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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7552892 | Dual-sliding fin lock assembly The Dual-Sliding Fin Lock Assembly provides a simple, cost-effective and secure locking mechanism that engages on the initial opening stroke of a fin of a flying object, using a minimal number of parts that are easy to manufacture. Two sliding locks, each having a p... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7416154 | Trajectory correction kit The Trajectory Correction Kit (TCK) is a completely self-contained retrofit kit that is externally and fixedly mounted as an add-on to the rear (aft of the tailfins) of an existing, unguided rocket. The TCK continuously measures the pitch and yaw of the rocket as it... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7395761 | Variable-force payload ejecting system The Variable-Force Payload Ejecting System, residing within an air vehicle, utilizes multiple pressure generators, one or more of which may be activated, to produce variable levels of force. A controlling computer within the air vehicle determines when and how much ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7284487 | Single-piece stereolithographically-produced missile igniter Stereolithography is used to fabricate directly a single-piece, missile-usable, accurate, flightweight igniter without the use of intermediate, non-operational molds or prototypes in the fabrication process. The same prototype-less, direct stereolithography can be u... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7257939 | Sliding-action magneto-mechanical injector throttling device Sliding-Action Magneto-Mechanical Injector Throttling Device (SLAMMIT) provides on-demand, yet accurate, throttling of the mass flow of the fuel and/or oxidizer into the combustion chamber of a vortex injector. At least two SLAMMIT sub-assemblies comprise the SLAMMI... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7196453 | High-efficiency radial piezoelectric motor A radial piezoelectric motor comprises a housing, a motor shaft rotatably mounted in the housing and a plurality of piezoelectric actuators inside the housing radially disposed about the axis of the motor shaft. The motor also includes circuitry for applying a volta... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193214 | Sensor having differential polarization and a network comprised of several such sensors Parametric processing capability is added to a typical sensor so that a target object can be more clearly distinguished from the background clutter in a given scenery. A polarizer with several segments of different polarization orientations is used to improve the ty... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185846 | Asymmetrical control surface system for tube-launched air vehicles Asymmetrical Control Surface System for Tube-Launched Air Vehicles places one control surface, such as a wing or a horizontal tail, above horizontal midplane axis of an air vehicle, such as a tube-launched missile, and the opposing control surface below the midplane... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7161530 | System and method for radar calibration using antenna leakage The system and method for radar calibration using antenna leakage is a simplified means of calibrating the channels in amplitude and phase using natural signal leakage between antennas. It utilizes as calibration signal a wideband sinusoidal Frequency Modulated Cont... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7051535 | Turbine engine differential-pressure torque measurement system Applicant's Differential-Pressure Torque Measurement System generates the torque signal from a differential gas pressure measured across the power turbine. The gas pressure differential is measured by using two pressure taps, the first tap taking the pressure readin... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7040570 | Weather-agile reconfigurable automatic target recognition system Applicants' ATR system is weather-agile because it is comprised of a primary target sensing means that is capable of surveilling the target scene in foul or fair weather, and a secondary target sensing means that is also capable of sensing targets in various weather... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7035276 | Contention-resolution system for a command- response data network Applicants' Contention-Resolution System for a Command-Response Data Network uses a base unit (base) that detects the occurrence of collisions for the entire network and controls the maximum length of time allowed for the multiple remote units (remotes) in the netwo... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6997716 | Continuous aimpoint tracking system The Continuous Aimpoint Tracking System is comprised of a position detection device (PDD) and a laser pointing device (LPD) that projects an infrared crosshair onto the PDD. The PDD is coupled to a computer and comprises a multitude of photodiodes and associated cir... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6999176 | Real-time optical correlating system A Real-Time Optical Correlating System produces holograms that contain both amplitude and phase information and have none of the time constraints of the traditional holographic methods. It has been demonstrated to operate at television field rates (60 Hz) employing ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6987256 | Polarized semi-active laser last pulse logic seeker using a staring focal plane array An improvement in a semi-active laser last pulse logic missile seeker is disclosed and claimed. In one embodiment, the improvement includes a first polarizer disposed in the detection field of view of the PIN photodiode detector and a second polarizer disposed in th... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6968785 | Locking and stabilizing device for grenades The locking and stabilizing device for grenades utilizes a solid nylon ring and multiple nylon ribbons that are attached to the ring at regular intervals around its circumference. During storage, the ring surrounds and locks the slider of the grenade in its storage ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966526 | Dragless flight control system for flying objects The Dragless Flight Control System for Flying Objects utilizes paired fins that are mounted to rotate in opposite directions. When no lift is desired during the object's flight, the fins are completely retracted into their housings that are recessed into the body of... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6933877 | Multiple-antenna jamming system The Multiple-Antenna Jamming System (MAJS) is useful for missile-borne jamming of active protection system radars that operate in close proximity to the frequency band of the missile's radio frequency seeker. The MAJS utilizes multiple receiving and transmitting ant... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6921052 | Dragless flight control system for flying objects The Dragless Flight Control System for Flying Objects utilizes paired fins that are mounted to rotate in opposite directions. When no lift is desired during the object's flight, the fins are completely retractable into their housings recessed into the body of the ob... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6845714 | On-board power generation system for a guided projectile On-Board Power Generation System for a Guided Projectile eliminates the need for batteries as a power source to power the guiding mechanism residing inside the projectile. Instead, an electrical generator and a wind-driven turbine to drive the generator are utilized... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6806823 | Passive radar detector for dualizing missile seeker capability Applicants' Passive Radar Detector for Dualizing Missile Seeker Capability incorporates passive RF detectors into a standard active MMW seeker missile with a minimum requirement for hardware modifications. Anti-radiation homing (ARH) antennas and down conversion ele... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6761330 | Rocket accuracy improvement device Rocket Accuracy Improvement Device, when coupled between the warhead and motor of a typical free flight rocket, isolates the warhead from the rocket motor in the axis using a plurality of ball bearings and thereby enables the warhead to spin independently of the mot... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6739548 | Fin lock system The fin lock system overcomes the major problems associated with the current deployment and locking mechanism by adding a center boss to the fin between the rear and front bosses and a sliding lock that engages between the housing and the center boss. The sliding lo... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6737034 | Nitric acid production A method process to convert inhibited red fuming nitric acid (IRFNA) and/or nitrogen tetraoxide to either dilute or concentrated (98%+) nitric acid. The method describes a process to remove all of the normal inhibitors (if required), that have been reported to been ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6704460 | Remote mosaic imaging system having high-resolution, wide field-of-view and low bandwidth The Remote Mosaic Imaging System having High-Resolution, Wide Field-of-View and Low Bandwidth ("Remote Mosaic System") uses image frame synchronization and multiplexing to reduce the bandwidth needed to transmit the plurality of images to a remote locatio... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6646242 | Rotational canted-joint missile control system The Rotational Canted-Joint Missile (RCJM) Control System utilizes a single or multiple body joints that rotate in planes that are not perpendicular to the missile body axis. The result is the deflection of a portion of the missile body for flight control... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6618741 | Asynchronous parallel arithmetic processor utilizing coefficient polynomial arithmetic (CPA) Sets of coefficient polynomials are used to design embedded-component architectures that have capability for asynchronous parallel execution at an advantageous arithmetic level where algebraic merging is realized with other operations, algorithms or appli... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6613596 | Monolithically integrated photonic circuit In the monolithically integrated photonic circuit, light travels through multiple quantum well channel waveguides and is coupled into and out of the devices that reside in common on a single semiconductor substrate. Each device, which is co-planar with an... | 09/02/2003 |
| 4779532 | Integrated filtered and shielded ignition assembly An integrated filter and shielded ignition assembly locates all ignitable terials inside of the sealed metallic enclosure. The sealed metallic enclosure is present to prevent electromagnetic radiation interference and thereby enables the enclosure to have... | 10/25/1988 |
