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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5157753 | Hermetically sealed optical fiber arrays and method for forming same Hermetically sealed optical fiber arrays comprising a bundle of metal-coated optical fibers which are sealed to each other and to a metal-coated supporting structure. The hermetic seals are formed by a process which uses fluxless solder and preferably a v... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5150196 | Hermetic sealing of wafer scale integrated wafer A hermetically sealed integrated wafer wherein the integrated wafer is sandwiched between a support layer and expansion buffering layer. The expansion buffering layer includes a centrally-located opening through which integrated circuits located on the wa... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5150069 | Waveform tracking clipper circuit A waveform tracking clipper circuit for limiting the instantaneous amplitude of a processed vibration test signal at the input to a shaker amplifier to the instantaneous amplitude of an unprocessed vibration test signal, the unprocessed vibration test sig... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5145722 | Method and composition for protecting and enhancing the solderability of metallic surfaces A method and composition for protecting and enhancing the solderability of a metallic surface. A mixture which includes a chosen protective material and a dicarboxylic acid fluxing agent is applied to the metallic surface to form a protective film or coat... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5139704 | Fluxless solder A fluxless solder for application to metal surfaces which include contaminants such as metal oxides. The fluxless solder includes a reducing agent which reacts with interfering metal oxides to form essentially inert compounds which require no further clea... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5135554 | Method and apparatus for continuous sputter coating of fibers Apparatus and method for continuously forming sputter-coated glass fibers. The apparatus includes a sputter vessel into which freshly drawn fiber is passed before surface contamination can occur. The sputter vessel includes modular sputtering units which ... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5134470 | Optical fiber interconnections and method of forming same Optical interconnectors and methods for optically interconnecting structures, such as printed circuit boards. The optical interconnectors comprise at least two optical fibers having one end embedded in a structure such as a printed circuit board and at le... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5129152 | Fast contact measuring machine A pair of anvils (50,54) are respectively fixed to and movable with respect to a base (12). Each anvil has a surface (52,56) of given topography, preferably a flat surface. The surfaces are spaced in parallel from one another at an initial gap so that the... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5126558 | Joint position detector with fiber optical microbend loop An apparatus for precisely controlling the movement and position of objects. The apparatus includes at least one moveable arm and a system for optically measuring the movement of the arm. The optical measurement system includes an optical fiber loop capab... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5119232 | Infrared-transmissive optical window An optical window that transmits infrared radiation and minimizes the effect of microwave radiation comprises: (a) a layer of a first material that transmits infrared radiation and absorbs microwave radiation, and has a predetermined thickness; and (b) a layer... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5099147 | Raman converter with variable wavelength distribution A Raman converter comprising an input optical pump beam (16) from a laser (18) that propagates through first and second Raman cells (12,24) and causes Stokes shifted waves (14,26) to be generated therein, and a polarizer (34) disposed between the Raman ce... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5090016 | Multiple focus backward Raman laser apparatus A Raman laser apparatus for producing a high energy output beam with low divergence. An optical pump beam (14) propagates through first and second focuses (34,36) inside a cell containing a gaseous Raman medium (20) at a pressure selected to promote stimu... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5089780 | Oil quality monitor sensor and system A sensor and system for monitoring the accumulation of contaminants in oil wherein the contaminants have an electrical conductivity which is different from the oil. An electrochemical cell is used to measure the alternating current conductivity of the oil... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5089439 | Process for attaching large area silicon-backed chips to gold-coated surfaces A method for eutectically attaching a silicon chip to a gold-coated substrate. Prior to heating and scrubbing of the silicon chip against the gold surface, a gold lattice structure is placed between the silicon chip bottom surface and the gold surface. Th... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5082805 | Glass bonded filler compositions for silicon carbide foam core mirrors A filler composition having a coefficient of thermal expansion substantially equivalent to that of SiC foam and capable of fusing and integrally bonding to SiC foam. The filler composition is useful for bonding a surface layer to a SiC foam core for optic... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5061035 | Hermetically sealed optical fiber arrays and method for forming same Hermetically sealed optical fiber arrays comprising a bundle of metal-coated optical fibers which are sealed to each other and to a metal-coated supporting structure. The hermetic seals are formed by a process which uses fluxless solder and preferably a v... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5060860 | Paint conductivity measurement system A system and process for metering the delivery of liquids wherein the conductivity of the liquids is monitored at a metering device, such as a spray gun. Measurement of conductivity at the metering device provides continual measurement for fluctuations in... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5049234 | Methods for removing stringers appearing in copper-containing multi-layer printed wiring boards Copper-containing multilayer substrates are etched, and stringers formed in the plated through-holes in these substrates are simultaneously removed by treatment with an aqueous composition including about 37% by weight hydrofluoric acid and about 16% by w... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5038620 | Coriolis mass flow meter A Coriolis mass flow meter for measuring the volume of mass flowing through a conduit. The flow meter includes at least one flow tube through which the mass to be measured passes. The flow tube is vibrated at a selected frequency that produces a resultant... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5035836 | Solid lubricated resistive ink for potentiometers A solid lubricated resistive ink includes solid lubricants which provide self-lubrication of the resistive ink under high vacuum and low moisture conditions. The resistive inks include a polymer-based binder and an electrically conductive solid lubricant ... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5027997 | Silicon chip metallization system An improved silicon chip metallization system for use in attaching silicon chips to substrates. The improvement comprises providing a layer of titanium between the silicon chip backside and the layers of chrome and gold which are conventionally used as th... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5025149 | Integrated multi-spectral boresight target generator An integrated multi-spectral target generator for use with electro-optical systems that comprise visible and infrared sensors and a laser designator. A pinhole is illuminated with a multiband source to produce a single visible and infrared target which is... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024080 | Paint viscosity monitoring system and method A system and method for measuring viscosity of a layer of wet paint on a surface by deforming the layer of paint, measuring the response of the deformed layer of paint, and determining the viscosity based on the measured response.... | 06/18/1991 |
