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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8164021 | Electrically assisted friction stir welding An electrically assisted friction stir welding method and arrangement in which the required downward/pressing force typically exerted on a workpiece is substantially reduced. The method and apparatus involves the creation of a localized heated zone on a workpiece un... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8069806 | Connectorless sea train The invention is directed towards a watercraft module and a connectorless sea train including two or more of the watercraft modules. The watercraft modules in the sea train are formed in a bow-to-stern relationship and are held together by compression forces. Each m... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069770 | Modular spaced armor assembly A method and device for protecting a surface. The device includes modular spaced armor assemblies having a ceramic face plate, a composite backing plate, and a lightweight low-density module therebetween. The modular spaced armor assemblies may be tiled to form a pr... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8020505 | Probe receiver device for recovering surface water vessels A method and apparatus for securing a surface water vessel to a floating station. The surface water vessel may be an unmanned surface vehicle, and the floating station may be attached to a larger parent ship. According to the invention, the surface water vessel incl... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7975638 | Method and device for releasably latching a water vessel to a line A method and device to permit a water vessel to releasably capture a line. The water vessel may include a step cutout portion to receive a line capturing device. The line capturing device includes a device housing having a capturing notch and a pivotal guide arm. Th... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7972515 | In situ membrane integrity test An in situ reverse flow shipboard membrane integrity test apparatus and method, for determining if a membrane arrangement is defective. A membrane arrangement within a separation unit is tested when the membrane arrangement is arranged to perform wastewater separati... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971547 | Underwater surface cleaning vehicle for integrated cleaning and effluent treatment system A method and apparatus for the cleaning of an underwater surface, such as a hull. The method and apparatus enables cleaning to be conducted while mitigating the release of removed material into surrounding waters. The integrated apparatus includes a cleaning deck fo... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7966959 | Permeable hull to mitigate impact load in water The invention is directed to an apparatus for mitigating the load impact on a surface watercraft and passengers therein, during high speed travel. The hull includes a damping cavity for mitigating the load impact on the surface watercraft. The damping cavity is posi... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7963115 | Magnetic field enhanced metal fuel combustion A magnetic flux enhanced metal fuel combustion system and method for producing energy. The energy may be used to drive a water vessel such as a submarine. The system and method includes a ring-shaped coil of an electromagnet surrounding a combustion chamber. The ele... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7952239 | Bimetallic strips for energy harvesting, actuation and sensing Disclosed are bimetallic strips that incorporate magnetostrictive materials to enhance and provide sensing, actuating and energy harvesting functions. The bimetallic strips include a positive magnetostrictive Fe-based alloy layer and a flexible layer. The flexible l... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7905192 | Integrated underwater surface cleaning and effluent treatment system A method and apparatus for the cleaning of an underwater surface, such as a ship hull. The method and apparatus enables cleaning to be conducted while mitigating the release of removed material into surrounding waters. The integrated apparatus includes a cleaning ve... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7900453 | Metal fuel combustion and energy conversion system A metal fuel combustion system and method for producing energy. The energy may be used to drive a water vessel such as a submarine. The system and method comprises a combustion device having inner and outer combustion chambers. The metal fuel comprises aluminum, mag... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7854189 | Modular missile launching assembly The invention is related to a modular missile launching assembly, more particularly, a compact modular missile launching assembly that is easily attachable to smaller sized watercrafts, allowing for quick installation. The missile launching assembly is encased in a ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7834490 | Bimetallic strips for energy harvesting, actuation and sensing Disclosed are bimetallic strips that incorporate magnetostrictive materials to enhance and provide sensing, actuating and energy harvesting functions. The bimetallic strips include a positive magnetostrictive Fe-based alloy layer and a flexible layer. The flexible l... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7830302 | Remote sensing of wave heights using a narrowband radar arrangement A narrowband radar arrangement having a radar transmitter and a radar receiver mounted above a targeted water surface to monitor and determine a sea state of the targeted water surface. Fixed frequency signals are transmitted by the transmitter and received by the r... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7808426 | Remote sensing of wave heights using a broadband radar arrangement A broadband radar arrangement having a radar transmitter and a radar receiver mounted above a targeted water surface to monitor and determine a sea state of the targeted water surface. Spectrally spaced signals are transmitted by the transmitter and received by the ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7760585 | Through the bulkhead repeater A method and apparatus for transmitting radio frequency signals and associated information through a plurality of compartments and associated bulkhead walls in a water vessel. The method and apparatus includes a through-the-bulkhead repeater system, in which one or ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7714536 | Battery charging arrangement for unmanned aerial vehicle utilizing the electromagnetic field associated with utility power lines to generate power to inductively charge energy supplies A method and apparatus for charging energy supplies in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The present invention relates to a UAV that comprises an inductive charging device that utilizes the electromagnetic field emanated by overhead/utility power lines, to charge th... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7707957 | Structural support to underwater vessels using shape memory alloys A supporting arrangement for a vessel for counteracting compressive loads at an operating temperature. The supporting arrangement also provides inertial stiffening of the hull of the vessel as well as acoustic and vibration damping. The supporting arrangement includ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7621230 | Carrier and flow-through ship A method and apparatus for cargo transfer at sea, more particularly, a flow-through vessel and related method for the at-sea and underway launching and loading of air-cushion vehicles. The vessel includes a hull having a forward end and an aft end, a continuous deck... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7597010 | Method of achieving high transduction under tension or compression A method of using a magnetostrictive material to achieve a high magnetomechanical coupling factor comprising building an internal anisotropy energy into the magnetostrictive material and applying a tensile or compressive stress to the magnetostrictive material with ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7592173 | Operationally enhanced bioreactor Biofilm on glass beads deposited within a bottom portion of a vertically elongated bioreactor housing for possible experimental evaluation through a testing port in the housing which is also provided with inlet ports for aeration and infeed of nutrients with liquid.... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7547997 | Aircraft electrical servicing adapter A system for enabling the use of one electrical servicing cable having a 115V/400 Hz AC cablehead, to supply aircrafts having either a three-phase 115V/400 Hz AC electrical power system, or a 270 VDC/28 VDC electrical power system, for aircraft pre-flight and mainte... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7517263 | Advanced blade sections for high speed propellers A method and apparatus is directed towards an advanced blade section for propellers that allow watercrafts to effectively travel in both sub-cavitating and super-cavitating modes. The advanced blade section includes a streamlined profile having a convex upper surfac... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7517191 | Operational maintenance of air-conditioning installations An assembled pump compressor arrangement of an air-conditioning system having a housing enclosing an impeller with a thrust collar positioned thereon. The arrangement includes a tool for applying torque to the impeller having an outer cylindrical element and a plura... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7492240 | Integrated capacitor and inductor An integrated capacitor and inductor device for separate use as a capacitor and inductor. The device has a four-terminal arrangement having separate capacitor and inductor terminals, which allows connection as two independent circuit elements within one physical pac... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7451714 | All purpose seal An apparatus for sealing a doorway, more particularly, an all purpose gasket structure capable of sealing a doorway against the entry of water, smoke, and fire. The gasket is primarily an elongated silicone rubber structure having a ridged rectangular cross section ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451719 | High temperature superconducting degaussing system A method and apparatus for degaussing a water vessel. The invention involves the use of a light-weight reduced-size degaussing system that comprises a plurality of degaussing coils arranged in a plurality of axes. An electrical current is passed through the pluralit... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7390380 | Processing of shipboard wastewater Incoming wastewater is preheated in a heat exchanger before delivery to a flash chamber through an orifice for flashing into water vapor rising into an upper section of the flash chamber which also has a bottom section into which liquid waste oil or other contaminan... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7328879 | Equipment installation support on foundation A bearing washer is inserted into a horizontally elongated recess formed within the top flat surface of an upper tapered wedge of a support assembly through which equipment is adjustably positioned on a foundation. The upper wedge is vertically and horizontally adju... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322786 | Mobile loader for transfer of containers between delivery vehicles and marine terminal cranes A mobile loader is driven to a dockside location underlying the spreader bar of a marine terminal crane. A delivery vehicle such as a train or a truck is driven into the loader at such dockside location so that containers maybe transferred between the delivery vehic... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316194 | Rudders for high-speed ships A high-speed water vessel including a steering arrangement for reducing cavitation and its effects. The arrangement includes a twisted rudder pair located downstream of a high-speed propulsor. The rudder pair may also be contoured at a bottom portion thereof. The pr... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7284570 | Electrically powered valve for controlling, monitoring and evaluating fluid flow Controlled flow of liquid is conducted between aligned inlet and outlet pipe sections through a valve housing within which a solid valve element is sealed and supported for electrically powered displacement between a fully open position establishing unrestricted flo... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7163138 | Friction stirred introduction of particles into a metallic substrate for surface durability treatment An axially elongated cylindrical tool has a protrusion at a lower end thereof which is inserted into a metallic work piece substrate under pressure during rotation of the tool and displacement thereof in one direction. Mixing of a matrix of metal and particles by th... | 01/16/2007 |
