiece (28) and a furth... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5194688 | Apparatus for limiting recirculation of rocket exhaust gases during missile launch A convoluted fan structure is provided along the bottom surface of each diagonal segment of a petal-formed aft cover for a missile canister. As the cover petals open under influence of rocket exhaust impingement on the cover, the fan structures cover the ... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5193756 | Figure eight linear dispenser A figure eight linear dispenser (10) having an optical fiber winding configuration adapted to dispense an optical fiber waveguide (14) at high speed. The dispenser (10) is built up of a series of flat winding layers, with each layer comprising an interlac... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5193025 | Optical viewing and near infrared tracking system for a portable missle launcher An optical system (10) for portable missile launcher (23) includes an objective lens (12) for receiving the entire visual and near infrared light energy emanating from a target (14) and immediate background of the target. The light energy from the objecti... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5186781 | Application of adhesive during optical fiber canister winding An optical fiber (12) is removably held in place on a payout bobbin (14) using an adhesive. The adhesive is applied directly to the optical fiber (12) by passing the optical fiber (12) through a pressure-less die applicator (28) that applies a uniform thi... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5184470 | Endothermic cooler for electronic components An endothermic cooler (10) for electronic components (16) in, for example, a missile (12) includes an enclosure (14) having a thermally conductive coupling to the electronic component. A source of water in a first compartment (28) is segregated from salts... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5161207 | Optical fiber circumferentialy symmetric fusion splicing and progressive fire polishing Two optical fiber segments are spliced in an end-to-end fashion by first axially aligning the optical fiber segments, and then fusing the optical fiber segments with a converging conical light beam convergently focused to an apex region along the optical ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5154366 | High density filament winding and method for producing improved crossovers and inside payout Method and apparatus for making a filament winding amenable to inside payout and having squared-off ends providing optimal volumetric efficiency. The filament crossovers are distributed so as to reduce crossover stacking in one or a few places which can i... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5150426 | Moving target detection method using two-frame subtraction and a two quadrant multiplier A method and apparatus for detecting an object of interest against a cluttered background scene. In a first preferred embodiment the sensor tracking the scene is movable on a platform such that each frame of the video representation of the scene is aligne... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5150128 | In-phase and quadrature conversion error compensator A system for detecting phase and gain imbalance errors in a synchronous detector. The synchronous detector (10) is assumed to have a fist circuit (16) for providing a first signal representing a first sinusoidal term (e.g., a cosine term) and for providin... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5150078 | Low noise fine frequency step synthesizer A frequency synthesizer (10) and method that achieves low phase noise and provides synthesized frequency signals in fine frequency step intervals. The synthesizer (10) comprises an L-band low phase noise frequency synthesizer with fine frequency step incr... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5148358 | Rectifier commutation current spike suppressor A circuit for reducing the commutation transient in a switch-driven (12) free-wheeling rectifier (20) applied to a load (10) via a continuously conducting energy conducting inductor (28), in which a further inductor (34) and diodes (32, 38) are interconne... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5128534 | High charge capacity focal plane array readout cell A high charge capacity readout cell in a hybrid focal plane detector array on a complementary metal oxide semiconductor integrated circuit chip. An input transistor that provides a buffer for the detectors of the array, couples to a source of bias voltage... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5125980 | Optical fiber cleaner An optical fiber (12) being removed from a storage spool (14) for winding onto a canister (20) passes through a housing formed from separable parts (22, 24). A chamber (34) within the housing has a nozzle (40) connected to a supply of a cleaning solvent a... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5109438 | Data compression system and method Image data compression is implemented by partitioning an image into relatively small blocks of pixels, matching each block to an orthogonal icon, and extracting attributes associated with the icon. A table of these orthogonal icons and attributes represen... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5109435 | Segmentation method for use against moving objects Three image frames containing an object of interest and background clutter are taken at successive time intervals and stored in memory. The background of images A, B and C are registered preferably using an area correlator 12. A median filter 16 is used t... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5106289 | Elastomeric mold for optical fiber buffer A transparent elastomeric mold 30 capable of precisely reconstituting the buffer coating surrounding an optical fiber 54. The inventive elastomeric mold 30 is disposed to shape a buffer coating applied to an optical fiber in accordance with the dimensions... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5105195 | System and method for compensation of in-phase and quadrature phase and gain imbalance A system and method for correcting a gain and phase imbalance between I and Q channels of a synchronous detector. The method of the invention includes the steps of: a) inputting a signal into the detector and extracting therefrom a received signal and a c... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5100494 | Structural bonding and debonding system Two pieces (12 and 14) of material are releasably bonded together with a thermoplastic adhesive (28) in which a heating element (30) is embedded. After application, the adhesive (28) cures at ambient temperature or at a low elevated temperature produced b... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5093869 | Pattern recognition apparatus utilizing area linking and region growth techniques Image data is processed by a low level feature detection processor that extracts low level features from an image. This is accomplished by converting a matrix of image data into a matrix of orthogonal icons that symbolically represent the image scene usin... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5092036 | Ultra-tall indium or alloy bump array for IR detector hybrids and micro-electronics Method for improving particular interconnect pads for microcircuitry so that they provide more compliant interconnections between opposed pairs of contacts of the microchips in a hybrid detector array assembly. The individual tubes of prior art interconne... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5080300 | Launcher control system for surface launched active radar missiles In a weapon system 10 incorporating a target position sensor (14), an information system (16), a power source (24), a launcher (20), and an airborne vehicle (18), a launcher control system (12) incorporates a communications interface (26) for coupling the... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5077979 | Two-stage Joule-Thomson cryostat with gas supply management system, and uses thereof A two-stage Joule-Thomson cryostat (10) has a first-stage cryostat (12) with a helical-coil heat exchanger (14) and and isenthalpic gas expansion orifice (20) that discharges a mixture of cooled gas and cryogenic liquid into a liquid cryogen plenum (26). ... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5079561 | Planar array waveguide antenna with L-shaped series/series coupling slots An array antenna which includes a first waveguide 12 coupled to a second waveguide 20 by an L-shaped coupling slot 30. The slot 30 has a first portion 32 orthogonal to a second portion 34 thereof thereby providing the unique L-shape. In a specific embodim... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5070336 | Radar guidance system correcting hardware induced channel-to-channel phase errors A phase dependent radar guidance system, the receiver (18) of which separates returns into a channel (22) where returns are summed (S) and a further channel (24) where the returns are differenced (jD). The S and jD signals are combined (26) and formed int... | 12/03/1991 |
