Celebrity Inventors
Magician Harry Houdini patented a "Diver's Suit" enabling the wearer to "quickly divest himself of the suit while being submerged and to safely escape and reach the surface of the water."
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8174430 | Detection of concealed object by standing waves A process is provided to detect an object within a defined region using standing longitudinal cavity mode waves. The process includes disposing first and second conductive lines substantially parallel to the axis, transmitting an electromagnetic signal through the f... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8150621 | Command and control of autonomous surface vehicle An operating system is provided for controlling an unmanned vehicle. The system includes a stratified plurality of instruction layers, a behavior axiom block and a set of operation parameters. The instruction layers are substantially arranged in descending priority ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149494 | Two-photon absorption switch having which-path exclusion and monolithic mach-zehnder interferometer A monolithic Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) is provided for photon beam-splitting and beam-combining with accurate super-positioning of the outgoing beams, which creates the interference. The MZI includes a complimentary pair of right-isosceles triangular prisms,... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8125370 | Polarimetric synthetic aperture radar signature detector A method is provided for processing an acquired polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image of a region to identify a candidate pixel that correlates to a target representation. The polarimetric SAR image is composed of a plurality of pixels, and the candidate... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8095491 | Optimization technique using heap sort A method and a corresponding computer-readable medium are provided for optimizing a decision assignment based on a sought benefit. The optimization operations include mapping agents to actors into pairs, designating a benefit to each pair for a set of nodes, arrangi... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8066262 | Powered canister opener A device for opening a cylindrically bilateral filter canister, such as that houses the M98 chemical, biological, radiological filter for storage and transport. The filter canister is sealed with an epoxy-covered pull-cord that ends in an eye-loop. The device is dis... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8051936 | Human-portable remote control driving system A human-portable modular system is provided for remotely controlling an automotive vehicle by an operator physically unconnected thereto. For a typical vehicle, the system includes a radio control transmitter that sends command signals from the operator, a pedal con... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8026465 | Guided fuse with variable incidence panels A guided fuse is provided for installation on a projectile at its nose. The fuse includes a conical frustrum housing, a pair of control panels rotatably connected to pivotable knuckles, and a pair of drag panels disposed on hinges. Each of the control panels release... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7963350 | Spherical armored mobile platform A spherical armored mobile platform (SAMP) is provided for at least one operator to enable protected entry and egress from a militarily hostile environment. The SAMP includes a spherical shell, an armored cockpit and a set of wheels. The spherical shell has inner an... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7956733 | Optical fiber sensor for quantitative monitoring of deflection from high-speed launcher operation conditions A measurement system is provided to monitor a launcher assembly along a path along which to accelerate a projectile. This system includes an optical sensor, a light emitter, a light detector and a signal analyzer. The sensor is continuously disposed on (or integrate... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7921757 | Body armor with electrical power supply An armor plate is provided for a body jacket to include provision for electrical power. The plate includes a flexible substrate, a ceramic cover disposed on the substrate, and a battery. The cover includes cavities along the substrate, with the battery disposed with... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7900391 | Bore sight apparatus An apparatus is provided for traversing a barrel of a gun and disposing at a select position therein. The apparatus includes a bore-rider assembly and a sight-mount assembly. The bore-rider assembly enters a muzzle of the barrel, slides within a bore of the barrel, ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7884754 | Method of distributed estimation using multiple asynchronous sensors A method and system are provided for merging data from a plurality of multiplexed measurement sources to a decision-maker. The method includes operations for receiving a corresponding plurality of measurements of the data, processing each measurement to respectively... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7811024 | Dovetail alignment and locking system An alignment and locking system includes a dovetailed male portion having partial female threads formed in a surface thereof, a housing having a dovetailed notch for slidingly receiving the male portion, and a screw assembly coupled to the housing. The screw assembl... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7781635 | Surfactant-based purification of nanotubes A mixture and method of using such mixture is provided for purifying carbon nanotubes. A substituted imidazolium cation is utilized to suspend carbon nanotubes in a nonpolar liquid. A polar solvent immiscible with the nonpolar liquid is mixed in to remove soot from ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7767335 | High-voltage battery switch A battery assembly is provided for electrical concatenation in series. The battery assembly includes a plurality of battery packs; a switch; a receiver; and an actuator. Each battery pack includes a plurality of rechargeable battery cells electrically connected in s... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7745330 | Method of carbon nanotube modification Carbon nanotube apparatus, and methods of carbon nanotube modification, include carbon nanotubes having locally modified properties with the positioning of the modifications being controlled. More specifically, the positioning of nanotubes on a substrate with a depo... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7718594 | Aqueous based chemical and biological warfare decontaminating system for extreme temperature applications The current invention encompasses a microemulsion having environmentally safe components, the microemulsion exhibiting optical clarity and stability over a wide range of temperatures. The microemulsion also forms a part of a decontaminant solution for treating chemi... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7714989 | Micropulse laser guidance A laser tracking processor is provided for integrating measured target-reflection signals used in directional control. The integration is performed to distinguish pulses reflected from the target against a noise background. The processor includes an optical detector... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7681503 | Smoothbore projectile A projectile is provided for delivering a payload from a smoothbore launcher to a target. The projectile includes an aerodynamic stabilizer, an extender along which the stabilizer can longitudinally translate, and a chamber connected to the extender to contain the p... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7679423 | Switch circuit for magnetic-induction interface A switch circuit is provided for conditional communication within a magnetic-induction interface, including first and second control nodes, a data input and output nodes, a parallel circuit, and first and second control nodes. The parallel circuit includes a pair of... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7678707 | Method of carbon nanotube modification Carbon nanotube apparatus, and methods of carbon nanotube modification, include carbon nanotubes having locally modified properties with the positioning of the modifications being controlled. More specifically, the positioning of nanotubes on a substrate with a depo... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7651543 | Omni-directional inlet for particulate collection A planar omni-directional inlet assembly is provided for installing on a device, such as a dry filter unit, that draws a fluid medium, such as ambient air, to collect particulate matter suspended in the fluid medium onto a filter. The inlet assembly includes an annu... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7647720 | Bore-sight alignment device An alignment mount is provided for adjusting elevation and azimuth between first and second axes for two respective devices attached thereto. The axes are substantially parallel to an axial direction and substantially perpendicular to lateral and vertical directions... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7587978 | Reactive material initiator for explosive-filled munitions An initiator is provided for a munitions device that is intended to strike a target substantially along a trajectory direction and contains an explosive within a case. The initiator includes a sleeve, first and second anvils and an initiation pellet disposed between... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7581497 | Self-contained, non-intrusive data acquisition in ammunition Various implementations are disclosed for self-contained, non-intrusive data collection in ammunition. In some implementations, a gun is loaded with a non-explosive, non-firing round of ammunition containing a data acquisition system. Such a data-collecting round of... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7568430 | Battle damage assessment system A shock-triggered warhead fragment transmitter is described. The transmitter is designed to radiate a pulse upon either detonation of the warhead or impact of the fragment with the target. The pulse energy is obtained by shock de-poling of a ferroelectric material a... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7552438 | Resource management device A resource manager for a distributed environment including hosts instantiating copies of a scalable application, generates signals which start up, shutdown or move a selected one of the copies responsive to first information regarding performance of all copies of th... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7506587 | Modular projectile system A modular gun-launch projectile is provided to include a core section; a base section, a payload section and a nose section. The base section can be translatably inserted into the core section. The payload section includes an annular opening that enables the core se... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7483671 | Processor based frequency selective jamming and communications system In one general aspect, a communications system as described herein provides a wide-band jamming signal that is digitally created, conditioned, and modified by a processing based system to provide open data channels to authorized parties within a jammed communication... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7444919 | Tubular linear synchronous motor gun An electromagnetic (EM) launcher that receives electrical power is provided for ejecting a projectile. The launcher includes an armature for holding the projectile and a launch conduit for accelerating the armature along a longitudinal direction and thereby ejecting... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7436373 | Portable receiver for radar detection Various embodiments are described relating to a portable antenna-equipped device for multi-band radar detection. The detection device includes a plurality of antennas on a flexible substrate, a detection-and-control circuit, an indicator and a power source. The ante... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431501 | Bag assembly providing electrostatic discharge protection An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protective bag assembly includes a tote bag and an envelope made from ESD protective material positioned at least partially within the tote bag. The envelope may be defined by two sheets of ESD protective material joined along at lea... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7388497 | Radio frequency identification tag Radio frequency identification (RFID) includes far-field systems associated with an RFID interrogator and an RFID tag. The RFID interrogator produces continuous wave (CW) unmodulated signals selected from frequencies comprising a predetermined frequency band. The RF... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7348592 | Carbon nanotube apparatus and method of carbon nanotube modification Carbon nanotube apparatus, and methods of carbon nanotube modification, include carbon nanotubes having locally modified properties with the positioning of the modifications being controlled. More specifically, the positioning of nanotubes on a substrate with a depo... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7315372 | Instrument using near-field intensity correlation measurements for characterizing scattering of light by suspensions Imaging systems may include a light source that directs light towards a scattering medium. A digital imaging system receives transmitted light that is transmitted through the scattering medium substantially without being scattered, and also receives multiple compone... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7305895 | Bernoulli mushroom inlet housing for efficient air sampling A collection apparatus is provided for receiving a portion of a medium that flows around the apparatus and directing the portion into a collector. The apparatus includes an axisymmetric streamline receiver and a support member. The streamline receiver includes a cha... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7304288 | Laser pulse counter Pulses of optical radiation are counted by a pulse counter in a way representative of its effects on tissue. An analog to digital converter digitizes detected optical radiation pulses and an integrator integrates the digitally detected pluses. The integrator has a t... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7181743 | Resource allocation decision function for resource management architecture and corresponding programs therefor A resource manager for a distributed environment including hosts instantiating copies of a scalable application, generates signals which start up, shutdown or move a selected one of the copies responsive to first information regarding performance of all copies of th... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7171654 | System specification language for resource management architecture and corresponding programs therefore A method for distributing application, system and network specification information to functional elements controlling a plurality of hosts in a distributed environment, including steps for preparing specification files in a language providing a syntax adapted to de... | 01/30/2007 |
