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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5590850 | Blended missile autopilot Blended missile autopilots for a missile employing direct lift and tail controlled autopilots coupled by way of a blending filter. The blended missile autopilots have movable tails aft of the center of gravity of the missile and side force thrusters or mo... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5564278 | Thermally stable cryostat A short-term thermally stable cryostat (40). The cryostat (40) pre-cools an incoming high-pressure gas, converts the gas to a cold liquid, and cools an item by allowing the liquid to acquire heat from the item and boil into an exhaust gas, while maintaini... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5549925 | Hybrid microcircuit glass-to-metal seal repair process A process for repairing leaking glass-to-metal seals of a hybrid microcircuit header. The process comprises the following steps. A leaking hybrid microcircuit header is delidded (has its lid removed). The leaking hybrid microcircuit header, generally with... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549781 | Coil winding apparatus incorporating a flexible winding flange An apparatus for winding a coil pack of a fiber such as an optical fiber winds the fiber as a radial coil, and then joins the coil axially to previously wound coils. Each radial coil is wound on a flexible flange that is deformable from a first tapered sh... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548963 | Joule-Thompson cryostat for use with multiple coolants A demand-flow Joule-Thomson cryostat 10' adapted for use with multiple coolants uses a replaceable coolant supply reservoir 21' to fill a coolant flow control bellows 17' within the cryostat with the same coolant used to provide refrigeration to the therm... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5545511 | Millimeter wave device and method of making A millimeter wave device having a dielectric substrate with a pair of substantially parallel planar surfaces with at least one predetermined millimeter wave circuit pattern formed in a conductive layer located on at least one of the substrate surfaces. A ... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5538205 | Inductive look angle sensor for a radiation seeker An inductive look angle sensor for a guided missile radiation seeker in which the optical system of the seeker is secured to a gimbal ring that is mounted by bearing mounts to a gimbal post that is stationary with respect to the missile airframe, and the ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5525997 | Self-calibrating, eigenstructure based method and means of direction finding A method of estimating the directions of radiating sources (56, 58, 60) with respect to an array (46) of a number of antenna elements (48), each of which elements has a separate gain/phase control (50). With nominal gain and phase selected a first estimte... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5495209 | Switched-inverter modulator for producing modulated high voltage pulses A switched-inverter modulator for use in driving a load that comprises master and slave high voltage power supplies for providing output pulses that directly drive the load. A synchronized pulse generator provides pulse width tinting and synchronized ampl... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5495562 | Electro-optical target and background simulation A computer-based thermal scene simulation system and method for generating synthetic images to facilitate the design and test of missile-borne electro-optical seeker systems. A scene is comprised of objects and a background selected from available target ... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5493517 | Cargo container mapping system A system for scanning the interior of a cargo container includes a propagator device for producing a magnetic field at each of (I) positions adjacent a first side of a cargo container and a detector device for detecting magnetic field strength at each of ... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5493679 | Automated logistical relational database support system for engineering drawings and artwork A process for establishing a relationship between the Logistics Support Analysis Record (LSAR) database and a released engineering drawing database. The process includes establishing several database pointer tables for relating the drawings to appropriate... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5485788 | Combination explosive primer and electro-explosive device A system (10) for detonating an electro-explosive device (EED) (46) includes a primer (40, 70) connected to an expansion chamber (36) by a shaped vent passage (38). A releasably retained element (60) within the expansion chamber (36) is propelled by expan... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5486832 | RF sensor and radar for automotive speed and collision avoidance applications Radar apparatus that includes a millimeter wave radar transmitter comprising a flood beam antenna, and a radar signal processor for processing radar return signals to produce radar output signals. An RF sensor comprising a receive antenna includes a plura... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5483744 | Method for fabricating a bearing with semi-rhythmic ball spacing A method and apparatus which provides a bearing design with an irregular or semi-rhythmic ball spacing. The method of the invention includes the steps of a) choosing an initial pattern for the position of the balls with an arbitrary irregular spacing ther... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5483894 | Integral missile antenna-fuselage assembly An integral missile antenna-fuselage assembly (50) is provided for integration into an armament missile (12) which carries primary missile loads, houses internal electronic assemblies, provides mounting surface zones for external sensor antennas (71) , an... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5483243 | Ramp-weighted correlation with oversampling A digital range correlator (50) for performing triangular ramp-weighted correlation relative to a reference word and providing an output data rate higher than the word rate. Two correlator channels (70, 80) are provided. Channel 70 provides a ramp-weighte... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5471181 | Interconnection between layers of striplines or microstrip through cavity backed slot An interconnection between layers of stripline or microstripline in a multilayer microwave circuit assembly, through electromagnetic coupling. The adjacent layers (52 and 54) utilize a common ground plane layer (56), and a U-shaped coupling slot (64) is f... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5467682 | Action calibration for firing upon a fast target A method for firing a computerized radar weapon system upon a fast target to reduce errors in aim caused by aim-biasing factors that vary in time and space includes computing a point along an extrapolated target track ahead of the target at which to stage... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5468357 | Densification of porous articles by plasma enhanced chemical vapor infiltration A porous article is densified by creating a plasma adjacent to the surface of the article and introducing a source of a densifying species into the plasma. The article is electrically biased with respect to the plasma to a polarization opposite in sign to... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5457471 | Adaptively ablatable radome A radome useful with high-speed guided missiles has an inner conical shell made of a strong, high temperature resistant material transparent to radiant energy in the operative frequency range of a sensor mounted inside the shell. An outer ablative layer c... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5446461 | Concrete penetrating imaging radar An imaging radar system for generating images of objects disposed behind an obscuring structure. The system comprises a low power, frequency tunable, continuous wave transmitter and an antenna array coupled to the transmitter that includes a transmit ante... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5442991 | Accumulating rotary transfer unit A device for use in a rapid-fire weapons system wherein a gun is movable in both elevation and azimuth. The device is designed to have a high round storage capacity and transfers rounds across the azimuth axis, thus allowing the gun to move in azimuth wit... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5443653 | System for cleaning contaminants from small areas with minimal incontained waste A system for cleaning contaminants from small areas with minimal uncontained waste. The invention (10) includes a nozzle (60) having a first aperture for ejecting a fluid and a second aperture for providing suction. The first nozzle ejects a pressurized f... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5443227 | Switching control for multiple fiber-guided missile systems A fast and reliable switch (50) for multi-channel, bi-directional fiber optics data link (FODL) systems. The FODL channel switching is accomplished through a software command on the subcarrier frequency (SCF) code without using any moving components or wa... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5439188 | Control system An air vehicle control system utilizing variable incidence aerodynamic control surfaces deployed from within the missile body and locked in place. Only two control surfaces (instead of the four usually required for a missile which maneuvers in three dimen... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5438361 | Electronic gimbal system for electronically aligning video frames from a video sensor subject to disturbances This invention is directed to an electronic gimbal system (10) which stabilizes a digital video image of a particular scene taken by a sensor which is under disturbance forces. The video image is stored as a two-dimensional array of pixel locations (12) a... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5433132 | Electromagnetic radiation resistant missile launching system A missile and launcher system that shields a missile from external electromagnetic radiation. Shielding is accomplished by separating the shielding system of the missile from the shielding system of its launcher system. Unique and separate shielding of th... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5432520 | SAR/GPS inertial method of range measurement A method that provides precise target location measurement using a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system jointly with a global positioning inertial navigation system (GPS/INS) located on a moving aircraft. The SAR system provides a precise measurement of ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5429322 | Advanced homing guidance system and method A guidance system for directing a vehicle toward a target which includes a measurement processing section, a target state estimator, and a command processing section. The measurement processing section determines the inertial orientation and length of a l... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5421976 | Oxidation resistant diamond composite and method of forming the same The improved diamond composite (10) exhibits increased oxidation resistance at elevated temperatures, as well as anti-reflective properties. The composite (10) includes a diamond (12), the surfaces (14) of which are protected by an adherent coating (16) c... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5422605 | Low-noise push-pull crystal oscillator A low phase noise oscillator 10 having a balanced feedback transformer 24 and a push-pull resonant circuit 12 for generating an oscillation excitation signal. The resonant circuit 12 is loaded by an output buffer 20 connected between first and second feed... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5422443 | Rocket exhaust disrupter shapes Apparatus for reducing the pressure and thermal impingement effects of a supersonic exhaust gas plume emanating from a rocket motor nozzle. A pair of wedge-shaped pieces comprise a disrupter positioned on opposite sides of the central longitudinal axis of... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5420421 | Wide dynamic range non-uniformity compensation for infrared focal plane arrays A method and apparatus for non-uniformity compensation for infrared focal plane arrays in an infrared imaging device (10) including a calibration operation and a correction operation. The calibration operation measures the response (24) generated by the d... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5413025 | Electro-thermal gatling gun An electro-thermal gatling gun (12) includes a plurality of gun barrels (46) and a gun rotor (10) defining a plurality of channels (30). Each channel (30) guides a breechblock (32) between a rear position (50) and a breech position (52). Each said guide c... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5414347 | Method and apparatus for missile interface testing An apparatus (10) for testing an operational status of a missile interface system includes a portable control unit (16) having an interface panel (28). The interface panel (28) has a plurality of umbilical ports adapted to receive data from a plurality of... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5410316 | Quick-reaction antijamming search radar A radar system with a main antenna that is rotatably supported to permit use in searching about a search axis includes an auxiliary antenna that is rotatably supported to permit use in complementing main antenna coverage. Rotational components and control... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5408100 | Chromatic radiance attenuator An apparatus for decreasing stray radiation incident upon an infrared detector includes a concavely curved lens surface adjacent the detector, the center of curvature of which concave surface is located on the surface of the detector. This arrangement lim... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5399999 | Wideband TM01 -to-TE11 circular waveguide mode convertor The mode convertor employs two intermediate modes, a coaxial TEM and a rectangular waveguide TE10 mode, in the transition between the TM01 and TE11 circular waveguide modes. The coaxial line provides isolation while acting... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5399937 | Starfish bunched electron beam converter A modulated bunched electron beam incident on the inner conductor 16 of a coaxial structure launches TEM waves that are distributed to multiple radial waveguides 22 around the outer conductor 14 of the coaxial structure. A tuning piston 32 may be moved ax... | 03/21/1995 |
