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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6202977 | Method and apparatus to restrain objects A method and apparatus for protecting objects from damage during an earthquake or the like which includes fastening brackets to a structure and securing the object to the structure by means of a strap-like member connected to the object and the brackets i... | 03/20/2001 |
| 5739474 | All weather cable clip assembly with longitudinal grooves An all weather cable clip assembly (1) having a cable body (2) and a nail or similar fastener (3), is used to secure a coaxial type cable (4) against a mounting surface (16). The cable clip body (2), made of a material that can undergo extreme weather con... | 04/14/1998 |
| 4864236 | Wire inhomogeneity detector having a core with opposing pole pieces and guide pieces adjacent the opposing pole pieces A device for uncovering imperfections in electrical conducting wire, particularly superconducting wire, by detecting variations in eddy currents. Eddy currents effect the magnetic field in a gap of an inductor, contained in a modified commercial ferrite c... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4849036 | Composite polymer-glass edge cladding for laser disks Large neodymium glass laser disks for disk amplifiers such as those used in the Nova laser require an edge cladding which absorbs at 1 micrometer. This cladding prevents edge reflections from causing parasitic oscillations which would otherwise deplete th... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4842963 | Zinc electrode and rechargeable zinc-air battery An improved zinc electrode is disclosed for a rechargeable zinc-air battery comprising an outer frame and a porous foam electrode support within the frame which is treated prior to the deposition of zinc thereon to inhibit the formation of zinc dendrites ... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4837361 | A process for the preparation of cysteine from cystine The present invention in one aspect relates to a process for the simultaneous removal of NOx and SO2 from a fluid stream comprising mixtures thereof and in another aspect relates to the separation, use and/or regeneration of various ... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4833048 | Metal-sulfur type cell having improved positive electrode An novel metal-sulfur type cell operable at a temperature of 200° C. or less with an energy density of 150 Whrs/Kg or better is disclosed characterized by an organo-sulfur cathode formed from an organic-sulfur compound having the general formula, in its ... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4832113 | Survivable pulse power space radiator A thermal radiator system is described for use on an outer space vehicle, which must survive a long period of nonuse and then radiate large amounts of heat for a limited period of time. The radiator includes groups of radiator panels that are pivotally co... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4824276 | Helix coupling A coupling for connecting helix members in series, which consists of a pair of U-shaped elements, one of which is attached to each helix end with the "U" sections of the elements interlocked. The coupling is particularly beneficial for interconnecting hel... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4824447 | Enhanced oil recovery system All energy resources available from a geopressured geothermal reservoir are used for the production of pipeline quality gas using a high pressure separator/heat exchanger and a membrane separator, and recovering waste gas from both the membrane separator ... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4824598 | Synthetic laser medium A laser medium is particularly useful in high average power solid state lasers. The laser medium includes a chormium dopant and preferably neodymium ions as codopant, and is primarily a gadolinium scandium gallium garnet, or an analog thereof. Divalent ca... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4816205 | Remotely replaceable tokamak plasma limiter tiles U-shaped limiter tiles placed end-to-end over a pair of parallel runners secured to a wall have two rods which engage L-shaped slots in the runners. The short receiving legs of the L-shaped slots are perpendicular to the wall and open away from the wall, ... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4815828 | Techniques for optically compressing light intensity ranges A pin hole camera assembly for use in viewing an object having a relatively large light intensity range, for example a crucible containing molten uranium in an atomic vapor laser isotope separator (AVLIS) system is disclosed herein. The assembly includes ... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4814599 | Microchannel plate streak camera An improved streak camera in which a microchannel plate electron multiplier is used in place of or in combination with the photocathode used in prior streak cameras. The improved streak camera is far more sensitive to photons (UV to gamma-rays) than the c... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4811619 | Motorized control for mirror mount apparatus A motorized control and automatic braking system for adjusting mirror mount apparatus is disclosed. The motor control includes a planetary gear arrangement to provide improved pitch adjustment capability while permitting a small packaged design. The motor... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4810474 | Method of removing nitrogen monoxide from a nitrogen monoxide-containing gas using a water-soluble iron ion-dithiocarbamate, xanthate or thioxanthate A method of removing nitrogen monoxide from a nitrogen monoxide-containing gas, which method comprises: (a) contacting a nitrogen oxide-containing gas with an aqueous solution of water soluble organic compound-iron ion chelate of the formula: ##STR1## ... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4808532 | Continuous human cell lines and method of making same Substantially genetically stable continuous human cell lines derived from normal human mammary epithelial cells (HMEC) and processes for making and using the same. In a preferred embodiment, the cell lines are derived by treating normal human mammary epit... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4798446 | Aplanatic and quasi-aplanatic diffraction gratings A reflection diffraction grating having a series of transverse minute grooves of progressively varying spacing along a concave surface enables use of such gratings for X-ray or longer wavelength imaging of objects. The variable groove spacing establishes ... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4795940 | Large area directly heated lanthanum hexaboride cathode structure having predetermined emission profile A large area directly heated lanthanum hexaboride (LaB6) cathode system (10) is disclosed. The system comprises a LaB6 cathode element (11) generally circular in shape about a central axis. The cathode element (11) has a head (21) wi... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4793961 | Method and source for producing a high concentration of positively charged molecular hydrogen or deuterium ions A high concentration of positive molecular ions of hydrogen or deuterium gas is extracted from a positive ion source having a short path length of extracted ions, relative to the mean free path of the gas molecules, to minimize the production of other ion... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4792725 | Instantaneous and efficient surface wave excitation of a low pressure gas or gases A system for instantaneously ionizing and continuously delivering energy in the form of surface waves to a low pressure gas or mixture of low pressure gases, comprising a source of rf energy, a discharge container, (such as a fluorescent lamp discharge tu... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4791630 | Method and apparatus for optical communication by frequency modulation Laser optical communication according to this invention is carried out by producing multi-frequency laser beams having different frequencies, splitting one or more of these constituent beams into reference and signal beams, encoding information on the sig... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4788913 | Flying-plate detonator using a high-density high explosive A flying-plate detonator containing a high-density high explosive such as benzotrifuroxan (BTF). The detonator involves the electrical explosion of a thin metal foil which punches out a flyer from a layer overlying the foil, and the flyer striking a high-... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4784037 | Locking apparatus for gate valves A locking apparatus for fluid operated valves having a piston connected to the valve actuator which moves in response to applied pressure within a cylinder housing having a cylinder head, a catch block is secured to the piston, and the cylinder head incor... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4770845 | Self-actuating reactor shutdown system A control system for the automatic or self-actuated shutdown or "scram" of a nuclear reactor. The system is capable of initiating scram insertion by a signal from the plant protection system or by independent action directly sensing reactor conditions of ... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4769208 | Automatic safety rod for reactors An automatic safety rod for a nuclear reactor containing neutron absorbing material and designed to be inserted into a reactor core after a loss-of-core flow. Actuation is based upon either a sudden decrease in core pressure drop or the pressure drop decr... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4767592 | Protective interior wall and attach8ing means for a fusion reactor vacuum vessel An array of connected plates mounted on the inside wall of the vacuum vessel of a magnetic confinement reactor in order to provide a protective surface for energy deposition inside the vessel. All fasteners are concealed and protected beneath the plates, ... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4761584 | Strong permanent magnet-assisted electromagnetic undulator This invention discloses an improved undulator comprising a plurality of electromagnet poles located along opposite sides of a particle beam axis with alternate north and south poles on each side of the beam to cause the beam to wiggle or undulate as it t... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4760306 | Electron emitting filaments for electron discharge devices Electrons are copiously emitted by a device comprising a loop-shaped filament made of lanthanum hexaboride. The filament is directly heated by an electrical current produced along the filament by a power supply connected to the terminal legs of the filame... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4752728 | Tunable resonant sensing means to sense a particular frequency in a high energy charged particle beam and generate a frequency-domain signal in response A frequency domain sensing system is disclosed for sensing the position of a high energy beam of charged particles traveling within a housing which comprises a plurality of sensors positioned in the wall of the housing radially around the axis of the beam... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4749542 | Removable check valve for use in a nuclear reactor A removable check valve for interconnecting the discharge duct of a pump and an inlet coolant duct of a reactor core in a pool-type nuclear reactor. A manifold assembly is provided having an outer periphery affixed to and in fluid communication with the d... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4747949 | Liquid membrane coated ion-exchange column solids This invention relates to a method for improving the performance of liquid membrane separations by coating a liquid membrane onto solid ion-exchange resin beads in a fixed bed. Ion-exchange beads fabricated from an ion-exchange resin are swelled with wate... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4747998 | Thermally actuated thermionic switch A thermally actuated thermionic switch which responds to an increase of temperature by changing from a high impedance to a low impedance at a predictable temperature set point. The switch has a bistable operation mode switching only on temperature increas... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4743713 | Aluminum-stabilized NB3SN superconductor An aluminum-stabilized Nb3 Sn superconductor and process for producing same, utilizing ultrapure aluminum. Ductile components are co-drawn with aluminum to produce a conductor suitable for winding magnets. After winding, the conductor is heated... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4741398 | Hydraulic accumulator-compressor for geopressured enhanced oil recovery A hydraulic accumulator-compressor vessel using geothermal brine under pressure as a piston to compress waste (CO2 rich) gas is used in a system having a plurality of gas separators in tandem to recover pipeline quality gas from geothermal brin... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4735872 | Electrochemical system including lamella settler crystallizer A crystallizer which incorporates a lamella settler and which is particularly applicable for use in batteries and power cells for electric vehicles or stationary applications. The lamella settler can be utilized for coarse particle separation or for agglo... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4735421 | Sealing apparatus utilizing a conformable member Sealing apparatus and method, comprising first and second surfaces or membranes, at least one of which surfaces is deformable, placed in proximity to one another. Urging means cause these surfaces to contact one another in a manner such that the deformabl... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4734252 | Nuclear reactor shutdown control rod assembly A temperature responsive, self-actuated nuclear reactor shutdown control rod assembly 10. The upper end 18 of a lower drive line 17 fits within the lower end of an upper drive line 12. The lower end (not shown) of the lower drive line 17 is connected to a... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4733182 | Josephson junction Q-spoiler An automatic Q-spoiler comprising at least one Josephson tunnel junction connected in an LC circuit for flow of resonant current therethrough. When in use in a system for detecting the magnetic resonance of a gyromagnetic particle system, a high energy pu... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4725449 | Method of making radio frequency ion source antenna In the method, the radio frequency (RF) antenna is made by providing a clean coil made of copper tubing or other metal conductor, which is coated with a tacky organic binder, and then with a powdered glass frit, as by sprinkling the frit uniformly over th... | 02/16/1988 |
