Quotables
"I hate what they've done to my child...I would never let my own children watch it. "
Vladimir Zworykin, television pioneer ; Talking about an invention in which he played a critical role.
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 |
| 7370532 | RF communications method and system for laser ultrasonic testing A system including a processor, a high-energy density system linked to the processor, and a communicator linked to the processor. The communicator comprehensively integrates a plurality of hardware and software functions associated with operating the high-energy den... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7331114 | Magnetic compass structure A simple self-contained, hand-held instrument for reading an azimuth or bearing in relation to the earth's magnetic field either out in the field or on the water with substantial accuracy. Means are provided that places the far object into the same focal plane (or f... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7308891 | Products and processes for archery and firearm sights Archery and firearm sight products and processes are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment an apparatus may comprise a sight ring and a shaft. The sight ring may comprise a proximal end, a distal end, and a track. The track may comprise a major axis disposed substan... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7110102 | Working position measuring system A working position measuring system, comprising a rotary laser device for irradiating and rotating a laser beam and a photodetection sensor device for receiving the laser beam and for detecting a working position, wherein the rotary laser device comprises a laser pr... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6661525 | Method for monitoring the length of constant-wire-length bonds and apparatus therefor On a circuit-board intended for constant-wire-length (CWL) bonding, one or more special "test" pairs of bonding pads are provided along with, in each case, a series of markings adjacent the pads. In use, the board is populated with CWL bonds (this include... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6480271 | Traversing laser locating system A system for visually pointing out locations on a three-dimensional structure such as an airframe of an aircraft includes a laser head that traverses an elongate track erected to pass through or adjacent to the structure. The laser head is traversed and s... | 11/12/2002 |
| 5784182 | Directional sight for instruments The sight comprises a support adapted for mounting onto an instrument to be aimed at a target, an optical device mounted onto the support for creating an image including a first sighting mark at a first finite distance with respect to the optical device, ... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5402226 | Survey apparatus The apparatus of the invention is arranged to include facing table members, each having first and second pivotally mounted table plates relative to each table member to accommodate orientation of the tables with leveling and compass structure mounted to e... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5340060 | Rendezvous docking optical sensor system A rendezvous docking optical sensor system for calculating a coordinate position/attitude of chaser and target satellites in accordance with simple calculation equations without performing a complex process such as an image process so as to allow a high-s... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5198868 | Laser surveying system having a function of marking reference points In laser surveying system has a laser measuring unit which is operable independently of a laser projector, a laser spot pattern is first determined by using the laser measuring unit and projected onto the working face of an object structure by driving the... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5151753 | Non-parallax optical sighting instrument An optical sighting instrument having a main optical path including an objective lens, an eyepiece lens and a beamsplitter for combining or superimposing images. At least three image planes are defined with reference to the main optical path and the beams... | 09/29/1992 |
| 4976039 | Navigation aid There is described a navigation aid for use in sailing vessels. The navigation aid comprising a casing having at least one side wall, the side wall having an aperture, and at least one end wall, the end wall also having an aperture. The casing encloses at... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4763419 | Optical viewing system There is provided an optical viewing system, which is preferably a compass which eliminates the parallax and sighting problems of prior art optical systems. The compass includes a beam splitter which displays a sighted image both on a reference screen and... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4722601 | Apparatus for determining the direction of a line of sight The apparatus comprises a sighting unit, such as helmet 10 carrying a cathode-ray tube 11 and a semi-reflecting screen 13 enabling a user to view a display superimposed on an outside scene. The sighting unit carries a detector unit 15 which determines the... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4605304 | Angle-measuring instrument with a coarse-fine drive arrangement The invention is directed to an angle-measuring instrument such as a theodolite, tacheometer or the like having a coarse-fine drive arrangement for presetting a circle part of a graduated circle to a predetermined read-out value. In a preferred embodiment... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4601872 | Water sealing device for use in replacing control rod drive housing A water sealing device suitable for use when a control rod drive housing welded to a stub tube and extends through a wall of a reactor pressure vessel is replaced, singly or with the stub tube, by a new one, including a sealing cylinder temporarily insert... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4244651 | Impersonal eyepiece for astronomic positioning An improved impersonal eyepiece for astronomic positioning is affixed to an optical viewing device to provide a means for observing the position of a celestial object at timed intervals. The viewing device produces a source image of the celestial object a... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4191471 | Aircraft armament alignment An alignment device for aligning the boresight axis of armament with the line-of-sight axis of an optical sight including a novel collimating apparatus for field use. The collimating apparatus includes a collimator and a collimated light beam generator. T... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4093383 | Angle measuring device with a telescope An angle measuring device comprises a base, a telescope seated thereupon for rotation about an axis, a graduated circle having a line division, a micrometer for subdividing said line division, and photoelectric scanners for detecting angular values from s... | 06/06/1978 |
