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Cloaking System Using Optoelectronically Controlled Camouflage
A Cloaking System designed to operate in the visible light spectrum, utilizes optoelectronics and/or photonic components to conceal an object within it.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6305797 | Rotating shutter for eye/optics protection against in-band frequency agile lasers A countermeasure device for the in-band frequency agile laser threat posed to the eyes of operator(s) comprises a rotating shutter operating at a predetermined speed and with alternating clear and nearly opaque sectors. The shutter is designed to spin in ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 5835056 | Apparatus for directing a mobile craft to a rendevous with another mobile craft Tracking means for establishing a line-of-sight between a control point to which the second craft is being guided and tracking the line-of-sight to follow the second craft and deriving a signal a representing the rate of rotation of the line-of... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5805102 | Apparatus for directing a mobile craft to a rendevous with another mobile craft Tracking means for establishing a line-of-sight between a control point towards which the second craft is being guided and tracking the line-of-sight to follow the second craft and deriving a signal θa representing the rate of rotation of the ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5099761 | Laser actuated thru-bulkhead initiator A laser actuated thru-bulkhead initiator for transmission of detonation within the initiator without destroying the pressure integrity of the initiator and the seal of the pressure vessel in which the initiator is installed comprises a body portion having... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5085725 | Method of chemical bonding of solid propellant grains to the internal insulation of an interceptor motor The trimer of 1,6-hexanediisocyanate, which has the chemical name in acconce with (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) (IUPAC) nomenclature of 7-aza-8-oxo-7[1-isocyanato-6-oxohexyl]pentadecanediisocyanate, is employed in a method of c... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5050683 | Extinguishing rocket/missile solid propellants A method of extinguishing burning rocket or missile solid propellant employs a device including an explosive charge which is submerged in an extinguishant agent contained in container positioned near the rocket or missile solid propellant being tested or ... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5036658 | Pressure relief device for solid propellant motors subjected to high external temperatures A rocket motor that has a solid propellant with closure means that is secd to the rocket motor housing by heat responsive means that melts before the solid propellant ignites to prevent the rocket motor from becoming propulsive when subjected to excessiv... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5032446 | Fire protective blanket A fire protective blanket is fabricated by sealing and forming between two heets of plastic material a pocket or quilt design of fire extinguishing chemical in powder form which is contained in the formed pockets and selected from potassium hydrogen carbon... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5015310 | Embedded explosives as burning rate accelerators for solid propellants A method of achieving an ultrahigh-burning rate composite solid propellant hrough the embedment of the solid explosive diazodinitrophenol (e.g., 2-diazo-4,6-dinitrophenol) having predetermined shapes and dimensions of cubes or pellets. Cubes having dimensi... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4869574 | Hybrid optical correlator A hybrid optical correlator which uses a Fourier plane detector to cause adjustment of an image of an object in scale and orientation so that a matched filter can provide a correlation of the object independent of scale and orientation.... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4859939 | Non-destructive testing of SOS wafers using surface photovoltage measurements A device for non-destructive surface photovoltage testing of silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) wafers employs the electrically equivalent of an inserted capacitance in series in a measuring circuit. A pair of thin irridescent coated (TIC) glasses, are positioned ... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4860303 | Double-sided co-axial laser The solid metal current return in a typical commercial co-axial flashlamp replaced with a light transmissive current return which permits light from either or both surfaces of the flashlamp to be used to pump dye volumes. This enables one flashlamp to pu... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4846944 | Process for figuring the surface of a metal mirror A process for figuring the surface of a beryllium mirror to a predetermined urvature wherein the configuration of the mirror surface is sensed to locate areas of the mirror surfaces which are higher than desired and then a stream of phosphoric acid diluted... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4818104 | Remote angle measurement--especially missile yaw measurement Remote measurement of an angle is very difficult if the angle to be measu is in the plane containing the observer. This is accomplished by using cylindrical lenses and patterns which provide a binary coded image to the remote observer. The binary code re... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4750351 | In-line viscometer An in-line viscometer comprising in combination a flowsection, a flowmeter installed to measure flow through the flowsection, a friction flow tube installed parallel and suspended within the flowsection and having pressure ports on the respective entrance... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4739952 | Integral cooling system for high-temperature missile structures An integral cooling system for high temperature missile structures which is essentially a passive cooling system integrated into the missile structure. An evaporative material carried in the missile structure is ejected by vapor pressure through openings ... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4724321 | Beam intensity monitor for a high energy particle beam system A beam intensity monitor for monitoring high energy particle beams by placing the monitor across the path of a particle beam to intercept a small portion of the particle beam as it passes therethrough. The monitor comprises primarily a four resistor bridg... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4720175 | Composite logic gate element and multiplexer for optical computing and optical communication An optically bistable, nonlinear optical device that produces an output that follows two hysteresis loops for an optical intensity variation input at a given frequency. One hysteresis loop follows a clockwise path of development, the other follows a count... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4708754 | Method of generating crosslinking sites on the surface of ammonium perchlorate in solid interceptor propellants A method of generating reactive crosslinking sites on the surface of the onium perchlorate particles contained in a Catocene-catalyzed, high-burning rate solid propellant composition by a processing agent which also results in a major improvement in the ... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4707199 | Non nitroglycerin-containing composite-modified double-base propellant The glycidyl azide polymer produced by hydrolysis of glycidyl chloride fowed by reaction with sodium azide is employed in a crosslinked composite-modified double-base propellant composition both in the casting powder portion and casting solvent portion a... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4707133 | Apparatus for plasma diagnostics A system for measuring the density of certain ions or neutrals within a plasma without probe intervention. When cylindrical symmetry is present, the system also provides measurement of spatial distribution of excited ionic states within the plasma. The sy... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4693561 | Amorphous silicon spatial light modulator An amorphous silicon spatial light modulator that includes a unique three electrode structure that is used to create a two-dimensional electric field distribution in liquid crystal material. This modulator allows for the use of very thin photoconductor la... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4692367 | Method of making a thermally stable composite honeycomb panel A method for forming a thermally stable honeycomb panel which may be used constructing large mirrors employs thermally stable composite planks comprised of about 50% graphite fibers and of about 50% borosilicate glass. These planks which are formed by ho... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4685778 | Process for nuclear hardening optics and product produced thereby A process for nuclear hardening an optical part consisting of a prepared beryllium substrate processed to yield a surface finish of at least 125 micro-inch rms that is subsequently provided with a vapor deposited coating of beryllium of about 0.012 inch &... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4681640 | Laser-induced chemical vapor deposition of germanium and doped-germanium films Germanium and doped-germanium polycrystalline films are formed using photolytic CO2 laser-induced chemical vapor deposition method. Germanium being transparent to IR light makes the production of high purity polycrystalline germanium and doped-... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4681387 | Latch connector A latch connector for releasably connecting a male connector provided with lural male terminals and a female connector provided with plural female terminals. The connector includes a handle member cooperating with the latch member to effect disconnection o... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4673528 | Solid H2 /D2 gas generators A solid fuel for generating H2 or D2 gases, comprising magnesium orohydride diammoniate (MBDA) or its deuterated analog as the H2 or D2 source, an oxidizer selected from LiNO3 and KNO3, and a ... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4672881 | Recoilless rocket launcher A recoilless rocket launcher including a rocket launch tube which is resintly coupled to a support member. Points of contact to the gunner who fires the rocket from a rocket launch tube are to the shoulder and the hand which grips a hand grip which is pa... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4672897 | Impactor cap An improvement is disclosed in the method of initiating an explosive charge arried to a target site by a rocket launched toward a target whereupon striking a soft target the performance functioning of a percussion primer to a spotting charge is improved by... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4665257 | Facile, high yield synthesis of 2,3-diphenyl-1,3-butadiene A high yield, four step synthesis process is disclosed for producing the omer, 2,3-diphenyl-1,3-butadiene, wherein in step 1 acetophenone pinacol is produced from the dimerization of acetophenone in 96% yield; in step 2 acetophenone pinacol is reacted wi... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4664730 | Tactical monopropellant The incorporation of methyl alcohol into a hydrazine, and hydrazine nitrate uel blend is effective in lowering the freezing point of the combination while enhancing the performance of the monopropellant blend by contributing to the total energy of the mono... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4663473 | Isocyanates from oxalyl chloride and amines An isocyanate compound of the general formula R(NCO)n, wherein R is her an aliphatic or an aromatic radical or a combination of both, and n is 1 or a larger integer is prepared by the process comprising dissolving in a high temperature boiling... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4658109 | Cylindrical laser welder A laser welder is provided that generates output energy focused in a circr or cylindrical shape for simultaneously welding around a 360° circumference without unnecessarily heating large amounts of material. The welder may be used to fasten cylindrical ... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4655860 | A processing method for increasing propellant burning rate The effectiveness of the burning rate accelerator, iron oxide (Fe2 Ob.3), is enhanced, and a markedly improvement in the mechanical properties of a propellant composition are simultaneously achieved as a result of grinding a composite propella... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4652885 | Dual mode antenna for millimeter wave and infrared radiation A dual mode antenna that allows both millimeter wave and infrared radiation o enter a single aperture and propagate through a common transmission device to a point where the respective energies are divided to follow separate paths for subsequent processing... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4649955 | Pulsed gas supply The pulsed gas supply consists of a cylindrical gas reservoir which conta a multiplicity of small release ports in a helical pattern and an inner cylindrical rotary valve which also contains a multiplicity of small release ports in the same helical patte... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4647204 | Compensated dual cavity laser gyro A laser gyro has two adjacent laser cavities which are parallel and separated so that there are no common parts between the respective mode volumes. Each cavity supports a wave traveling in only one direction. Passive optical means external to the cavitie... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4642983 | Chemical releasing flash suppressor A method and design are disclosed for the introduction of ammonia gas into he rocket motor gas environment wherein the ammonia gas functions to suppress the flash signature. The firing and pressurization of a sealed container having suppressant vents resul... | 02/17/1987 |
| H219 | Layered construction of composite interceptor motor cases, etc. Improved method of manufacturing composite rocket motor cases and laminated tructures is disclosed which includes a layered procedure wherein a high percentage of a highly flexibilized, low-modulus epoxy blend of a resin composition is employed in the matr... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4637571 | Electronic image stabilization In an optical guidance system, body fixed electronic image stabilization of television imaging is used to allow strapdown seeker guidance in a missile. Electronic image stabilization eliminates the need for a stabilized sensor or seeker platform while pro... | 01/20/1987 |
