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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4783744 | Self-adaptive IRU correction loop design interfacing with the target state estimator for multi-mode terminal handoff A method and apparatus for identifying inertial reference unit (IRU) errors in a guided missile employing a multi-mode guidance system and constructing correction terms to recover the missile true position. Discrepancy parameters are introduced to indicat... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4756226 | Missile support structure for a launch tube A missile support structure comprises at least two sabots or packing bodies which surround a missile in a launch tube and extend along at least part of its length. The sabots substantially fill the gap between the outer surface of the missile and the wall... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4753169 | Ablating electromagnetic shield sheath An attachable, ablating shield comprises a metalized sheath for fitting closely over, for covering, and for protecting an electronics section in a missile from external electromagnetic radiation, particularly from high-energy radio frequency radiation, du... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4733751 | Rocket exhaust disrupter An apparatus for reducing the pressure and thermal impingement effects of a supersonic exhaust gas plume emanating from a rocket motor nozzle. A disrupter body positioned within the exhaust plume along the central longitudinal axis thereof disrupts and di... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4715526 | Floating seal and method of its use Apparatus and method for providing a floating seal for an inert gas solder reflow chamber. The seal floats with respect to upper and lower chucks and is made of a substantially non-deformable material. The seal permits lateral, axial and rotational moveme... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4712110 | Five-port monopulse antenna feed structure with one dedicated transmit port An antenna feed structure for use with a parabolic reflector in amplitude-comparison monopulse radar applications employs a dedicated transmit feed centered within a four-port receive array of conventional element spacing to eliminate the need for a circu... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4709780 | Exhaust dissipator/disrupter device A dissipator device comprises a container having an inlet for connection to a rocket exhaust and a plurality of exhaust orifices of smaller dimensions than the inlet for exhaust flow out of the container in a plurality of different directions. A deflector... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4709121 | Hinge seal A seal for a piano hinge for preventing passage of electromagnetic energy through the hinge; said seal comprising a first sealing member of conductive material comprising a connecting section for attachment to and for electrical contact with one hinge lea... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4708304 | Ring-wing A ring-wing assembly for use in combination with a missile or mortar adapted to be launched from a launch tube or barrel allows attachment of large lifting surfaces to the projectile as it is launched from a barrel. The ring-wing assembly generally compri... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4707414 | Electrostatic-free package A rigid packaging material having a coating of heat-sealable, anti-static plastic. A fiberboard sheet substrate is coated with a lamina of polyethylene made electrostatic-free by the addition of an organic anti-static compound. When skin-packaged with a f... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4701727 | Stripline tapped-line hairpin filter A stripline tapped-line filter is disclosed including a first substrate upon which a plurality of N hairpin resonators are disposed alternately on opposite surfaces of the first substrate. Each one of the hairpin resonators is in a parallel coupled relati... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4698638 | Dual mode target seeking system A dual mode target seeking system for airborne vehicles which operates under two different frequencies simultaneously includes a radio frequency antenna comprising a slotted plate defining a ground plane with an image plate positioned in front of the grou... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4688040 | Radar return suppressor A radar return suppressor for use in concealing and camouflaging mobile targets such as trucks, artillery and like vehicles. One or more lengths of a support member attachable to the target and components support and position a radar signal attenuator bet... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4686884 | Gas management deflector Pivotable deflector panels are installed in the transition sections between a plurality of rocket storage and launch chambers and a lower plenum or manifold chamber which is provided to dispose of the exhaust gases from missile firings. The deflector pane... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4685533 | Exhaust dissipator device An exhaust dissipator device for a rocket exhaust has an inlet for connection to the exhaust and a plurality of smaller exhaust orifices spaced around its surface to dissipate the flow into a plurality of smaller jets. A deflector surface in the direction... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4685859 | Missile part assembly and transport cart A retention collar rigidly attaches to a missile guidance assembly, and a transport cart lifts, supports, transports, and lowers the retention collar and thereby a retained assembly. The retention collar comprises a pair of trunnions for attachment to a w... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4683798 | Gas management transition device A transition region for a missile launch chamber providing a smooth transition from a generally square cross-section chamber in which a missile is stored and launched to a round exit opening of the chamber which connects with an exhaust manifold or plenum... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4677809 | Method of making packing material with anti-static coating A rigid packaging material having a coating of heat-sealable, anti-static plastic. A fiberboard sheet substrate is coated with a lamina of polyethylene made electrostatic-free by the addition of an organic anti-static compound. When skin-packaged with a f... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4674029 | Open-loop control system and method utilizing control function based on equivalent closed-loop linear control system An open-loop system for controlling a plant, including a sampling circuit for providing an actuating signal as a series of impulse signals, and a computer for providing a control signal to operate the plant in response to the actuating signal in accordanc... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4673146 | Missile tail fin assembly An improved missle tail fin assembly. The missile utilizes four tail fin assemblies, each assembly comprising a fitting having three locking portions, each of which comprises a gudgeon having a pair of locking teeth, and a fin having mating recesses for t... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4672838 | Bearing friction tester A bearing friction testing apparatus includes a bearing support structure having a support arm with a bearing mount for mounting a test bearing with a bi-directional load support ring for attachment to the bearing race with a pendulum attachable to the su... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4667899 | Double swing wing self-erecting missile wing structure A self-erecting wing structure for increased missile performance and maneuverability without significant sacrifice of payload space includes a wing pivotally attached to an air frame in a retracted position in which the wing is both rotated about its span... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4669054 | Device and method for optically correlating a pair of images A two-dimensional optical correlation apparatus includes a transmissive optical mask having a transmissivity pattern corresponding to a two-dimensional reference image and an input image buffer that stores a sequence of pixels corresponding to a raster-sc... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4660170 | System for providing reprogramming data to an embedded processor A system for providing information to alter the software of an electronic data processor embedded in an electronic module includes a remote reprogramming module that conducts a sequence of operations to provide data to the processor which the processor us... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4651297 | Two-dimensional image correlator The electro-optical correlator performs pattern-recognition by forming the columnar dot product of an input image with a reference image at video through-put rates. The correlator incorporates an analog-to-digital converter for digitizing the input-image ... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4648926 | Electrically-isolating coupler suitable for high pressure cryogenic gas flow A coupler for electrically-isolating two conductive sections of fluid-passing line includes two nonconductively-interconnected pieces of tubing for insertion in the line. The pieces of tubing each have a divergently-flared end, and the flared ends are ... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4648567 | Directional control of rockets using elastic deformation of structural members A missile is disclosed which utilizes elastic deformation of structural members in order to control missile flight. The elastic deformation may be in the mounting of the rocket nozzle, the provision of deformable control surfaces, or provision of deformab... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4649338 | Fine line circuitry probes and method of manufacture Probes for testing circuitry comprising plural oriented; circular cross-section; microcircuit probes positioned in a dielectric base and having connections on the opposite side of base to attach probe circuitry. A method of manufacture of such probes incl... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4647873 | Adaptive linear FM sweep corrective system An apparatus and method for generating an output signal having portions thereof being linearly swept in frequency. A controller, responsive to external signals, generates a series of control signals. An oscillator, responsive to each one of the control si... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4647851 | Fine line circuitry probes and method of manufacture Probes for testing circuitry comprising plural oriented, circular cross-section, microcircuit probes positioned in a dielectric base and having connections on the opposite side of base to attach probe circuitry. A method of manufacture of such probes incl... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4647778 | Clear aperture cryostat for an infrared detector A cooling apparatus for an infrared up-convertor incorporates a transparent heat sink in a conductive heat exchange relationship with a surface of the up-convertor and a Joule-Thomson effect cryostat located outside of the incoming and emitted image paths... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4645994 | Space-referenced, rate-stabilized multiple-gimbal-platform system A space-referenced, rate-stabilized gimbal platform system for use in a vehicle. The system includes a master gimbal mounted to the vehicle frame and having a master platform that is pivotable with respect to a first axis that is perpendicular to the long... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4623564 | Method of coating packaging material with anti-static composition A rigid packaging material having a coating of heat-sealable, anti-static plastic. A fiberboard sheet substrate is coated with a lamina of polyethylene made electrostatic-free by the addition of an organic anti-static compound. When skin-packaged with a f... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4620293 | Optical matrix multiplier An optical computing system is provided for performing a linear multiplication operation involving a matrix with bipolar values. A plurality of beams representing the values of a N×1 column matrix Q illuminate an optical mask having elements disposed in ... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4603942 | Flexible, dielectric millimeter waveguide A flexible waveguide for transmitting waves from a sensor mounted on a gimbal includes a cable comprising an outer flexible sheath and a plurality of flexible polytetrafluoroethylene fibers bundled within the sheath and including a termination flange coup... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4604570 | System for comparing conditions between selected pairs of terminals in test circuit with conditions between like terminal pairs in reference circuit A ballistic comparative ohmmeter for use in testing the resistance between different selected pairs of a plurality of terminals in a test circuit in comparison to the resistance between corresponding pairs of terminals in a reference circuit. the ohmmeter... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4602809 | Miniature O-ringless gas line isolator A separable electrical isolator for coupling two pieces of conductive tubing carrying high pressure cryogenic gas includes a gas-impervious dielectric spacer with a bore in which the pieces of tubing are sealed axially-aligned in fluid communication with ... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4601493 | Electrically-isolating coupler suitable for high pressure cryogenic gas flow A coupler for electrically-isolating two conductive sections of fluid-passing line includes two nonconductively-interconnected pieces of tubing for insertion in the line. The pieces of tubing each have a divergently-flared end, and the flared ends are ... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4600218 | Separable high pressure gas line isolator A separable electrical isolator for coupling two pieces of conductive tubing carrying high pressure cryogenic gas includes a gas-impervious dielectric spacer with a pair of opposing surfaces and a bore extending therebetween in which the pieces of tubing ... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4598884 | Infrared target sensor and system A gimbal-less infrared (IR) target sensor for mounting in an IR transmissive nose cone of a guided missile comprises a fixed, concave, primary mirror mounted coaxially in the base of the nose cone; a fixed, convex, secondary mirror mounted at the focus of... | 07/08/1986 |
