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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7900560 | Stacked pellet flare assembly and methods of making and using the same The present invention relates to a flare pellet assembly for generating visual and/or infrared energy output, and to methods of making and using the same. The flare pellet assembly generally includes a stack of flare pellets, the individual pellets of which may exhi... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7866265 | Flare apparatus A flare apparatus constructed of a flare case with a primer functionally coupled to a propellant charge. Loaded within the flare case is a flare cup, having within, a starter composition, a flare composition, and a flash charge. The flare composition is functionally... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7690308 | Methods of fabricating and igniting flares including reactive foil and a combustible grain Flares include grain assemblies comprising a combustible grain and a reactive foil positioned at least proximate to the grain and configured to ignite combustion of the grain upon ignition of the reactive foil. The reactive foil may include alternating layers of rea... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7640858 | Stacked pellet flare assembly and methods of making and using the same The present invention relates to a flare pellet assembly for generating visual and/or infrared energy output, and to methods of making and using the same. The flare pellet assembly generally includes a stack of flare pellets, the individual pellets of which may exhi... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7617776 | Selective emitting flare nanosensors A flare includes an air-tight rupturable capsule and an energy releasing material, contained within the air-tight rupturable capsule, such that the energy-releasing material releases energy in response to exposure to at least one component of air. ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7469640 | Flares including reactive foil for igniting a combustible grain thereof and methods of fabricating and igniting such flares Flares include grain assemblies comprising a combustible grain and a reactive foil positioned at least proximate to the grain and configured to ignite combustion of the grain upon ignition of the reactive foil. The reactive foil may include alternating layers of rea... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7441503 | Expendable infra-red radiating means An expendable infra-red radiating means having a rupturable container 1 housing a plurality of decoy plates (11) and an ignition means (17) for igniting the decoy plates (11). Each of the decoy plates (11) comprises a composition o... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7369081 | Smart chaff A chaff element for interfering with radar signals. The chaff element has a dielectric substrate and a pair of elongate electrically conductive elements, having a total length of approximately one-half wavelength of the radar signals or otherwise tuned to the radar ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363861 | Pyrotechnic systems and associated methods Pyrotechnic systems and associated methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a pyrotechnic system includes a combustible material in a housing having a first and second portion. The first portion of the housing can have an inlet for receiving combustion products and... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7343861 | Device and method for producing an infrared emission at a given wavelength An infrared emitting device produces a certain heat emission. The device has a heat source for generating a specific amount of heat for heating inert material to a given temperature and expelling this heated material to form a cloud. The heated inert material produc... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341002 | Missile countermeasure device, and methods of using same A countermeasure for luring an incoming hostile missile away from a vehicle is provided. The countermeasure includes a housing, an infrared-emission body containing a sublimation compound in a solid state, a heating source for converting the sublimation compound int... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7191558 | Dynamic process for enhancing the wear resistance of ferrous articles A dynamic process for increasing the wear life of ferrous articles subjected to a high-temperature environment created by combustion of a propellant or fuel comprises selecting the propellant or fuel so that its combustion products include relatively large amounts o... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185846 | Asymmetrical control surface system for tube-launched air vehicles Asymmetrical Control Surface System for Tube-Launched Air Vehicles places one control surface, such as a wing or a horizontal tail, above horizontal midplane axis of an air vehicle, such as a tube-launched missile, and the opposing control surface below the midplane... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7174835 | Covert tracer round A covert tracer round has an infrared emitter of radiation mounted to its front, side or back. The radiation (which may be coherent or incoherent) is detected by a sensor that displays an image of the target and the beam. The sensor receives the beam directly if the... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7154429 | Device for protecting military vehicles from infrared guided munitions A heat seeking missile decoy device mounted on a military vehicle to change the infrared signature of the military vehicle. The device is at ambient temperature when stored on the military vehicle. When a heat seeking missile is fired at the military vehicle, the de... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7143833 | Portable fire-extinguisher A portable aerosol fire-extinguisher has an elongate metal casing (3) with a handle (2) and an internal chamber (4) for housing a charge (5) of a solid substance which can be transformed, at a predetermined temperature, into an aerosol wi... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7059250 | Melted metal dispersal warhead Molten droplets of a metal fuel, such as aluminum, are dispersed into air or water for a reaction releasing energy for military or other purposes. In one warhead embodiment, a cylinder of solid metal is disposed within a ceramic heat insulator; heaters of thermite-l... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7048136 | Canister lid with improved evacuation and vent assembly A canister lid includes a cover member adapted to cover a canister, thereby defining an interior of the canister. An evacuation valve is adapted to allow evacuation of the interior of the container. A vacuum release valve is adapted to allow venting of the interior ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7025001 | Super long range crash-bang round A “crash-bang” shotgun cartridge assembly has a projectile consisting of a weighty and frangible ballast on its leading edge, a flash-bang charge, and, in the rear, a delay fuse which is lit by the detonation of the propellant charge in the cartridge. The weight... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6966265 | Unit of ammunition with one or more warhead casings An ammunition device (4) comprising one or more warhead effect jackets (17), each jacket containing warhead effect elements (18). The ammunition device also incorporates one or more explosive compositions arranged inside each warhead effect jack... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6962634 | Low temperature, extrudable, high density reactive materials A reactive material for use as a reactive liner in penetrating (shape-charge) warheads and for use in reactive fragments in fragmenting warheads is disclosed. The reactive material comprises an oxidizing agent and a metal filler or metal/metal oxide filler. The oxid... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6952917 | Dual liquid engine and rocket using the same The engine for a rocket is suitable for using for an educational program. The engine uses a liquid phase propellant having a predetermined boiling point and a heating substance having a temperature higher than the boiling point. The engine has an inner wall having a... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6906467 | Continuously variable headlamp control A system for automatically controlling continuously variable headlamps on a controlled vehicle includes an imaging system capable of determining lateral and elevational locations of headlamps from oncoming vehicles and tail lamps from leading vehicles. The system al... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6877433 | Incendiary An incendiary 10 includes a plurality of containers 12 each containing a volume of a first substance such as potassium permanganate which, when mixed with a second substance such as glycol which is injected at a later time, reacts exothermically to gen... | 04/12/2005 |
| RE38592 | Multiple effect pyrotechnic shell A multiple effect pyrotechnic shell (20), having a lift chamber (22), primary break (24), secondary break (26), and a tertiary break (28) has a desired weight distribution to inhibit tumbling. The secondary break weight is less tha... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6782826 | Decoy A method of decoying an incoming missile from a target. The method comprises deploying an array of barrels each containing multiple projectiles, determining a position and orientation for a decoy image of the target in relation to the incoming missile, and firing mu... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6708620 | High strength crimp for flares A flare containment case is taught wherein the case has a end cap which is crimped into the sealed position with variously spaced crimps or indentations which may be machined in such a way as to increase and control the end cap release pressure. ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6705573 | Survivability and mission flexibility enhancements for reconnaissance aircraft A pod (34) containing sensors and/or targeting systems such as laser designators or range finders are hung on a cable (30) below an aircraft (12). The line (30) can be reeled in or out similar to towed decoys. This allows the aircraft ( | 03/16/2004 |
| 6675716 | Pyrotechnic pellet decoy method A method for decoying an infrared seeker comprising the steps of providing a plurality of small pyrotechnic pellets, igniting the pellets and dispersing the pellets.... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6666143 | Obscurant device Many of today's weapons systems use surveillance and target acquisition (STA) devices which can exploit the infrared and millimeter wavebands of the electromagnetic spectrum. Designing obscurant devices which can provide screening against such systems oft... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6659012 | Ejection device for ejecting a plurality of submunitions and associated discharging unit An ejection device for ejecting a plurality of submunitions (24a-d) having an adapter (10) including a control unit (12, 13, 14a-c, 15a-b, 16) and adapted for releasable fastening in an ejection barrel (2) of a discharger (1), and a submunitions cluster (... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6634301 | Enclosed ignition flare igniter An enclosed ignition flare igniter that includes a housing and two slider assemblies. The housing includes a first portion and a second portion. The two slider assemblies are disposed within the housing; each slider assembly has an armed position and a sa... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6612242 | Ammunition for smoke generation The present invention relates to a cartridge for smoke generation for the protection of combat vehicles, wherein the shell has the form of an integral two-chamber double can (2) including a partition wall shared by both chambers (10), the wall thickness o... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6581520 | Pyrotechnic active mass for producing an aerosol highly emissive in the infrared spectrum and inpenetrable in the visible spectrum The invention relates to a pyrotechnic active mass which is impenetrable in the visible spectrum, highly emissive in the infrared spectrum and used for camouflage and decoy purposes. As principal ingredients said mass contains red phosphorus and an alkali... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6578492 | Pyrotechnic smoke screen units for producing an aerosol impenetrable in the visible, infrared and millimetric wave range The invention relates to a pyrotechnic smoke screen unit for producing an aerosol which is impenetrable in the visible, infrared and millimetric wave range and used for camouflage and decoy purposes. The units are obtained by combining fibre-like conducti... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6571714 | Silicon window infrared augmenter There is provided an electrically powered augmenter device that has a silicon window. The silicon window emits the infrared radiation from the augmenter in a specific waveband, to attract heat seeking missles. Moreover, the augmenter may be mounted on the... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6530327 | Method and apparatus for burning pyrotechnic compositions A pyrotechnic device and method for making the same is disclosed which includes a pyrotechnic composition comprising a fuel, an oxidizing agent, and at least one of a metal salt and metal powder; wherein the pyrotechnic composition further comprises a cyl... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6513438 | Method for offering a phantom target, and decoy A method and associated decoy for offering a phantom target for protecting land, air or water vehicles or the like as a defense against missiles possessing a target seeking head operating in the infrared (IR) or radar (RF) range, or a target seeking head ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6502343 | Emergency rescue device An emergency rescue device is provided which includes a plurality of launching tubes, a plurality of upper and lower fixing pieces, a plurality of upper and lower connecting moving pieces, a plurality of groups of tenons and spring units, a lighting devic... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6484640 | Method of producing a screening smoke with one-way transparency in the infrared spectrum The invention relates to a method of producing a screening smoke which is one-way transparent in the infrared spectrum (780 nm-14.0 μm) and opaque in the visible spectrum. According to the invention a known pyrotechnic screening smoke which is highly abs... | 11/26/2002 |
