Vehicular Impact Signaling Device
An apparatus for the deployment of a visible plume to alert other motorists that a proximate motor vehicle has been involved in a collision.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7234498 | Self-luminescent pneumatic tire The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having a component comprising at least one elastomer containing olefinic unsaturation; a radioactive source of radiation; and a phosphorescent agent capable of emitting visible light upon exposure to said radiation. | 06/26/2007 |
| 7235792 | Color-tuned volumetric light using high quantum yield nanocrystals A light source of coaxially stacked volumetric light cells that can be used either in a lamp or a display. Each light cell is composed of high quantum yield nanocrystals in a silica aerogel matrix that is excited by a controlled ultraviolet light source. From these ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7074331 | Separation system, components of a separation system and methods of making and using them Permeable polymeric monolithic materials are prepared in a column casing. In one embodiment, the permeable polymeric monolithic materials are polymerized while pressure is applied through a piston having a smooth piston head in contact with the polymerization mixtur... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7058245 | Integrated optical circuits An optoelectronic device having a flexible substrate and an optical interconnect (i.e. waveguide) comprising a sol-gel based material formed on the substrate. The sol-gel based waveguide is capable of being integrated into an all-optical system and provides for grea... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6933655 | Self-powered wireless switch A wireless switch is provided having a twenty-year life energy harvesting arrangement for self-powering a wireless transmitter. The energy harvesting arrangement is implemented in one embodiment using a piezoelectric switch element. A tritium light source and photov... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6855270 | Nanoscintillation systems for aqueous-based liquid scintillation counting The present invention relates to the use of nanoscintillation systems, or nanoparticles containing fluor molecules, that can be used to detect an electron-emitting or alpha-particle-emitting radioisotope in the absence of organic-solvents commonly used in organic-ba... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6544442 | Method of loading organic materials with group III plus lanthanide and actinide elements Disclosed is a composition of matter comprising a tributyl phosphate complex of a group 3, lanthanide, actinide, or group 13 salt in an organic carrier and a method of making the complex. These materials are suitable for use in solid or liquid organic sci... | 04/08/2003 |
| 5744320 | Quenching reagents and assays for enzyme-mediated luminescence The present invention relates to single and dual-reporter luminescence assays utilizing general and specific reagents to quench enzyme-mediated reactions. In one embodiment of the invention, a reagent is added to the assay which non-specifically quenches ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5714342 | Compositions for the detection of protease in biological samples and methods of use therefo The present invention provides for novel reagents whose fluorescence increases in the presence of particular proteases. The reagents comprise a characteristically folded peptide backbone each end of which is conjugated to a fluorophore. When the folded pe... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5658494 | Fluorescent compounds Novel compounds obtainable by reacting together an imido-reagent such as diphenylphosphonimido-triphenylphosphorane), or a phosphine oxide such as p-tolyldiphenylphosphine oxide, with a chelate of a transition or lanthanide or actinide metal, such as tris... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5494654 | Radiolabelled compound formulations Additives are proposed for compositions comprising radiolabelled organic compounds e.g. 32P-labelled nucleotides. Stabilisers are selected from tryptophan, para-aminobenzoate, indoleacetate and the azole group. Dyes are selected from Sulphorhodamine B, Xy... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5435937 | Fluorescent compounds Novel compounds obtainable by reacting together an imido-reagent such as diphenylphosphonimidotriphenylphosphorane) with a chelate of a transition or lanthanide or actinide metal, such as tris(dibenzoylmethide) europium III, has the property of fluorescin... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5306445 | Inorganic volumetric light source excited by ultraviolet light The invention relates to a composition for the volumetric generation of radiation. The composition comprises a porous substrate loaded with a component capable of emitting radiation upon interaction with an exciting radiation. Preferably, the composition ... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5240647 | Process for making solid-state radiation-emitting composition The invention provides a process for loading an aerogel substrate with tritium and the resultant compositions. According to the process, an aerogel substrate is hydrolyzed so that surface OH groups are formed. The hydrolyzed aerogel is then subjected to t... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5137659 | Solid-state radiation-emitting compositions and devices The invention relates to a composition for the volumetric generation of radiation, wherein a first substance functions as a source of exciting radiation, and a second substance interacts with the exciting radiation to provide a second radiation. The compo... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5126442 | Advanced glycosylation endproducts and associated methods New and useful chromophores have been isolated from the reaction mixture of proteins exposed to reducing sugars in the presence of sulfite over time. The chromophores are believed to be intermediates in nonenzymatic polypeptide glycosylation. The measurem... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5122305 | Solid-state radiation-emitting compositions and devices The invention relates to a composition for the volumetric generation of radiation, wherein a first substance functions as a source of exciting radiation, and a second substance interacts with the exciting radiation to provide a second radiation. The compo... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5100587 | Solid-state radioluminescent zeolite-containing composition and light sources A new type of RL light source consisting of a zeolite crystalline material, the intralattice spaces of which a tritiated compound and a luminophore are sorbed, and which material is optionally further dispersed in a refractive index-matched polymer matrix... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5078919 | Composition containing aerogel substrate loaded with tritium The invention provides a process for loading an aerogel substrate with tritium and the resultant compositions. According to the process, an aerogel substrate is hydrolyzed so that surface OH groups are formed. The hydrolyzed aerogel is then subjected to t... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5011781 | Autoradiography enhancer and method of use Disclosed is an improved autoradiography enhancer composition and method of use. The enhancer composition uses an acid anhydride as a dehydration agent.... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4997597 | Solid-state radioluminescent compositions A solid state radioluminescent composition for light source comprises an optically clear polymer organic matrix containing tritiated organic materials and dyes capable of "red" shifting primary scintillation emissions from the polymer matrix. The tritiate... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4889660 | Radioluminescent light sources, tritium containing polymers, and methods for producing the same A radioluminescent light source comprises a solid mixture of a phosphorescent substance and a tritiated polymer. The solid mixture forms a solid mass having length, width, and thickness dimensions, and is capable of self-support. In one aspect of the inve... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4871480 | Audoradiography enhancer and method of use Disclosed is an improved autoradiography enhancer composition and method of use. The enhancer composition uses an acid anhydride as a dehydration agent.... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4710319 | Autofluorogram composition The subject invention provides an autofluorography kit composition comprising (i) a first aqueous solution of a water soluble fluor having a formula selected from R--CO2 --X; R--SO3 --X; and R--NH3 --Y; where X and Y are a... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4624799 | Mixture for use in the LSC (liquid scintillation counting) analysis technique A liquid, homogeneous mixture for use in the LSC (Liquid Scintillation Counting) analysis technique, comprising a scintillation liquid, a scintillator and a surfactant, wherein the surfactant includes one or more phosphoric acid esters having formula 1 an... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4595599 | Luminescent silane A luminescent compound, comprising a phosphor group or groups and an alkylalkoxysilane, and a luminescent composition comprising such luminescent compound and a radioactive substance to provide a source of exciting radiation for the luminescent compound i... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4293436 | Autofluorogram and composition and method for making the same An improved method of enhancing the effect of weak, e.g. beta, radioactive emitters, such as tritium and carbon-14, on film by contacting the medium used to contain the radioactive emitter with a fluor dissolved or dispersed in a carboxylic acid. A new co... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4130571 | Process for preparing 1,2-diacyl-3-glycerylphosphorylcholines Improved process for preparing 1,2-diacyl-3-glycerylphosphorylcholines, wherein the diacyl groups are, different or the same, a residue of a saturated or unsaturated fatty acid, particularly one of the acyl groups being a residue of a highly unsaturated f... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4081761 | Enhanced laser pumping by auxiliary luminescent centers that absorb and transfer normally wasted pump energy to the laser ion Sensitizer impurities absorb a portion of pump radiation in a laser generator that is not absorbed by the activator impurity. The sensitizer transfers the otherwise wasted radiation to the activator impurity. Mn+2, UO2+2 a... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4018635 | Phosphor combination, particularly adapted for use with explosives, for providing a distinctive information label Phosphor-explosive material combination and method wherein a small amount of inorganic phosphor is mixed with explosive material to provide an indicia or label of information regarding the explosive, either before or after detonation of same. The phosphor... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4013490 | Phosphor identification method, particularly adapted for use with explosives, for providing a distinctive information label Phosphor-explosive material combination and method wherein a small amount of inorganic phosphor is mixed with explosive material to provide an indicia or label of information regarding the explosive, either before or after detonation of same. The phosphor... | 03/22/1977 |
| 4010109 | Device for marking fluent materials The invention is concerned with a device for use in marking fluent materials with a radio-active substance. A radio-active substance in an isotope generator continuously produces a relatively short life radio-active daughter substance and a solvent for th... | 03/01/1977 |
| 3931591 | Q-switching device for glass lasers An improved Q-switched neodymium laser in which uranium as UO.sub.2.sup..sup.+2 and a uranium oxidizing agent such as cerium in a host body such as glass serve as either an external or an internal Q-switching device for the laser.... | 01/06/1976 |