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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4611863 | Magnetically supported and torqued momentum reaction sphere Angular momentum exchange apparatus comprising, in combination: a massive rotor of substantially spherical configuration having at least an outer surface of electrically conductive and magnetizable material; a housing for the rotor; driving apparatus carr... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4585418 | Method for simulation of a visual field of view At the simulation of a visual field of view as it is used on battle trainers, the image (16) of a background and the image (18) of a moveable target is displayed on a TV-monitor in the field of view of the optics of a person to be trained. The images are ... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4584443 | Captive digit input device In a manual digit data input device, including a set of cups configured to captivate the distal phalanges of a human hand; a housing; apparatus resiliently mounting the cups in the housing for mutually orthogonal transverse movements of the cups; and cont... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4573430 | Automatic lead wire tinning of tape-packaged components In combination, a wave station establishing a wave of liquid solder having a convex configuration transverse to an axis which decreases in cross-sectional area with distance along the axis, apparatus transporting along the axis an electrical component hav... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4568935 | Data reporting system In apparatus for communicating data by repetitively completing and opening an electric circuit, the improvement which comprises a light source inserted in the circuit to provide a visible train of light flashes upon operation of the apparatus, and circuit... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4542299 | Infrared simulator An infrared simulator serves to directly transduce electron beams into infrared radiation. To this purpose a modified cathode-ray tube is provided which includes an infrared transmissive window. Behind this window a film within the vacuum of the cathode-r... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4536928 | Manufacture of projectiles A method of making a long rod penetrator having a rearward vane section which comprises forming the vane section by stamping a plurality of vanes from sheet metal and welding them to the rear portion of the penetrator.... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4534777 | Gas separation apparatus In combination: a housing defining separate sorption and desorption chambers; gas analyzing means in communication with the desorption chamber; sorption means mounted for movement between a first condition, in which it is located in the sorption chamber, ... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4529956 | Combined transformer and variable inductor A pot-core transformer with a magnetic shunt variable to add the function of a variable series inductor independent of the transformer.... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4514176 | Automatic teaching apparatus and method The method of determining which of several simulator probes in an automated training installation is engaging one of several simulator terminals, which method comprises energizing the terminals electrically and observing the probes individually to determi... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4505203 | Frangible ballast In combination: an elongated container comprising a plurality of explosively separable parts extending rearwardly from a closed forward end; a load in the rearward end of said container; and a frangible, unitary ballast member in the container between the... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504856 | Stereo television system Stereo television apparatus comprising, in combination: a projection television receiver for projecting light toward a screen as a sequence of images representative of a video signal comprising left and right video frames alternating at a predetermined fr... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4500036 | Actuating mechanism An actuating mechanism comprises a lower housing portion and an upper housing portion. The lower housing portion is cup-shaped and receives a mounting plate into which a thermostatically working element together with a heating coil are inserted. The lower... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4498342 | Integrated silicon accelerometer with stress-free rebalancing An accelerometer comprising a member of silicon subjected to physical changes in response to the linear accelerations, elements integrated into the surface of the member for generating, amplifying and supplying an output determined by those changes, and m... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4489654 | Hydrodynamic firing pin In combination: an explosive propulsion member having an axial percussion primer; an electric primer mounted to discharge toward the percussion primer along the axis; and apparatus between the primers hydrodynamically responsive to discharge of the electr... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4490724 | Gimbal system with case mounted drives In combination: a frame; an outer gimbal mounted in the frame for pivotal movement about a first axis; an inner gimbal mounted in the outer gimbal for pivotal movement about a second axis orthogonal to the first axis; a sensor having a longitudinal axis; ... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4488445 | Integrated silicon accelerometer with cross-axis compensation An accelerometer comprising a sheet of silicon configured as an inertia plate separate from a support plate except at a pair of flexure sites spaced along an axis, each flexure site including a pair of flexures mutually offset so that upon acceleration in... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4476514 | Line spacer A line spacer for a pair of insulated conductors each having conductive points projecting laterally beyond the insulation thereof in a common direction at sites spaced therealong, comprising a block of insulating material having a pair of laterally spaced... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4471698 | Mass-spring rainhead Apparatus for rendering the fusing of a ballistic missile, including a firing pin, insensitive to raindrop impact, by interposing between the firing pin and the site of impact of raindrops, a resonant mechanical system having a natural period which is lon... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4470353 | Stem booster The method of preventing improper functioning of an armor piercing projectile having an axial hollow liner around which the explosive of the projectile is consolidated which comprises consolidating an axial pellet of explosive into the rearward portion of... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4468763 | Seismic intruder detection using pressure waves In combination: a geophone having a resonant frequency in the pressure wave band and a response that decreases with frequency below the resonant frequency; an amplifier connected to the geophone and having a gain which is substantially constant for freque... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467194 | Omnidirectional electro-optical receiver An optical system made up of vertically stacked omnidirectional modules, each having apposed reflectors, one being conical and the other being paraboloidal, and the modules being vertically spaced along an axis so that generally horizontal light from any ... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4466351 | Impact probe mechanism for ammunition fuzing A fuze for firing the explosive charge of a projectile, comprising, in combination, a firing mechanism, including a firing pin, mounted resiliently in said projectile for rearward axial movement of the pin to fire the charge, a probe, including forward an... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4466332 | Dispersing mine dispenser In combination: launching apparatus including a discharge tube having an open end and a closed end; a stack of bodies in end-to-end relation in the tube; a flexible tether extending in the tube from the outermost end of the stack past the innermost end th... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4461162 | Forging of conical liners Apparatus for forming, from a generally conical billet, a hollow forging of desired wall thickness having a generally conical portion tapering to a smaller cylindrical extension, the inner and outer surfaces of the conical portion having minor predetermin... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4454563 | Electrical capacitor In a wound capacitor, in combination: a capacitance roll including electrodes spaced by dielectric layers, the electrodes projecting separately to opposite ends of the roll; a pair of discs at the ends of the roll and shaped to conform with the ends of th... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4451868 | Electrical capacitor In a wound capacitor, in combination: a capacitance roll including electrodes spaced by dielectric layers, the electrodes projecting separately to opposite ends of the roll; a pair of discs at the ends of the roll and shaped to conform with the ends of th... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4450409 | Pressure sensor and leak detector A leak detector comprising a housing having an axis on first and second compartments spaced along the axis and hermetically separated by a partition, the first compartment being closed to comprise a pressure envelope which is in communication with an evac... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4450449 | Patch array antenna An antenna comprising, in combination: a first nonconductive substrate; a conductive ground plane on one surface of the substrate; a plurality of conductive patches mutually spaced in an array extending over the other surface of the substrate; conductors ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4444146 | Ultrasonic subsurface cleaning Apparatus for cleaning marine fouling material from a submerged surface, including a submersible unit movable along a submerged surface to be cleaned, and ultrasonic means carried by the unit and energizable to create a zone of cavitation at the surface, ... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4439738 | Class D pulse width modulated amplifier An arrangement for improving the performance of Class D pulse width modulated amplifiers which comprises circuitry for short circuiting turns on the output transformer during intervals between pulses and thus enabling extended linear control of the power ... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4433818 | Beacon-receiver for command guided missiles Apparatus for use with a command-guided missile including: a beacon-receiver unit comprising a member having a patterned surface including a first area, which is retroreflective, and a second area, which is not retroreflective; apparatus causing rotation ... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4425834 | Munitions dispenser Apparatus for dispensing mines of short, circularly cylindrical configuration about a spin axis, comprising, in combination, a housing having an opening, an arm mounted in the housing for angular movement about a first pivotal axis between first and secon... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4422126 | Noninductive electrical capacitor A method of making a convolutely wound electrical capacitor which comprises performing half the winding in a first direction, then reversing the direction and completing the winding without allowing the first winding to unwind.... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4422075 | Proximity monitor A proximity monitor for movement at a selected distance from a surface, including a first microwave sensor having an antenna pattern directed toward the surface, the principal component of the pattern parallel to the surface being in the direction of the ... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4416551 | Battery microcalorimeter A battery microcalorimeter comprising a thin sample container, a pair of heat sinks having faces apposed to the faces of the container, and a pair of thermopiles having first faces thermally engaging the faces of the container and second faces thermally e... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4414652 | Ultrasonic line sensor An ultrasonic line sensor including an elongated transmission line for longitudinal pressure waves, which changes transmission characteristics with change in the length of the line due to transverse mechanical loading, and also including apparatus for ene... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4407201 | Retard sensor and energy converter The method of performing an arming operation in a falling munition which comprises the steps of decelerating the munition, quickly converting a portion of the energy of deceleration to potential energy, and slowly utilizing the potential energy to perform... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4406400 | Diaphragm operated pressure regulator A diaphragm operated pressure regulator having jointly operable principal and auxiliary springs, the auxiliary spring being readily exchangeable to vary the control characteristic of the regulator without affecting the maximum and minimum pressure adjustm... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4403221 | Millimeter wave microstrip antenna An orthogonally-polarized microstrip patch radiator feed structure comprising a cavity of circular cross section, a microstrip radiation emitter including a first ground plane at the bottom of the cavity, a first non-conductive substrate overlying the fir... | 09/06/1983 |
