St. Amand; Joseph M. - US Patent Attorneys and Agents

Attorney: St. Amand; Joseph M.

Number of patents: 99
Last date: January 24, 1989

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4800350	Dielectric waveguide using powdered material A flexible low-loss dielectric waveguide is made from a flexible low-dielectric constant hollow cylinder filled with high-dielectric constant powder. Alternatively, a rigid or semi-rigid waveguide comprises a groove formed in a low-dielectric constant sub...	01/24/1989
4746414	Zero discharge spray rinse system for electroplating operations The zero discharge spray system comprises a tank for collecting and storing inse water, a set of spray nozzles aligned within the tank, and a pump for both pumping used rinse water through the spray nozzles and/or to the plating bath as makeup for evaporat...	05/24/1988
4661160	Alkaline earth metaborates as property enhancing agents for refractory concrete A significant increase in the structural strength of heated calcium alumie refractory products, such as mortar and concrete, can be obtained by the addition of alkaline earth borates, barium metaborate in particular, and heating in the range of 500 to 10...	04/28/1987
4656851	Alarm capability for pin tumbler locks Fiber optic sensors are used at one or more of the top pin and spring asslies in a pin tumbler lock to sense either authorized or unauthorized attempt to open the lock. A fiber optic switching element, in a simple capsule form, can be installed in new or...	04/14/1987
4653331	Test apparatus for uniform tensioning of long lengths of small cables in simulated environments A means is provided to uniformly tension long lengths of small cables while hey are simultaneously exposed to simulated environments such as deep ocean conditions. Tension on the cable is adjustable by varying the pressure inside an elastic bladder sealed ...	03/31/1987
4642000	Anchoring system for concrete floating pier The device is a floating pier with a sliding pile anchoring system arrangnt that avoids rigid connections to the pier and allows the pier to rise and lower with the tides and to remain level during lateral displacement while avoiding substantial tilt or ...	02/10/1987
4629358	Prefabricated panels for rapid runway repair and expedient airfield surfacing Low profile portable panels consisting of fiberglass-reinforced plastic cosite mats which include hollow inorganic silica spheres in the plastic resin to reduce weight have recessed molded lips and bushings along all edges for connecting panels together ...	12/16/1986
4599030	Marginal terrain straddle-lift container handler A highly maneuverable straddle carrier vehicle structure is provided for dling various sizes of containers and outsized loads over rough, unleveled, weak and unprepared soils to meet austere requirements which are beyond the capability of commercial stra...	07/08/1986
4590100	Passivation of steel with aqueous amine solutions preparatory to application of non-aqueous protective coatings This is a process that allows previously cleaned steel (which may have been leaned in any of several different ways) to be passivated with a rinse of almost pure water, that is made slightly alkaline to inhibit corrosion, and flash rusting such that any sm...	05/20/1986
4575026	Ground launched missile controlled rate decelerator A deceleration sled to decelerate and safely contain a launched test miss. The sled has crushable honeycomb which absorbs the initial impact of the missile as the sled accelerates along a track to the same speed as the missile. As the deceleration sled i...	03/11/1986
4575723	Foliage clutter rejector Signals from a balanced processor are sampled at a constant rate, integra and then divided by the number of samples. Two averages are obtained: a positive half cycle average and a negative half cycle average. Over a long period, clutter contributions ten...	03/11/1986
4543070	Linked-spar motion-compensated lifting system An improved system for operating a lifting cable over the side of a ship at ea in which a spar buoy having an adjustable lifting capacity is coupled to the ship by a rigid linkage which is free to pivot on an axis attached to the ship deck, and operates to...	09/24/1985
4542334	Induced-signal capacitance effect cable tracking sensor Inductive coupling of a high-frequency signal into a cable to be detected d tracked in a seawater medium for sensing the relative position of the cable with respect to capacitor plates. The capacitor plates are positioned so that in conjunction with the c...	09/17/1985
4530131	Automatic vacuum recyclable system for chemical-thermo cleaning of ship tanks and bilges The automatic vacuum recyclable system for chemically-thermo cleaning tanks nd bilges primarily comprises a makeup, storage and heating unit, a pressure pumping and spraying unit, a vacuum and separation unit, and a filtration unit. The system functions to...	07/23/1985
4527062	Portable infrared spectrophotometer A portable infrared spectrophotometer for nondestructive testing of coatings, plastics, rubber and other organic construction materials. A single source of infrared light is formed into two beams. One beam is directed to the surface of a sample where it i...	07/02/1985
4525843	Ring laser with wavefront conjugating beams An improvement for a ring laser gyro employs insertion of a wavefront conjugating coupling element inside a laser cavity to reduce the lock-in threshold and to reduce the imbalance between the amplitudes of the opposite direction traveling waves (ODTW) in...	06/25/1985
4506686	Physiochemically controlled scour jet array system The scour jet array system includes a pump, both fresh water and surface er intakes, an automatic water mixing valve, a chemical buffer injector, a water heater, a series of scour jets with control valves, and a central control system. The control system...	03/26/1985
4498368	Frangible fly through diaphragm for missile launch canister A frangible fly through diaphragm for missile launcher tubes consists of epoxy and fiberglass plies with each ply being scored in predetermined patterns. The plies are bonded together and a Mylar/aluminum ply can be located on the missile side to provid...	02/12/1985
4479690	Underwater splice for submarine coaxial cable The invention is a device for splicing submarine coaxial cable underwater the seafloor with a simple push-on operation to restore and maintain electrical and mechanical strength integrity; the splice device is mateable directly with the severed ends of a...	10/30/1984
4461977	Single zone lighting controller The single zone lighting controller controls the lights in a zone or area integrating external control signals for daylighting and occupancy with a local override function. The daylighting signal is from a master photoelectric control, and occupancy sign...	07/24/1984
4447186	Aircraft loading adapter for use with ordnance lift vehicle An adapter for use with lift forks or the like of a lift truck to allow v accurate positioning of ordnance and the like for attachment to aircraft. The adapter comprises a base which is supported or secured to the lift forks and includes an ordnance load...	05/08/1984
4433737	Water jet sediment probe Various means for providing rigidity to the flexible hose of a water jet iment probe that is used to determine thickness and types of underlying sediment beneath land or seafloor is disclosed. A series of interconnecting rods or pipe sections are used to...	02/28/1984
4431342	Pivoting pipe layer The invention is for a submarine pipe laying device which is mounted to pt on two axes on a pipeline laying vessel and which allows for mating and deploying sections of the pipe in a string. A cradle is used to hold a length of pipe and a clamp holds the...	02/14/1984
4410925	Ground fault detector and shutdown system A ground fault detection and shutoff system for underwater power transmisn provides protection to divers from swimming into electric fields. This system uses DC power to monitor the true resistance of the load system rather than the AC power to the load....	10/18/1983
4401988	Coupled multilayer microstrip antenna A coupled multilayer microstrip antenna having an upper and a lower microip element tuned to the same frequency, and separated from each other by a dielectric substrate. The pair of elements is located over a suitable ground plane and separated from the ...	08/30/1983
4389608	Transformerless battery controlled battery charger A lightweight, efficient, transformerless battery-charging system especially for use with electric vehicles, wherein a switching regulator stores only a fraction of the energy in each charging pulse, and much of the charging energy is supplied directly fr...	06/21/1983
4388870	Bowed pellet pack warhead A bundle of tubular shaped pellets for a rotating warhead packaged in a wl arrangement for uniform dispersion without coning upon release....	06/21/1983
4388869	Rotating rod warhead A warhead consisting of a bundle of cylindrical pellets or rods disposed in drum arrangement and means for rotating same to a speed having a given number of revolutions per unit of time, and a release actuator means for simultaneously releasing and disper...	06/21/1983
4370657	Electrically end coupled parasitic microstrip antennas A microstrip antenna having a plurality of different radiating elements sed apart in an end-to-end arrangement, above a ground plane and separated therefrom by a dielectric substrate; only one element is fed at its feedpoint, and energy emanating from th...	01/25/1983
4356492	Multi-band single-feed microstrip antenna system A multi-band microstrip antenna comprising a plurality of separate radiat elements which operate at widely separated frequencies from a single common input point. The common input point is fed at all the desired frequencies from a single transmission fee...	10/26/1982
4347517	Microstrip backfire antenna A microstrip backfire antenna which combines the microstrip type antenna ment with a backfire cavity to provide more than three times the gain over a single microstrip element and thereby be capable of replacing four or more elements of a conventional mi...	08/31/1982
4335670	Flexible side connector for floating and elevated platforms A flexible side connector assembly comprising an in line flexural system ing a plurality of rubber compression elements and a solid shear member. Both the adjacently aligned flexural member and the shear member have grooved solid heads at opposing ends o...	06/22/1982
4335520	Survey spar system for precision offshore seafloor surveys A stiff, straight spar is allowed to pivot about an anchor on the seafloor. he location of the bottom with respect to the top is then determined by measuring the tilt of the spar and computing the offset of the bottom relative to the top. The straight memb...	06/22/1982
4334229	Leaky waveguide continuous slot antenna A continuous slot leaky waveguide antenna for radiating radio frequency so hat the far E-field elevation pattern will closely follow a predicted pattern....	06/08/1982
4330632	Lightweight concrete using polymer filled aggregate for ocean applications A structural grade lightweight concrete that is especially suited for ocean pplications. The lightweight concrete uses regular lightweight aggregate particles that have been modified by filling the voids within the particles with a polymeric material. The ...	05/18/1982
4330784	Variable waveguide continuous slot antenna A continuous slot antenna having a rectangular waveguide whose broad dimeon varies in proportion to the attenuation for providing improved radiation patterns....	05/18/1982
4328502	Continuous slot antennas A resonant load is inserted in each end of a continuous curved slot of calated design in the broad face of a waveguide for improving the electrical characteristics, reducing radiation pattern beamwidth, and extending the useful range of overall slot leng...	05/04/1982
4320289	Precision laser pulse radiometer Apparatus for automatically detecting and measuring the energy of laser pes over a wide range of energy levels and in the presence of high ambient light levels. The current produced by a laser pulse striking a photoconductive detector is integrated by a ...	03/16/1982
4307400	Electronic countermeasures system and method of utilizing the same A method and apparatus for "masking" an aircraft or other vehicle so as to revent it from being located by an enemy radar. The vehicle is provided with means for generating and radiating a CW signal which is gated off during the reception of a radar pulse,...	12/22/1981
4307399	Circuit for detecting and homing on continuous wave radar targets An apparatus for providing increased homing capabilities in a guided miss seeker against a continuous wave radar signal by compressing the received signal which effectively increases the received signal level by more than twenty decibels....	12/22/1981

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