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| 8059026 | Interference avoiding transform domain radar An ultra-wideband pulse Doppler radar employing a transform domain communication system class of output waveform, a waveform additionally modified for enhanced radar usage. The achieved waveform includes sequential radar output pulse discrimination, improved pulse r... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8015920 | Solid fuel rocket thrust control A solid fuel rocket burn rate control employing electrical energy preheating of the fuel grain at a plurality of locations dispersed over the grain burn face cross-section as a thrust control arrangement. The electrical energy of the preheating is generated by elect... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7791355 | Near field free space anisotropic materials characterization An automated computer controlled electrical materials characterization system in which a material sample is subjected to focused near field polarization controlled microwave electrical energy radiation. Response of the material sample to either of reflected or trans... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7769108 | Digital receiver instantaneous dynamic range enhancement A moderate cost and complexity digital radio receiver system having enhanced instantaneous dynamic range response to the receipt of simultaneous signals and also providing large single signal dynamic range. Multiple signal instantaneous dynamic range improvement is ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7768366 | Nanoparticles and corona enhanced MEMS switch apparatus A life and electrical properties enhanced microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switch apparatus in which a combined nanoparticle and ionic fluid lubricant is used to prolong switch elements operating lifetime and desirable electrical characteristics during this lif... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7734406 | Integrated control of brake and steer by wire system using optimal control allocation methods A method, computer usable medium including a program, and a system for braking a vehicle during brake failure. The method and computer usable medium include the steps of determining a brake force lost corresponding to a failed brake, and determining a brake force re... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7701078 | Common bus aircraft retrofit load control A retrofit energization arrangement especially suitable for an aircraft wherein original factory-placed wiring can be reused in common bus form for plural new loads in order to avoid the expense and hazard of disassembling original wiring bundles for new conductor i... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7642929 | Helicopter brown-out landing An electromagnetic emissions free optical signal based helicopter landing assistance arrangement wherein helicopter rotor wash dust cloud-caused obfuscation of the intended landing site and other landing threats are overcome. Real time optical sourced data is collec... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7626134 | Transmissive dynamic plasma steering apparatus for radiant electromagnetic energy An ionized plasma based radiant electromagnetic energy steering or diverting apparatus wherein controlled differences in plasma density and resulting plasma electron density achieve phase shift, reflection or refraction of the controlled radiant electromagnetic ener... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7603016 | Semiconductor photonic nano communication link apparatus A CMOS compatible ten-gigabit-per-second region nano-waveguide included photonic communication link apparatus of low energy use per transmitted bit. An embodiment of the link includes an electrically pumped laser, an electro absorption modulator and a photodetector ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7601554 | Shaped MEMS contact A MEMS switch fabrication process and apparatus inclusive of a bulbous rounded surface movable contact assembly that is integral with the switch movable element and achieving of long contact wear life with low contact electrical resistance. The disclosed process is ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7586962 | Integrated diamond carrier for laser bar arrays A mounting improvement for the solid state laser bars used for example to pump high power lasers is provided. Solid state laser bars are mounted in side by side relationship and combined with integrated substrate and laser output directing optical elements on a disc... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7566889 | Reflective dynamic plasma steering apparatus for radiant electromagnetic energy A combination of radio frequency energy responsive and infrared energy responsive reflection based plasma radiant energy steering apparatus usable in directing radiant energy originating in for example an antenna array or an infrared source in order to direct the en... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7566684 | Machinery windings of yttrium barium copper oxide and related coated conductor A superconductor coating inclusive, tape-like electrical conductor and windings using such conductor for magnets and electrical machines, etc. The described windings are suited for inclusion of successor superconductor materials such as yttrium barium copper oxide w... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7543780 | Unmanned air vehicle transmission line docking surveillance A small unmanned air vehicle system having autonomous electrical energy transmission line docking capability and especially usable in military or other surveillance situations. Transmission line field sensing by the small unmanned air vehicle is used as an addition ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7482273 | Transmissive dynamic plasma steering method for radiant electromagnetic energy Radiant electromagnetic energy beam steering method achieved following antenna conversion from electrical current and voltage characterized signals to radiant wave characterized signals by way of the influence of gaseous plasma of controlled plasma density and elect... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7472152 | Accommodating fourier transformation attenuation between transform term frequencies A Fourier transformation algorithm implementation in which accommodation is provided for the output attenuation occurring when an input signal falls intermediate two terms of the transformation output series in its frequency. Corrected Fourier transformation terms, ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7440989 | Kernel function approximation and receiver A Fourier transformation arrangement usable in an electronic warfare radio receiver for analyzing spectral content of multiple transmitter-sourced brief duration incoming signals for their signal characteristics. The disclosed Fourier transformation arrangement incl... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7432132 | Integrated diamond carrier method for laser bar arrays A method of making efficient Integrated Diamond Carrier heat sink and mounting structures usable typically to mount the solid-state laser bars often employed for pumping high power lasers, for example. The disclosed method forms the Integrated Diamond Carrier on a s... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7398946 | Power line sentry charging A rechargeable battery energized unmanned aerial vehicle having surveillance capability and an ability to clandestinely collect propulsion and other energy needs from a conveniently located and possibly enemy owned energy transmission line. Energy collection is by w... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7391504 | Low cost night vision apparatus and cockpit lighting compatibility evaluation via visual acuity A cost considered arrangement for evaluating local illumination interference with operation of a night vision apparatus in for example the confines of an illumination inclusive aircraft cockpit. The evaluation is especially applicable to identifying interference bet... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7381311 | Filtered cathodic-arc plasma source A filtered cathodic-arc plasma source of lower plasma losses and higher output plasma current to input current efficiency is disclosed. Plasma filtering is accomplished in a right angle bend magnetic filter arranged to include the effects of at least three added mag... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380756 | Single dielectric barrier aerodynamic plasma actuation A single dielectric barrier aerodynamic plasma actuator apparatus based on the dielectric barrier discharge phenomenon is disclosed and suggested for application to aerodynamic uses for drag reduction, stall elimination and airfoil efficiency improvement. In the pla... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7381583 | MEMS RF switch integrated process A capacitance coupled, transmission line-fed, radio frequency MEMS switch and its fabrication process using photoresist and other low temperature processing steps are described. The achieved switch is disposed in a low cost dielectric housing free of undesired elect... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7319260 | Hinged bonding of micromechanical devices A locked hinge based technique for controllably holding surface-micromachined modules off the edge of a substrate for subsequent processing. The mechanism enables reliable, accurate, and low-cost fabrication of even complex multi layer flip-chip MEMS devices using f... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318564 | Power line sentry charging A surveillance aircraft recharging system based on energy collection by magnetic induction from the current flowing in a randomly selected alternating current transmission line conductor. The charging energy originates in the magnetic field surrounding the current c... | 01/15/2008 |
| H2208 | Intelligent agent remote tracking of chemical and biological clouds An intelligent agent-accomplished detection and tracking system responsive to sensed characteristics in a cloud of chemical or biological warfare agent(s) dispersed over a geographic area of the earth. The intelligent agent elements of the invention provide an organ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7235750 | Radio frequency MEMS switch contact metal selection A method for selecting metal alloys as the electric contact materials for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) metal contact switches. This method includes a review of alloy experience, consideration of equilibrium binary alloy phase diagrams, obtaining thin film m... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7235768 | Solid state vision enhancement device A method and device for overcoming drawbacks with commonly used prior art image intensifier tubes by providing a vision enhancement capability useful during daytime as well as nighttime. The method and device of the invention combines a solid-state two-dimensional s... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7218270 | ATR trajectory tracking system (A-Track) A-Track is a tracking process that is driven by automatic target recognition techniques (ATR), mobility analysis using digital maps and exploitation of other constraining information. It is structured as an optimization problem amenable to the formalism from classic... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7176811 | Pressure altimeter electrical testing A test apparatus and method of electrical testing especially useful for verifying normal performance of essential functions in an aircraft atmospheric pressure responsive auxiliary altimeter under either of flight line or maintenance shop conditions. The tester prov... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7145213 | MEMS RF switch integrated process A capacitance coupled, transmission line-fed, radio frequency MEMS switch and its fabrication process using photoresist and other low temperature processing steps are described. The achieved switch is disposed in a low cost dielectric housing free of undesired elect... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7136009 | Digital cueing receiver A digital cueing radio receiver system embodied using digital memory in lieu of analog delay lines and thereby avoiding delay line implementation difficulties. The cueing receiver system includes a wideband receiver portion providing an output signal employed for tu... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7109928 | Conformal microstrip leaky wave antenna A microwave radio frequency bidirectional energy flow-capable antenna method and related antenna of the physically conformal microstrip transmission line, traveling wave and leaky wave characterizations; the antenna is especially suited to vehicle mounting. The disc... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7084405 | Semiconductor generation of dynamic infrared images A high-speed, high-resolution, broadband dynamic infrared scene generator based on semiconductor transducer conversion of visible spectrum scene images into infrared spectrum images. Wavelength conversion is accomplished in the semiconductor material through absorpt... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7068226 | Pulsed plasma antenna A method and device of energizing a plasma antenna using power from the discharge of an electopropulsion engine and comprising a propellant and feed system, a capacitor charging power processing unit and an energy storage capacitor, wherein said energy is released o... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068210 | Low-cost position-adaptive UAV radar design with state-of-the-art cots technology A position-adaptive radar method and device for small UAV platforms capable of detecting “leakage signals” that, for example, propagate between two buildings or “leak through” penetrable surfaces such as walls or layers of the ground. The position-adaptive r... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7067892 | Off substrate flip-chip apparatus A flip-chip micromechanical device in which one module of a flip-chip device is stabilized in the substrate-free condition to a degree permitting its successful combination with a second module of the flip-chip device without the benefit of a supporting but interfer... | 06/27/2006 |
| H2155 | Downconvert and average identification of biphase coded signal carrier An improved apparatus and method for determining the carrier frequency in a biphase coded signal such as the course acquisition code signal in a global position sensing system. The described system may also be used for other purposes. The described system is based o... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7030808 | Nonlinear target recognition Nonlinear target detection for the detection of extremely weak signals when buried in very high levels of noise is performed with improvement of the quality of the signals received in the data by the amplification of the signal to noise (S/N) ratio. The S/N ratio in... | 04/18/2006 |
