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Ballistic resistant body covering
A ballistic resistant body covering for protecting the torso, groin and neck area from ballistic missiles.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4798141 | Missile equipment section structure A plurality of pan-shaped beams and supports of graphite/epoxy laminate mrial are mounted on a circular graphite/epoxy aft panel to form a symmetrical structure which is attached to the missile shell. Four main stiffening beams intersect at right angles ... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4766440 | Triple frequency U-slot microstrip antenna A microstrip antenna employing a rectangular radiating element having a Uaped slot oriented parallel to the length of the radiating element and employing a single feedline coplanar with the radiating element. The slotted radiating element has three reson... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4741154 | Rotary detonation engine In an engine of the type wherein the combustion of fuel is initiated by a detonation wave, a plurality of axisymmetrical rotor elements are fixed along the length of a drive shaft. The drive shaft has a central longitudinal chamber which is supplied with ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4717256 | Fiber optic rate sensor In a fiber optic rate sensor employing a Sagnac ring circuit wherein an ocal source launches an optical signal which is divided into two equals signals which are coupled in opposite directions through a multi-turn fiber optic coil to provide two counter-... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4704925 | Pneumatic cable stripper Apparatus for stripping insulation from electrical cables which has two osing clamp assemblies, a front assembly which is fixed to a housing box and a movable rear clamp assembly which slides on guide rods. The rear clamp assembly is biased against the f... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4702439 | Support for thermally expanding conical heatshield The front end of a conical forward carbon-carbon heatshield is attached to arbon-carbon nose tip by a threaded connection. The nose tip provides rigid structural support for the small end of the heatshield at all conditions of thermal expansion. The joint ... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4692769 | Dual band slotted microstrip antenna A dual band microstrip antenna including a slotted microstrip radiating pllel to and spaced from a ground plane with dielectric material therebetween, the slotted microstrip radiating and having a first resonance corresponding to the dominant radiation m... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4671718 | Expanding latch captive bolt fastener A fastener in which a captive bolt engages a cylindrical nut within a cylrical confining housing. The cylindrical nut has a longitudinal slot in which a pair of oppositely facing latches are disposed and which cooperate with the housing to prevent the ro... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4662581 | Modified null flow modulator A method of pulse-width modulation for operating oppositely aligned thrus valves of an integrated valve assembly in an aerospace post-boost control system in which zero average thrust during a modulation period is provided by commanding the thruster valv... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4662580 | Simple diver reentry method A method for compensating for pre-reentry errors generated by the weapon ivery system to provide a reduced impact range error dispersion over that provided by a ballistic trajectory after reentry comprising maneuvering the reentry body after reentry so t... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4659035 | Rate estimation by mixing two independent rate signals A method of providing an angular rate signal for attitude control in a mile flight control system by linearly mixing a derived rate signal generated from the measured attitude angle and a simulated rate signal generated from the measured nozzle angle. Th... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4658261 | Circumferential slotted ridged waveguide array antenna An antenna for providing a broadband omnidirectional circumferential radion pattern is formed by an array of arcuate waveguide radiators arranged to form a cylindrical antenna. Each waveguide radiator has a ridged waveguide cavity and a plurality of long... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4649825 | Explosive separation system for composite materials An explosive separation system for making a clean cut in composite laminate aterials in which a flexible linear shaped charge is maintained in a molded holder of a low-density, energy-absorbing material. The flexible linear shaped charge is molded in the h... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4649824 | Apparatus for aerospace vehicle separation events using a linear shaped charge Explosive separation apparatus in which a LSC is supported by a plurality narrow preform supports which provide intermittent support at predetermined positions to maintain the LSC at the required standoff and perpendicularity to the target. The orientati... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4643072 | Submarine missile eject system A variable energy missile eject system in which the rate at which cooling ter is injected into the hot gas flow from a solid propellant rocket motor may be varied to optimize the eject energy according to launch depth. A first set of injection apertures t... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4638173 | Electromechanical power source Electric power for a missile during flight is provided by a solid propell gas generator coupled through a magnetically-controlled gas flow diverter valve to drive an axial flow impulse turbine. The turbine is coupled to drive an alternator which produces... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4624410 | Lead cable and spray head for arc metal spray apparatus An apparatus and method for spraying molten metal that is light weight, requires low maintenance and is quick and simple to operate. A feed system is provided that uses an electric motor and control system to push the electrodes to the head and to prevent... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4605932 | Nested microstrip arrays An antenna structure in which two or more microstrip arrays are disposed on op of each other to minimize the required space. The shape of the microstrip elements and the polarization thereof are chosen so that the individual elements radiate only in specif... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4605933 | Extended bandwidth microstrip antenna A microstrip antenna having approximately an octave bandwidth comprises a planar radiating element disposed approximately coplanar with and in front of an upper ground plane and spaced above a lower ground plane at a distance equal to approximately one-te... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4599044 | Electronic feedback area control system for TVC gas generator In a thrust vector control system of the type in which a solid-propellant s generator powers a turbine-driven pump for driving hydraulic actuators for controlling the direction of thrust, the improvement being a feed back control system in which a variabl... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4550888 | Dual pressure solid propellant control system A dual pressure solid propellant control system capable of operating at temperatures of approximately 3000° F. and at multiple pressures. A solid propellant gas generator is connected to a plurality of valve clusters by a manifold, the valves and manifol... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4512513 | Arc metal spray apparatus and method An apparatus and method for spraying molten metal that is light weight, requires low maintenance and is quick and simple to operate. A feed system is provided that uses an electric motor and control system to push the electrodes to the head and to prevent... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4509431 | Bridge crane hoist stop system Rail interlocking and hoist stop apparatus for material handling systems of he type wherein a hoist travels between a movable rail and a stationary rail comprising a master stop assembly located on the movable rail and a slave stop assembly located on the ... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4509549 | Hydraulic powered gate valve A hydraulically actuated fast action gate valve for gating highly viscous uids in a salt water environment includes front and back plates having openings for connection to conduits containing the viscous fluid and a center plate having a slot for receivin... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4498233 | Retrieval tool for socket contacts Apparatus for seating a very small socket contact in an electrical connector from the front side of the connector. Opposing flexible fingers, which are disposed above and below a flat wedge member and separated thereby, are extended longitudinally by plun... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4468158 | Inplace ball valve repair apparatus Apparatus for inplace refinishing of the annular seating surfaces in top ded ball valves which comprises a locating ring adapted to be mounted on the top surface of the valve housing. An alignment gage is provided for precisely positioning the locating r... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4463452 | Tracking and telemetry system for severe multipath acoustic channels A modulation/signal processing technique for acoustic communication in show water. Digital information is transmitted in a time expended version of frequency shift keying where a tone burst at a first frequency represents a logical zero and a tone burst ... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4461677 | Process for charging silver electrodes to monoxide level A method of charging silver electrodes in which an electrode of porous sintered silver is anodized in the conventional manner in alkaline electrolyte to the so-called peroxide level and usually beyond, into the oxygen-evolution level, where the majority o... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4456202 | Burst height compensation A method of increasing the predictable effectiveness of a ballistic reentry ody having a predicted nominal reentry trajectory. Beginning at reentry or another predetermined location, the distance travelled by said reentry body is calculated based on measur... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4347474 | Solid state regulated power transformer with waveform conditioning capability Apparatus for providing the voltage transformation functions of a conventional electrical power transformer. An AC input signal is chopped in a solid state switching converter at a frequency very much larger than the frequency of the input signal and then... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4319372 | Submarine rescue cable reel Apparatus for delivering a heavy cable such as a rescue cable from the oc's surface to an extended depth for attachment to an object such as a stranded submarine and, after attachment of the free end of the cable to the object, delivering the cable to th... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4284955 | Pulse repetition interval generator with stagger compensation A pulse repetition interval generator with stagger circuit for providing a ulse repetition interval signal. The pulse repetition interval generator can be used with a device for generating simulated antenna scan patterns of conventional search radar antenn... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4263521 | Differential sample and hold circuit An angle servo preamplifier for use in the tracking antenna servo drive sem of a precision tracking radar system. The angle servo preamplifier processes tracking error signals indicative of tracking antenna pointing errors with respect to a target. The p... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4257007 | Active high-power bandpass filter An active power-line filter which provides bandpass filtering and transient uppression. The high-power signal to be filtered is modulated to form a chopped waveform within an envelope defined by the input waveform and the modulation is removed by passing t... | 03/17/1981 |
