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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5204864 | Multiprocessor bus debugger An arbiter circuit has a first flip flop and a second flip flop. The first flip flop sends a bus request (BR*) signal to the VME bus by toggling the bus request signal when a trigger signal is received. The second flip flop sends a bus busy (BBSY*) signal... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5170137 | Frequency selective limiter with welded conductors A frequency selective limiter is described in which first and second ferrite members have confronting planar surfaces and at least one conductor is located on the surface of each ferrite in intimate contact. Each conductor on the first ferrite is a mirror... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5118987 | Multi-layer structure and method of constructing the same for providing TFEL edge emitter modules A TFEl structure has a multi-layer construction which includes a bottom substrate layer, a lower electrode layer, a middle EL stack, and an upper electrode layer. Forward portions of the EL stack and the lower and upper electrode layers have formed theret... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5101137 | Integrated TFEL flat panel face and edge emitter structure producing multiple light sources A thin film electroluminescent (TFEL) device for producing multiple light sources. The device is comprised by a TFEL flat panel structure containing light energy generating material and having front and rear faces and side edges extending between the face... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5052401 | Product detector for a steady visual evoked potential stimulator and product detector An automated visual testing system is disclosed which presents an alternating steady state visual stimulus to a patient through an optical system that modifies the stimulus image. As the image changes, the patient produces evoked potentials that change. T... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5050087 | System and method for providing accurate attitude measurements at remote locations within an aircraft An improved method and system for providing accurate attitude measurements at a location in an vehicle remote from its inertial navigation system is disclosed. A relatively low cost, lightweight attitude reference sensor is mounted in the location where a... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5047782 | System and method for simulating targets for a radar receiver utilizing an optical link Both a system and a method for simulating targets for a radar system is disclosed herein which generally comprises a test target generator having an input slaved to the pulse transmit frequencies of the radar system for generating a target simulating sign... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5047656 | Continuous duty circuitry for high speed switching of current from a constant current source A high speed current switch circuit comprises two sets of transistors, with each set containing a transconductance multiplier pair. These transistor sets alternate in operation to steer the current from a continuous-output constant current source either t... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5043715 | Thin film electroluminescent edge emitter structure with optical lens and multi-color light emission systems A thin film electroluminescent edge emitter structure includes a common electrode layer and control electrodes disposed above the common electrode layer. At least one dielectric layer is disposed between the common electrode layer and control electrodes, ... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5043632 | TFEL edge emitter structure with uniform light emission filter A TFEL edge emitter structure with an EL stack having a linear array of spaced-apart pixels with front edge faces emitting light of non-uniform intensity from different regions has an uniform light emission filter provided across the light-emitting faces ... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5025321 | Facsimile machine using thin film electroluminescent device A facsimile machine having a thin film electroluminescent pixel array which is used as the controlled light beam source for creating an image on a photoreceptive copying apparatus when the machine is in a write mode and using the same TFEL pixel array as ... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5017824 | TFEL edge emitter module and packaging assembly employing sealed cavity capacity varying mechanism A thin film electroluminescent (TFEL) edge emitter module and packaging assembly is composed of a TFEL edge emitter module including an electroluminescent (EL) stack having a linear array of spaced-apart pixels with light-emitting front edges, an enclosur... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5017896 | Mode trapped magnetostatic wave (MSW) filters and channelizer formed therefrom In the present invention magnetostatic wave (MSW) filters of the delay line and resonator type responsive to multimode MSW signals trap a desired MSW mode of the signal and attenuate untrapped modes of the signal in order to provide a higher order band re... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5017895 | Magnetostatic wave (MSW) filter with sharp upper cut-off frequency and channelizer formed therefrom In the present invention the upper edge of the frequency response of the magnetostatic wave (MSW) filter is sharpened. A band limiting element (BLE) is coupled to the MSW filter, preferably in the filter element output. In one embodiment the BLE absorbs s... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5004956 | Thin film electroluminescent edge emitter structure on a silcon substrate A thin film electroluminescent edge emitter assembly includes a substrate layer having a configuration to define at least one lateral edge surface and at least one integrated circuit formed therein. The integrated circuit has an input for receiving logic ... | 04/02/1991 |
| 5005017 | Multiple pulse delay processor A transmit pulse delay processor for simulating delayed radar reflections from a target and a method for simulating delayed radar reflections. The pulse delay process utilizes a counter, an adder, a FIFO and a comparator. The pulse delay processor maintai... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4995392 | Self-preparing electrode with removable plastic abrading brush A self-preparing electrode includes a conductive conical disk and a nonconductive plastic abrading brush removably interfitted through an aperture in the disk. The brush extends axially through the disk cavity to an abrading end of the brush disposed beyo... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4983966 | High-speed universal scaler A high-speed universal scaler operates in real time, accepting as an input an N-bit binary data word which is to be scaled (multiplied) by a scale factor specified in units per bit. The input data word is divided into M-bit sections which are provided (to... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4982196 | Radar target simulator The present invention provides a radar simulation system with at least two counters. The first counter is a coarse counter 20/30 that counts a transmit pulse interpulse periods to provide a coarse return delay at the beginning of a radar look. The second ... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4726961 | Process for low pressure chemical vapor deposition of refractory metal A process and apparatus for the low pressure, cold wall, chemical vapor deposition of refractory metals, such as tungsten on a silicon wafer. The silicon wafer is introduced into a loading lock wherein the pressure is reduced to subatmospheric pressure. T... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4711989 | Diffusion furnace multizone temperature control There is a substantial heat loss and drop in temperature in a hot-wall diffusion tube when a batch of wafers at room temperature is loaded into the tube. The temperature of the atmosphere in a zone in the tube is quickly recovered by sensing both the temp... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4711197 | Gas scavenger A gas scavenger unit educts gases away from semiconductor wafers as they are withdrawn through a plenum in the scavenger from their processing chamber into the atmosphere. The scavenger has a peripheral wall which generally defines a plenum having two ope... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4673995 | Cartridge tape drive with friction roller to open cartridge door A cartridge drive adapted for endwise loading of tape cartridges has a retractable friction roll to open the tape access door as the cartridge is loaded into the drive. A pivoted cartridge carriage swings the loaded cartridge across the loading path of tr... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4658505 | Razor handle for supporting a detachable shaving unit A razor handle has arms (13) for supporting a shaving unit (11) for pivotal movement about a first axis parallel to the edge of the blade (or each blade) of the shaving unit. The arms are supported on the ends of a U shaped spring (16) which permits the a... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4654968 | Knife sharpeners A knife sharpener comprises a scabbard 10 for receiving a knife blade 13. A sharpening device 11 is carried within the scabbard to engage a blade edge 14 within the scabbard 10 and can be moved manually along the scabbard to sharpen the blade edge 14. Thu... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4633587 | Spring-biased garden pruners A garden pruner has a leaf spring 14 secured at its outer end to one of the handles (12a) and engaging the other handle (11a) at its inner end. A slider (15) on the one handle (12a) slidably engages the leaf spring and is movable to vary the length of the... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4614901 | Servo power amplifier having load equalization A servo power amplifier for driving multiple DC motors (10, 12) employs a load equalization circuit (36) which allows reduction of the overall number of circuit components required to drive the motors. The load equalization circuit is coupled in parallel ... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4612705 | Open razor An open razor comprises a blade holder 2 pivoted to a protective cover 3 into and out of which it can be folded. The blade holder 2 supports a blade unit 8 formed by a blade 9 sandwiched between two side members 8',8" of plastics material. Guide grooves 1... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4603255 | Fire and explosion protection system A fire or explosion detection system is disclosed for reliably discriminating between a hydrocarbon fire in an armored vehicle and other sources of radiant energy including explosion of an armor-piercing ammunition round without an accompanying hydrocarbo... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4601392 | Safety razors and travel caps therefor A travel cap 10 for a T shaped safety razor 11 is designed to be slid on to the razor head 12 from one end of the latter, and comprises a first tubular portion 10a which fits around the heat to one side or the razor handle 13, and a second wrap-around por... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4601101 | Razor system A razor system comprises a handle 10 to which a blade unit 15 can be connected by a releasable coupling, the razor handle being hollow and containing a dispenser in which a plurality of blade units are stored for attachment in turn to the handle when the ... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4597451 | Fire and explosion detection and suppression A fire detection system comprises a plurality of individual fire detection-suppression units which all have their own individual standby electrical power supply. Each has a radiation detector for fire detection and its own source of fire suppressant. In t... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4501067 | Razors and shaving units for razors A razor blade assembly, in the form of a razor or shaving unit, comprises a top cap 114, a razor blade 113 fixed relative to the top cap, and a guardbar 115 which is pivotally movable relative to the blade from a shaving position, in which the blade is ex... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4497373 | Fire and explosion detection and suppression The invention discriminates between the explosion of an ammunition round itself and the fire or explosion (e.g. a hydrocarbon fire) which may then take place in the object (e.g. a vehicle) struck by the round and initiates suppression of the latter fire o... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4496047 | Pack for razors The pack consists of a single card having an aperture therein shaped and dimensioned to receive and support the heads of a stack of disposable razors. The handle of each razor contains a slot and the assembled handles are secured to the card by a tongue w... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4494339 | Knife sharpeners This invention relates to knife sharpeners, and particularly to knife sharpeners of a kind which are incorporated in a holder for the knife in which the knife is placed when not in use. In such holders the blade sharpener is located so that the action of ... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4489627 | Razors and shaving units for razors A double edged strip of blade metal is parted along a center line and cropped to form two strips each containing a series of spaced apart blades connected by webs to an elongate backing strip of blade metal. Each strip is fed into a moulding machine in wh... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4487596 | Method of, and apparatus for, manufacturing a flip-top box A flip-top box is folded from a one-piece skillet by bringing a contents retainer panel (R) into overlapping relationship with a front panel (C1); thereafter pressing the skillet into a rectangular opening of a die (70), to cause certain panels... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4483068 | Razors, razor blades and razor blade dispensers The invention provides the combination of a razor blade 10 and holder 12 for the razor blade, wherein the cutting edges of the blade are constituted by the periphery of a number of holes 10b in the blade, and the holder is provided with means 13 by which ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4447155 | Detection of light-affecting substance in a fluid Apparatus for detecting oil mist or other light-affecting contamination in a fluid comprises a measuring chamber across which a light source directs a beam of light on to a photocell. Solenoid valves each control the connection of a respective inlet pipe ... | 05/08/1984 |
