Brown; Charles D., Denson-Low; Wanda K. - US Patent Attorneys and Agents

Attorney: Brown; Charles D., Denson-Low; Wanda K.

Number of patents: 36
Last date: March 12, 2002

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6354559	Instrument suspension system for preserving alignment A passive suspension system for supporting an instrument relative to a rigid support structure while preserving angular alignment of the instrument. The suspension system includes an instrument platform, the instrument being secured to the platform, and f...	03/12/2002
5828338	Thyratron switched beam steering array A beam steering array that comprises a high voltage source for providing high voltage pulses and a plurality of high voltage switches coupled between the high voltage source and a plurality of microwave sources. Each of the microwave sources are coupled t...	10/27/1998
5756160	Surface protection for carbon composite materials The present invention comprises a method for protecting carbon composite materials from edge or surface damage during handling and manufacturing. The method comprises forming a protective silicon coating on selected surfaces of the carbon composite materi...	05/26/1998
5745518	Explosively pumped laser apparatus An explosively pumped laser module has a concentrically-arranged laser rod and surrounding sleeve of explosive material with an annular gas chamber formed between the explosive sleeve and laser rod. An explosive initiation assembly surrounds the explosive...	04/28/1998
5726664	End launched microstrip or stripline to waveguide transition with cavity backed slot fed by T-shaped microstrip line or stripline usable in a missile A low profile, compact microstrip-to-waveguide or stripline-to-waveguide transition. The end of the waveguide is terminated in a cavity backed slot defined in a groundplane formed on a dielectric substrate. The slot is excited by a microstrip or stripline...	03/10/1998
5724049	End launched microstrip or stripline to waveguide transition with cavity backed slot fed by offset microstrip line usable in a missile A low profile, compact microstrip-to-waveguide transition which utilizes electromagnetic coupling instead of direct coupling. The end of the waveguide is terminated in a cavity backed slot defined in a groundplane formed on a dielectric substrate. The slo...	03/03/1998
5712642	Spatial power combiner using subharmonic beam position control An array antenna (10) that can form and sweep a predicted radiation beam pattern in different directions by using a subharmonic frequency signal from each voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) (20) to control the array phasing. Each VCO (20) generates a rad...	01/27/1998
5705283	Tungsten-copper composite material with rhenium protective layer, and its preparation A rocket engine component is formed as a tungsten-copper composite substrate, and a functionally-gradient material coating overlying and contacting the substrate. The functionally-gradient material coating has a composition that varies nonlinearly through...	01/06/1998
5685504	Guided projectile system A system for guiding the flight of a projectile to a target. The system comprises a tracking and guidance system, the projectile, and a projectile reference and control system that is part of the projectile. The tracking and guidance system includes a tar...	11/11/1997
5677508	Missile having non-cylindrical propulsion section A missile has a non-cylindrical fuselage over at least a portion of its length, with a non-cylindrical propulsion system contained within the non-cylindrical portion of the fuselage. The fuselage and propulsion system are preferably generally elliptical i...	10/14/1997
5665134	Laser machining of glass-ceramic materials Rough machining of a glass-ceramic material article such as a radome is accomplished using a high-power Nd:YAG laser. The radome is rotated about its longitudinal axis, and the point of application of the laser beam is translated generally parallel to the...	09/09/1997
5661980	Thermally stabilized dewar assembly, and its preparation A dewar assembly has a wall contacting a liquefied gas within the interior of the dewar assembly. The dewar assembly is processed so as to remove the stable gaseous film boiling layer that is normally present between the liquefied gas and the wall. The pr...	09/02/1997
5661487	Digital center line filter A center-line filter for a radar receiver is a cascade of an analog filter and a digital filter. The purpose of the filter cascade is to filter out all but a single line of a pulsed spectrum. The signal is passed through the analog filter, and then over-s...	08/26/1997
5660355	Angle only range estimator for homing missile Missile motion information from an inertial measurement set and the angle-to-target information from a seeker/sensor is used to estimate range and/or time to go on a homing missile without a direct measurement of range or range rate. Up to six comparisons...	08/26/1997
5652631	Dual frequency radome A dual frequency antenna and radome system, including a dual frequency antenna system for operation at a first, higher frequency band and at a second lower frequency band. The antenna system includes a first antenna operable at the first frequency band an...	07/29/1997
5650793	Centered longitudinal series/series coupling slot for coupling energy between a boxed stripline and a crossed rectangular waveguide and antenna array employing same A centered longitudinal series/series coupling slot disposed between a boxed stripline and a crossed rectangular waveguide comprising a plurality of longitudinal radiating slots. The centered longitudinal series/series coupling slot is disposed orthogonal...	07/22/1997
5651075	Automated license plate locator and reader including perspective distortion correction An automated license plate locator and reader (10) which provides novel methods for 1) correcting for perspective distortion (16), 2) locating the license plate (20), 3) reading the license plate (22) and 4) improving the confidence rating of the output s...	07/22/1997
5644508	Detection of moving objects Moving objects (36) are detected by processing images through a spatial filter (42) and positional shifter (46), which shifts the image by an amount reflecting a line of sight velocity hypothesis of the objects. The images are stacked together by a stacke...	07/01/1997
5642867	Aerodynamic lifting and control surface and control system using same An aerodynamic lifting and control surface comprising an external box structure that encloses an internal grid whose members are parallel to the box structure. The external box structure comprises four panels connected at their comers by spring hinges. Wh...	07/01/1997
5621617	Circuit card mounting system having a cylindrical housing and circular card locks Apparatus for housing circuit cards that comprises a cylindrical housing having an internal wall having a single diameter. First and second cylindrical heat sinks are provided that each comprise a sloped outer surface. The heat sinks are disposed such tha...	04/15/1997
5619216	Dual polarization common aperture array formed by waveguide-fed, planar slot array and linear short backfire array A common aperture dual polarization array that comprises a vertical polarization antenna array that provides for vertical polarization, and horizontal polarization antenna array that provides for horizontal polarization. The vertical polarization antenna ...	04/08/1997
5619218	Common aperture isolated dual frequency band antenna An antenna comprising a substrate, and low band and high band opposite sense spiral antennas formed on the substrate to provide for a common aperture isolated dual frequency band antenna. The high band spiral antenna is formed adjacent the center of the s...	04/08/1997
5615305	Neural processor element A neural processor element for use in a neural network includes a synaptic base weighting circuit which responds to an excitory input in the form of a stream of pulses of a first polarity which represents a sum of synaptic weights and an inhibitory input ...	03/25/1997
5614896	Method and system for aircraft weapon station testing A weapon station testing system for testing the mission readiness of an aircraft (10) having a plurality of weapon stations including a first weapon station (12a) and a second weapon station (12b) comprises a common electronics module (14) and a plurality...	03/25/1997
5607532	Use of ultraviolet-curable adhesive in preparation of optical fiber dispensers An optical fiber pack (42) having layers (52) of optical fiber (22) is formed on a bobbin (32) using an ultravlolet-curable adhesive. A layer (50) of a UV-curable adhesive is deposited, and a length of the optical fiber (52) is wound over the layer (50) o...	03/04/1997
5605307	Missile system incorporating a targeting aid for man-in-the-loop missile controller A missile is remotely controlled by a person operating with a base controller that displays an image of an aim-point target. Simultaneously, the base controller displays, as an overlay, a prosecutable target locus that represents the outer boundary of the...	02/25/1997
5600332	Wideband, low frequency, airborne vivaldi antenna and deployment method A wire antenna having a Vivaldi taper that is used to radiate or receive low frequency RF energy from or to an airborne platform. The antenna comprises two conducting wires that trail from the platform, and which comprise a radiator having a Vivaldi taper...	02/04/1997
5594450	Radar system and method for detecting targets clutter using target intensity and angular position A radar system includes a radar receiver that provides the amplitude and the angular position of a plurality of return signals. A computer forms a test function of amplitudes and angular positions of the plurality of return signals and compares the test f...	01/14/1997
5594829	Optical fiber dispenser with thermal expansion accommodation layer An optical fiber dispenser (40) includes a bobbin (42), an optical fiber pack (52) overlying the bobbin (42), and a thermal expansion accommodation layer (50) positioned between the bobbin (42) and the optical fiber pack (52 ). The thermal expansion accom...	01/14/1997
5591031	Missile simulator apparatus A missile simulator training apparatus (44) for pilot training of an aircraft of the type having at least one missile station, including a pre-launch module (10) for substantially simulating the pre-launch functions of a missile in response to data receiv...	01/07/1997
5583511	Stepped beam active array antenna and radar system employing same A stepped beam transmit antenna that comprises a feed array that includes a dielectric substrate and a plurality of radiating elements disposed on the substrate. The radiating elements each comprise two coplanar and coextensive fins that are separated by ...	12/10/1996
5582364	Flyable folding fin A method and apparatus for flying a folding fin from a stored folded position on a flight vehicle housing to a deployed erect position, using available aerodynamic or fluid forces to control the fin deployment. The fin is erected in several stages. First,...	12/10/1996
5581048	Corrosion resistant electromagnetic shielding gasket A shielding gasket is disclosed which may be installed between a door panel and an enclosure containing electronic equipment therein, the shielding gasket providing excellent electromagnetic shielding effectiveness in the space between the door panel and ...	12/03/1996
5568577	Method and apparatus for concentrating the energy of laser diode beams Methods and apparatus are disclosed for concentrating the energy of laser diode beams by imaging them to obtain a superimposed image and a combined numerical aperture at a focal plane and by guiding them between reflective boundaries to maintain a lesser ...	10/22/1996
5554994	Self-surveying relative GPS (global positioning system) weapon guidance system Disclosed is a self-surveying relative GPS (Global Positioning System) weapon guidance system (10). This guidance system (10) includes multiple GPS satellites (12-18) which transmit GPS data to a ground sensor (20). The ground sensor (20) includes a GPS r...	09/10/1996
5552793	Self calibrated act pulse compression system A self-calibrating pulse compression system which is able to optimally compress a chirped waveform notwithstanding variations in the chirped spectrum due to changes in transmitter characteristics or other factors. In a most general sense, the inventive pu...	09/03/1996

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