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Cloaking System Using Optoelectronically Controlled Camouflage
A Cloaking System designed to operate in the visible light spectrum, utilizes optoelectronics and/or photonic components to conceal an object within it.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7938236 | Composite article A composite article for use in an aircraft brake heat pack, the article comprises a core layer having a face portion and a wear layer attached to the face portion, wherein the wear layer has a density lower than the core layer. The core layer is preferably formed fr... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937778 | Protective headgear A cap (10) is provided with a plurality of pockets (29) formed between a plurality of panels (13-18) and fabric materials (25) attached to each of the panels (13-18). The pockets (29) have an open end which is ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7923971 | Non-contact electric power transmission apparatus The object is to provide a safe non-contact electric power transmission apparatus reducing unnecessarily consumed electric power, while intermittently-operated or otherwise restrained electric power transmission is not performed, and heat is not generated when a met... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7913429 | Orthotic wedge system A system of constructing a pair of devices to provide lateral or medial corrections of a desired degree includes a right foot orthotic shell (20R) and a left foot orthotic shell (20L). A first angled wedge (40A) is connectable to the right shell... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7909147 | Low drag failsafe brake A brake adapted to be rotationally coupled with a shaft and in communication with a fluid source and a negative pressure source, the brake including a housing defining a chamber therein. A disc assembly is positioned within the chamber and includes a plurality of st... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7909146 | Brake housing and torque tube assembly A brake housing and torque tube assembly for a vehicle such as an aircraft is presented. The interface between the brake housing and the torque tube is accommodated by a thermal composite material insulator that is located adjacent the brake housing and a metallic s... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7901014 | Brake condition monitoring A system and method for monitoring the usage of brake members of an aircraft braking system. The system makes a separate record of each brake actuation in which there is relative movement of the brake member's facing friction surfaces which causes wear, determines t... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900270 | Shin guard The invention relates to a shin guard, in particular for footballers, having a stiff shield element (3) arranged in front of the shin, and having means of fastening the shield element (3) on the lower leg (1). According to the invention, the fas... | 03/08/2011 |
| D633710 | Shoe stretcher | 03/08/2011 |
| 7887004 | Modular automatic non-turret winder An automatic winder for a winding part includes a first spindle that rotates clockwise and a second spindle that rotates counterclockwise. A first grip is associated with the first spindle, and a second grip is associated with the second spindle. A guide mechanism i... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7883090 | Bill processing device A bill processing device comprises a hopping part 101 for receiving a placed bill, a carrying part 202 for carrying a bill received by the hopping part 101, a plurality of stacking parts 104 for stacking a bill carried by the carrying par... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883041 | Media mixing mill Disclosed is a media mixing mill, which is capable of obtaining a high-quality product while ensuring adequate pulverization/dispersion functions. The media mixing mill of the present invention includes a grinding container having a material inlet and a spherical-sh... | 02/08/2011 |
| D631681 | Dispenser housing | 02/01/2011 |
| 7877627 | Multiple redundant computer system combining fault diagnostics and majority voting with dissimilar redundancy technology A multiple redundant computer system includes three primary processor modules (PPM) and three redundant processor modules (RPM) operating synchronously. Primary and redundant processor modules are dissimilar in hardware and software for decreasing the probability of... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7864656 | Optical storage medium and method of producing optical storage medium An optical storage medium has a substrate and a cover layer that allows light to pass therethrough in recording or reproduction. Provided between the substrate and the cover layer are at least a reflective film, a first dielectric film, a recording film, and a secon... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7864450 | Microlens array sheet and method of producing the same A microlens array sheet includes a light-shielding base having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface and a microlens array attached to the first surface of the light-shielding base, the array having a plurality of microlens. The light-sh... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7864219 | Video-signal layered coding and decoding methods, apparatuses, and programs with spatial-resolution enhancement An input video signal is encoded at a plurality of coding layers exhibiting different spatial resolutions. The input video signal is spatially scaled down to a resolution-lowered video signal that exhibits a resolution lower than the video signal. The resolution-low... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861841 | Coin depositing and dispensing machine A coin depositing and dispensing machine automatically returning coins remaining on a passage in case an error-stop during depositing operation. The coins on the passage are transported by the transporting unit for depositing in a reverse transporting direction reve... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7854642 | Balloon display simulating motions of a lighter-than-air balloon A balloon display that simulates motions of a lighter-than-air balloon includes a balloon holder and an inflated balloon. The balloon holder includes a neck fastening assembly, and the inflated balloon is secured to the balloon holder by the neck fastening assembly.... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7851424 | Antimicrobial hand wash An antimicrobial hand wash includes a soap, an antimicrobial agent, and an amine salt. The amine salt is found to increase the antimicrobial efficacy of the hand wash. The amine salt produced through the reaction of monoethanolamine and lactic acid is of particular ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7850506 | Balloon weight and method for presenting lighter-than-air balloons for retail sale A balloon weight includes a display clip having first and second clip members biased to be in close proximity to each other at a clip end and separate from each other each other at a squeeze end. The display clip has a base mass. A first weight piece is adapted to b... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7850205 | Seatbelt restraint Part of a seat belt, anchored at the top of the seat, adopts a conventional sash/belt arrangement (2a, 2c). The other end of the belt, however, passes under the seat base and protrudes up on the opposite side of the seat base to the above... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7850049 | Foam pump with improved piston structure A foam pump includes a piston housing and a piston assembly received in the piston housing thereby defining a collapsible liquid chamber and a collapsible air chamber. The piston assembly includes a premix chamber separated from both the collapsible liquid chamber a... | 12/14/2010 |
| D629050 | Balloon weight | 12/14/2010 |
| 7841634 | Tire loader basket A loader basket for gripping, transporting, and releasing tires, including a fixed ring, a rotating ring operatively interrelated with the fixed ring, a plurality of shoe arms pivotally attached to the fixed ring, shoe assemblies pivotally mounted on each of the sho... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7841052 | Moulded self-gripping hook-in-hook fastening Object, particularly molded, having at least one surface from which at least one field of hooks projects, particularly through molding, each hook being constituted by a stem section and a head section projecting laterally from the stem section, the hooks being arran... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7819543 | Optical unit, backlight device, liquid crystal module and liquid crystal display apparatus An optical unit for use in a backlight device of a liquid crystal display apparatus, has a first light-collecting and -diffusing optical component, a light-collecting optical component, and a second light-collecting and -diffusing optical component, provided in this... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7819289 | Foam soap generator A foam soap generator is provided for implementation with various types of foam soap delivery systems. The foam soap generator includes converging air and liquid soap passages at a mixing chamber, where a prefoam is generated for ultimate extrusion through a porous ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7818850 | Moulded-over article with a small band comprising hooks An article over which a moulding is to be made, aid moulded-over article comprising a base 2 having a top surface 6 and a bottom surface 4, hooks 3 extending from the bottom surface 4 of the base and metallic material fixed on the ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7815075 | Personal squeeze bottle dispenser A personal squeeze bottle dispenser has a clamshell housing adapted to receive a squeeze bottle having a push/pull dispensing valve. A slide mechanism is received within the housing and has a collar at one end engaging the push/pull valve, and a spring at the other ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7815074 | Counter mounted dispensing system A counter mounted dispensing system includes a bottle support under a counter and a product container having a collar key. The product container is received by the bottle support and held thereby without the need for relative rotational movement between the product ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7810118 | Digital broadcast receiving apparatus and method of displaying video data in electronic program guide with data length depending on TV program duration A digital broadcast receiving apparatus has a receiver to receive electronic program guide (EPG) data containing video data and character data associated with TV programs and a display controller to process the EPG data to display an EPG with at least the character ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7806302 | Personal fluid dispensers with features for aiding portability and use A personal fluid dispenser includes a flexible container holding fluid to be dispensed. The flexible container is defined by a front wall, a rear wall, rounded shoulders joining a portion of the front wall to the rear wall, opposed rounded side walls extending from ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7806301 | Dome pump A pump for dispensing soap from a container in a dispenser, the pump including a base, a flexible dome attached to the base defining a chamber therebetween, an inlet and an outlet formed in the base and opening into the chamber, the inlet being in fluid communicatio... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7806292 | Towelette dispenser A towelette dispenser is provided with an integrally molded lid. The lid has a central aperture for allowing access to a roll of towelettes maintained within a tub receiving the lid therein. The separation bar bridges the aperture, and provides a rip fence in the fo... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7799403 | Optical storage medium An optical disc has a first transparent substrate, a second substrate, and at least a first and a second recording layer formed between the substrates. The first substrate has a first surface and an opposing second surface, the first surface is a beam incidence surf... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7798538 | Electrically controllable latch mechanism A latch mechanism comprises a housing (11), a plunger (12) mounted for reciprocation in the housing, a pawl (17) mounted with the housing for movement into and out of engagement with the plunger (12) and means for moving the pawl, wherein... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7798370 | Universal collar key A universal collar key used in connection with a container that fits within the housing of a dispenser that has a keyed receiver, the universal collar key including a collar supported on the container, a first flange and a second flange extending radially outward fr... | 09/21/2010 |
| D624060 | Antenna feed line | 09/21/2010 |
| 7794380 | Pre-opened resealable bags A series of pre-opened resealable bags formed as a continuous web and received on a roll suitable for implementation in an automatic bagging machine are presented. The web of bags consist of top and bottom films thermally bonded together along the edges thereof. Tra... | 09/14/2010 |
