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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161879 | Methods and apparatus for sensing acceleration Methods and apparatus for sensing acceleration according to various aspects of the present invention comprises a non-rigid membrane and a switching latch electrically coupled to the membrane. The membrane is responsive to acceleration forces and is configured to pro... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8146862 | Active vortex control system (AVOCS) method for isolation of sensitive components from external environments An active vortex control system (AVOCS) includes a set of primary injectors that inject gas into a cavity to generate a vortex in front of and possibly around components inside the cavity. The vortex interferes with an external flow field in an opening to the cavity... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8131579 | Web-based system and application for collaborative planning of a networked program schedule An automated web-based system and application manages the creation, sharing and validation of program schedule data collaboratively among multiple teams in a structured manner to generate a networked program schedule such as for an events-based IMP/IMS. The Integrat... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8120368 | Method of monitoring the clean/rinse/dry processes of patterned wafers using an electro-chemical residue sensor (ECRS) A method of improving the clean, rinse and dry processes during the manufacture of ICs, MEMS and other micro-devices to conserve solution and energy while completing the process within a specified time. An electro-chemical residue sensor (ECRS) provides in-situ and ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119956 | Multi-stage hyper-velocity kinetic energy missile A multi-stage hyper-velocity kinetic energy missile (HVKEM) uses a ‘missile in a missile’ architecture in which the HVKEM includes a 1st stage flight missile and a 2nd stage kill missile that includes a KE-rod penetrator. The flight missile... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8107894 | Modular solid-state millimeter wave (MMW) RF power source A modular solid-state MMW power source based on a topology of the lens array amplifier provides both the flexibility to scale output power and effective thermal management. The modular power source includes a single submodule that uses one or more power dividers and... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104713 | Reinforced inflatable wings for fitment-constrained air vehicles A reinforced inflatable wing improves the tolerance of the OML and reinforces the wing in at least the high load areas. This approach provides fitment constrained air vehicles with wings having increased surface area to improve flight endurance or aerodynamic contro... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8090220 | Resolution enhancement of video sequences with arbitrary enhancement factor Restoration based super-resolution combines a video sequence of low-resolution noisy blurred images using maximum likelihood estimation without regularization to produce a higher resolution image or video sequence up to a maximum enhancement factor r for the given v... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8084724 | Enhanced multiple kill vehicle (MKV) interceptor for intercepting exo and endo-atmospheric targets By sharing tasks between the CV and the KVs, the MKV interceptor provides a cost-effective missile defense system capable of intercepting and killing multiple targets. The placement of the acquisition and discrimination sensor and control sensor on the CV to provide... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082844 | Acoustic crystal explosives An acoustic crystal explosive, which gains its properties from both its periodic structure and its composition, may be configured to suppress or enhance the sensitivity of detonation of the explosive in response to an acoustic wave. An explosive material and a mediu... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8058595 | Collapsible shape memory alloy (SMA) nose cones for air vehicles, method of manufacture and use A nose cone formed from a shape memory alloy (SMA) having a recoverable strain of at least 2% collapses about the dome for storage, deploys at launch to protect the sensor dome and reduce drag during atmospheric flight and is shed to allow sensing for terminal maneu... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8038795 | Epitaxial growth and cloning of a precursor chiral nanotube A precursor chiral nanotube with a specified chirality is grown using an epitaxial process and then cloned. A substrate is provided of crystal material having sheet lattice properties complementary to the lattice properties of the selected material for the nanotube.... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037822 | Warhead booster explosive lens A cost-effective solution is proposed to improve explosive transfer between booster and warhead that is compatible with the existing base of general purpose warheads and flexible to work with new warhead configurations. A booster lens is placed in the fuze well that... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8030943 | Circuit for the detection of solder-joint failures in a digital electronic package The solder-joint integrity of digital electronic packages, such as FPGAs or microcontrollers that have internally connected input/output buffers, is evaluated by applying a time-varying voltage through one or more solder-joint networks to charge a charge-storage com... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8007705 | Method of manufacture of one-piece composite parts using a two-piece form including a shaped polymer that does not draw with a rigid insert designed to draw A polymer is formed into the shape of a one-piece composite part and then solidified by curing, setting, hardening or otherwise solidifying the polymer to form a shaped polymer form having a shape that does not draw. Composite material is laid up on the form and sol... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006623 | Dual-mass forward and side firing fragmentation warhead A high-lethality fragmentation warhead with reduced risk of collateral damage to the warhead launch platform. High lethality is achieved with a forward-firing fragmentation assembly placed in front of the explosive and a side-firing fragmentation assembly placed in ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7989743 | System and method for attitude control of a flight vehicle using pitch-over thrusters and application to an active protection system A reliable and inexpensive attitude control system uses a plurality of pitch-over thrusters to perform rapid and precise attitude maneuvers for a flight vehicle. The pitch-over thrusters create rotational moments that directly pitch and yaw the flight vehicle. The u... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7973989 | System and method using a voltage kick-off to record a hologram on a photorefractive polymer for 3D holographic display and other applications An updateable system and method of recording a hologram on a media simultaneously reduces the writing time and increases persistence without sacrificing diffraction efficiency. A voltage kick-off technique controls the bias electric field applied to a photorefractiv... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971535 | High-lethality low collateral damage fragmentation warhead The present invention provides a high-lethality low collateral damage fragmentation warhead. The case is formed of a material that is pulverized upon detonation of the explosive. As a result, the lethality radius of the pulverized case fragments is no greater than t... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7967255 | Autonomous space flight system and planetary lander for executing a discrete landing sequence to remove unknown navigation error, perform hazard avoidance and relocate the lander and method An autonomous unmanned space flight system and planetary lander executes a discrete landing sequence including performing an initial velocity braking maneuver to remove velocity at altitude, coasting during which the planet surface is imaged and correlated to refere... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7940994 | Multi-scale image fusion A multi-scale filter pyramid is applied to one or more components of a multi-component input image to produce a fused and enhanced image that can be mapped to a display, such as a color display. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938785 | Fusion-based spatio-temporal feature detection for robust classification of instantaneous changes in pupil response as a correlate of cognitive response A computationally efficient and robust approach for monitoring the instantaneous pupil response as a correlate to significant cognitive response to relevant stimuli derives data samples d(n) of the pupil diameter (area), v(n) of pupil velocity and a(n) of pupil acce... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7932726 | Method of design optimization and monitoring the clean/rinse/dry processes of patterned wafers using an electro-chemical residue sensor (ECRS) A method of improving the clean, rinse and dry processes during the manufacture of ICs, MEMS and other micro-devices to conserve solution and energy while completing the process within a specified time. An electro-chemical residue sensor (ECRS) provides in-situ and ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930978 | Forward firing fragmentation warhead A forward firing fragmentation warhead is constructed with casing materials that are pulverized upon detonation of the explosive. As a result, the lethality radius of the pulverized case fragments is no greater than that of the gas blast, thus reducing potential col... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930184 | Multi-channel audio coding/decoding of random access points and transients A lossless audio codec encodes/decodes a lossless variable bit rate (VBR) bitstream with random access point (RAP) capability to initiate lossless decoding at a specified segment within a frame and/or multiple prediction parameter set (MPPS) capability partitioned t... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7921775 | Warhead booster explosive lens A cost-effective solution is proposed to improve explosive transfer between booster and warhead that is compatible with the existing base of general purpose warheads and flexible to work with new warhead configurations. A booster lens is placed in the fuze well that... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921588 | Safeguard system for ensuring device operation in conformance with governing laws A safeguard system ensures device operation in conformance with governing laws for devices such as directed energy weapons or surveillance systems, whose misuse may discomfort, harm or otherwise violate the legal rights of a person. A legal protocol is defined by ru... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921539 | Integrated nutplate and clip for a floating fastener and method of manufacture and assembly An inexpensive and reliable floating fastener is provided by manufacturing an integrated nutplate into the backside of the interior structural member. A retention clip engages the nutplate to capture the nut while allowing the nut to float. The integrated nutplate r... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920982 | Optical distortion calibration for electro-optical sensors Optical distortion calibration for an Electro-Optical sensor in a chamber eliminates calibration of the mirror controller and allows for calibration while the target is in motion across the FOV thus providing a more efficient and accurate calibration. A target patte... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7912327 | Hybrid strip-loaded electro-optic polymer/sol-gel modulator A hybrid strip-loaded EO polymer/sol-gel modulator in which the sol-gel core waveguide does not lie below the active EO polymer waveguide increases the higher electric field/optical field overlap factor Γ and reduces inter-electrode separation d thereby lowering th... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912247 | Method of boresight correlation of imager video to reference video The present invention provides for simple and streamlined boresight correlation of FLIR-to-missile video. Boresight correlation is performed with un-NUCed missile video, which allows boresight correlation and NUC to be performed simultaneously thereby reducing the t... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7899271 | System and method of moving target based calibration of non-uniformity compensation for optical imagers A system and method for moving target based non-uniformity calibration for optical images. The described approach allows for the use of the same test chamber to perform non-uniformity calibration and moving target tests. The current approach works by scanning a test... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7887734 | Method of manufacture of one-piece composite parts with a polymer form that transitions between its glassy and elastomeric states A polymer is formed into the shape of a one-piece composite part and then solidified by curing, setting, hardening or otherwise solidifying the polymer to form a shaped polymer form having a shape that does not draw. Composite material is laid up on the form and sol... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7883580 | System and method for nanotube growth via Ion implantation using a catalytic transmembrane Ion implantation is used to grow nanotubes out of carbon and other materials. Catalytic material is placed on or in a membrane that physically and possibly environmentally separates an implantation chamber or region from a growth chamber or region. High-energy ions ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7881495 | Method of non-uniformity compensation (NUC) of an imager The present invention provides for simple and streamlined boresight correlation of FLIR-to-missile video. Boresight correlation is performed with un-NUCed missile video, which allows boresight correlation and NUC to be performed simultaneously thereby reducing the t... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7851732 | System and method for attitude control of a flight vehicle using pitch-over thrusters A reliable and inexpensive attitude control system uses a plurality of pitch-over thrusters to perform rapid and precise attitude maneuvers for a flight vehicle. The pitch-over thrusters create rotational moments that directly pitch and yaw the flight vehicle. The u... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7837905 | Method of making reinforced filament with doubly-embedded nanotubes Strengthened filaments and fibers are realized by mixing and dissolving monomer and catalyst in a solvent into open-ended nanotubes to form a polymer precursor prior to polymerization in which the open nanotubes are filled with monomer and catalyst. The remaining st... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7837813 | Stimulated emission release of chemical energy stored in stone-wales defect pairs in carbon nanostructures Stone Wales defect pairs in a carbon nanostructure are used to store energy. Energy is released by a chain reaction of phonons disrupting the defect pairs to generate more phonons until the lattice returns to its original hexagonal form and the energy is released in... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7825366 | Methods and systems for extracting energy from a heat source using photonic crystals with defect cavities Methods and systems for extracting energy from a heat source using photonic crystals with defect cavities generally comprise a photonic crystal, a cavity, and a converter. The photonic crystal is responsive to a heat source and generates an electromagnetic beam in r... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7809200 | Dynamic range compression of high dynamic range imagery An improved apparatus and method adaptively compresses the dynamic range of an image from a sensor by rescaling the value of every pixel to fit within the dynamic range of a low dynamic range display while preserving local image contrast and global scene appearance.... | 10/05/2010 |
