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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7903019 | Protective device and protective measure for a radar system A protective device and protective measure for a radar system is provided that includes an active countermeasure by using passive emitter and/or decoys. Decoys are thereby utilized that function according to the reflection principle. These decoys are thereby radiate... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7623059 | Disruptive media dispersal system for aircraft A disruptive media dispersal system for aircraft which absorbs and scatters directed energy weapon beams such as tracking lasers and high energy lasers (HELs) is disclosed. The system may include laser detectors, laser beam propagation disruptive media and a dispers... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7421950 | Decoys for infra-red radiation seeking missiles and methods of producing and using the same The present invention relates to decoys for heat-seeking missiles and methods of producing and using the same. The decoys are designed to be kinematic or pseudo-kinematic, producing one or more infra-red radiation emitting clouds that give the appearance of a moving... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7400287 | Smart chaff Missile deflector systems for protecting a vehicle from threats that use an infrared sensor for guidance are disclosed. An exemplary missile deflector system can include, for example, a radiation source and one or more deployable smart chaff elements. The light sour... | 07/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7215954 | Resource allocation method for multi-platform communication system A mobile wireless communications system including a plurality of individual transponding nodes of various types, all in communication with a central processing hub. A local user signal is processed by the central processing hub and radiated through multiple paths to... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7181162 | Communication system using multiple link terminals A communication system has a plurality of bases stations generating communication portions from a base station communication signal. The plurality of base stations are capable of using the entire allocated bandwidth to generate the base station communication portion... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7167704 | Communication system using multiple link terminals for aircraft A communication system has a communication infrastructure and a gateway station communicating a communication signal to the communication infrastructure. An airplane having an antenna coupled to a processing circuit for establishing a plurality of multiple communica... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7103317 | Communication system using multiple link terminals for aircraft A communication system has a communication infrastructure and a gateway station communicating a communication signal to the communication infrastructure. An airplane having an antenna coupled to a processing circuit for establishing a plurality of multiple communica... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7089000 | Multi-node wireless communication system with multiple transponding platforms A mobile wireless communications system including a plurality of individual transponding platforms all in communication with a central processing hub. A signal processed by the central processing hub is radiated simultaneously through multiple paths to a plurality o... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7068733 | Sampling technique for digital beam former A mobile satellite payload 18 and a method for sampling communication signals 26 are provided. The mobile satellite payload 18 uses a plurality of receive radiating elements 24 within a phase array antenna 22 to convert the communi... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7053812 | Recoverable pod for self-protection of aircraft and method of protecting an aircraft using a recoverable pod In a countermeasure system for an aircraft, a countermeasure module includes a chamber. Countermeasure equipment is housed in the chamber of the countermeasure module. An attachment mechanism allows for releasable attachment of the countermeasure module to an aircra... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7046718 | Coherent phase synchronous code division multiple access communications from multiple transponder platforms A method for coherent phase synchronous CDMA communications between a gateway and multiple subscribers via multiple transponder platforms that includes the step of synchronizing a local reference clock for each subscriber in a service area to a single master referen... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6980151 | System and method for onboard detection of ballistic threats to aircraft A bi-static continuous wave radar system and related methods for detecting incoming threats from ballistic projectiles includes a remote source of RF illumination, and a local receiver installed in one or more target aircraft. A first receiving channel acquires dire... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6975264 | Signal separating system A signal separating system 1 comprises a frequency conversion element 3, a dynamic filter component 4 with associated coherent stop slot and non-coherent passband, optionally a signal wave enhancer 7 with bypass, and a frequency reconvers... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6941138 | Concurrent communications between a user terminal and multiple stratospheric transponder platforms A method for communicating between a user terminal and multiple stratospheric transponder platforms includes the steps of positioning a plurality of stratospheric transponder platforms (102, 104, 106, 108) in a substantially fixed position (152) with r... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6920309 | User positioning technique for multi-platform communication system A mobile wireless communications system including a plurality of individual transponding nodes all in communication with a central processing hub. A local user signal is processed by the central processing hub and radiated through multiple paths to a plurality of th... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6909875 | Multi-platform wireless communication system for a variety of different user types A mobile wireless communications system including a plurality of individual transponding nodes of various types, all in communication with a central processing hub. A local user signal is processed by the central processing hub and radiated through multiple paths to... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6876320 | Anti-radar space-filling and/or multilevel chaff dispersers The present invention consists of the particular geometry of the reflectors or dispersers which constitute the anti-radar chaff cloud. Instead of using conventional rectilinear forms, in the present invention multilevel and space-filling forms are introduced. Due to... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6650269 | Ram air inflated passive radar decoy and chaff package therefor A passive radar decoy for deployment from an aircraft in flight comprises a substantially hemispherical body having its inner surface coated with an RF reflective material and its forward end connected to a weighted nose piece. The decoy is ram-air inflat... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6628239 | Variable scattering device A variable scattering device comprising a object which may be an antenna, a load impedance which is optimal and a switch which connects the scattering object to the load impedance. By using the switch to switch the load impedance in and out of the connect... | 09/30/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6507307 | Ram-air inflated, passive decoy for millimeter wave frequencies A passive radar decoy comprises a substantially hemispherical upper body portion having its inner surface coated with an RF reflective material, a weighted nose piece, a tapered lower body portion interconnecting the upper body to the nose piece, an RF re... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6456225 | Reflector circuit A reflector circuit is provided which responds to illuminating radiation with corresponding output radiation of increased magnitude relative to the illuminating radiation, while also providing a frequency selective limiting characteristic. The circuit com... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6381825 | Method for packing fibers into a case A method for stacking fibers less than 10 mm long into a cartridge case, including an impregnation stage for fibers arrayed into at least one skein together with a solidifiable material, the skein being solidifiable inside a mold and then, in the solidifi... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6017628 | Metal-coated substrate articles responsive to electromagnetic radiation, and method of making and using the same An article (130) comprising a non-conductive substrate (136), preferably of an environmentally degradeable character, having a thickness of an oxidizable metal coating (138) thereon, and optionally an oxidation enhancingly effective amount of a salt (140)... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5966089 | Wrapping of soft chaff muffin for supersonic deployment A means for preventing the opening of a chaff muffin upon its entry into air stream of its supersonic-velocity carrier rocket, said means comprising a longitudinal wrapping in addition to the usual circumferential wrapping.... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5915694 | Decoy utilizing infrared special material An aerial decoy comprising a fuselage having forward and aft ends. Disposed within the fuselage are a plurality of decoy discs. Rotatably connected to the forward end of the fuselage is a ram air turbine which is cooperatively engaged to the decoy discs s... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5900831 | Method for producing variable density/electric dipole property chaff decoy material This disclosure relates to dielectric chaff materials or fibers which are small in character for packing and expandable on release to produce clouds of great cross section. Polymer materials are treated chemically and/or irradiated with nuclear or electro... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5880692 | Method of obscuring the location of a radiation-detectable object in a warfare theatre An article comprising a non-conductive substrate, preferably of an environmentally degradeable character, having a thickness of an oxidizable metal coating thereon, and optionally an oxidation enhancingly effective amount of a salt, e.g., from about 0.005... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5835051 | Method for offering a phantom target The method offers a phantom target for protecting land, air or water craft or the like against missiles that have a target seeking head operating in the infrared (IR) or radar (RF) range or simultaneously or serially in both wavelength ranges. A mass emit... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5686178 | Metal-coated substrate articles responsive to electromagnetic radiation, and method of making the same An article comprising a non-conductive substrate, preferably of an environmentally degradeable character, having a thickness of an oxidizable metal coating thereon, and optionally an oxidation enhancingly effective amount of a salt, e.g., from about 0.005... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5619205 | Microarc chaff An improved chaff in which a plurality of metallic or metallic coated elets are joined as chain links that, when deployed, produce microarcs when the link elements make and break contact with each other in an electromagnet field such as that created by a... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5602362 | Electromagnetic decoy with delayed ejection The member bearing electromagnetic decoys comprises a sliding member (23 to 27) having an open major face closed by a cover of which an extension projects opposite an opening (21A) in a compartment (21) provided for a pyrotechnic portion. When the pyrotec... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5369408 | Self-mixing expendable This invention is directed to an expendable which includes an electronic circuit for introducing a simulated Doppler frequency shift. When dropped from an aircraft, the expendable is used to confuse hostile radar operations. In the past, the approach has ... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5291818 | Process for defending objects emitting an infrared radiation, and droppable bodies to carry out the process A process is provided for defending objects emitting an infrared radiation, in particular ships, against missiles, which are equipped with intelligent infrared seeker heads. Following location of the missile, adjacent the object a large area pyrotechnical... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5212488 | Ellipsoidal chaff The present invention provides reflecting chaff microellipsoids having a surface of electrically conducting material. A preferred embodiment consists of Si O2 (95%), Na2 O (1%), B2 O3 (4%) microsphere... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5148173 | Millimeter wave screening cloud and method A millimeter wave screening cloud is formed comprised of an aerosol of fine ibers of a carbon composition, in which the particles are of micron diameter and millimeter length. The cloud is formed by aerosolizing a compact mass of carbon composition fibers ... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5083128 | Low observability aperture design for expendable countermeasures devices A system for installing a plastisol or similar compound into the interior ace of a spent squib-activated countermeasures cartridge. When the squib ignites and expels the countermeasures payload, the heat of combustion causes the plastisol to soften, react... | 01/21/1992 |
