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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7925167 | Satellite downlink via patterns of uncollimated light A satellite or spacecraft in low Earth orbit, when in eclipse and not illuminated by sunlight, represents a low-bandwidth datastream through modulation of a source of uncollimated light, such as a set of light emitting diodes. Transmission modes include generating p... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7606496 | Communications and position location system and method A laser communications and position location system has a laser transmitter with a laser array radiating modulated laser beams upward at convergence angles that determine altitude of a free space junction where the beams converge. The free space junction scatters th... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7593641 | System and method of free-space optical satellite communications A system and method of free-space optical satellite communications includes a ground station and transceiver for transmitting and receiving an optical communications signal. Adaptive optics at the ground station are operative with the transceiver for determining the... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7424225 | Systems and methods for implementing contention-based optical channel access A first node (205) in a network includes a non-optical transceiver (415) and an optical subsystem (410). The non-optical transceiver (415) sends a request message to establish an optical link from the first node (205) to a second n... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7409160 | Global gateway architecture for interconnecting regional satellites into a communication network A satellite constellation has a plurality of network satellites that form a network. A gateway satellite is disposed adjacent to the network. The gateway satellites receive an optical signal from the network and converts the signal to an electrical signal. The gatew... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406263 | Combined wavefront sensor and data detector for a free space optical communications system with adaptive optics In an adaptive optics module, wavefront sensing and data detection are implemented in a single device. For example, an optical-to-electrical converter converts a data-encoded optical beam to an intermediate electrical signal, which contains both the data encoded in ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7379673 | Mobile communications system A communications system for wireless transceiving of information, comprising an optical array subsystem for transceiving optical signals and a millimeter wave subsystem for transceiving millimeter wave signals, and a beam steering controller for controlling the dire... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379088 | System and method for real-time image control and processing for use in wide area space based surveillance A system and method for providing real-time imaging for use in wide area space based surveillance utilizing an Optical Tera-bps Satellite (OPTSAT) network, including a plurality of OPTSATs, wherein an object is imaged with at least one surveillance aperture operativ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373085 | Hybrid satellite and fiber communications system A communication system employing optical fibers and a high data rate satellite is utilized to provide high-speed Internet access to various geographic regions. In one aspect, a first teleport station is located geographically separated from a first user. The first t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369775 | Wireless duplex optical communication system A wireless optical communication systems using two optical transceivers located at the opposite ends of an optical communication line. The optical communication system can be either two-element, when each of the said transceivers contains one optical transmitter (em... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7292789 | Multi-channel wide-field laser communications method and apparatus A communications terminal includes a first aperture configured to receive laser signals from ground laser sources, pick-off mirrors configured to receive laser signals from mobile laser sources, an optical assembly configured to receive the laser communications sign... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292788 | Multi-beam laser communications system and method A laser communications system includes a wide-field sensor, configured to detect a first set of laser communications sources within a first field of view, a narrow-field sensor includes a tracking portion and a control portion configured to receive laser communicati... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286766 | Free space optical communication system with power level management A free space optical communication system includes an adaptive optical power regulator. The adaptive optical power regulator adapts to changes in effective loss associated with the free space optical path. In one embodiment the adaptive optical power regulator adapt... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7263293 | Indoor wireless voice and data distribution system A wireless voice and data system for improving coverage in an enclosed area includes a hub device for transceiving RF signals with a signal source positioned generally removed from an enclosed area. The hub device includes voice hardware for processing voice signals... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259904 | Coarse spectrometer with a grating A quasi-monochromatic light beam carrier for a particular telecommunication channel is likely to experience drift because of age, temperature, or other factors, and may cause the centroid wavelength of the carrier to shift. Temperature adjustments by wavelength lock... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257327 | Wireless communication system with high efficiency/high power optical source An optical communication system is provided which includes an optical signal transmitter which communicates high bandwidth, high power frequencies. The optical signal transmitter includes a high efficiency/high power optical source such as an optical magnetron or a ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7184670 | Telemetry system and method for acoustic arrays A telemetry system includes a plurality of acoustic sensors for receiving acoustic information and generating analog signals based on the received acoustic information. A first plurality of subsystems is coupled to at least a subset of the plurality of acoustic sens... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7136587 | System and method for providing simulated hardware-in-the-loop testing of wireless communications networks A system and method for efficiently and effectively simulating hardware-in-the-loop testing of a wireless communications network. The system and method employs an optical matrix-vector multiplier (MVM) for performing optical signal processing to simulate radio frequ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7120362 | High power repeaters for Raman amplified, wave division multiplexed optical communication systems High power repeaters for use in amplifying optical data signals transmitted through undersea fiber optic cables are disclosed. Raman amplification schemes using 100 or more pump lasers are integrated into industry standard sized pressure vessels for amplifying optic... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116278 | Compact low RCS ultra-wide bandwidth conical monopole antenna A low radar cross-section monocone antenna is provided with an ultra-wide bandwidth in the microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum running from 1 gigahertz to 18 gigahertz by decreasing the low frequency cutoff through enlarging the overall dimensions of th... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113707 | Dynamic optical interconnect This invention provides a dynamic interconnection system which allows to couple a pair of optical beams carrying modulation information. In accordance with this invention, two optical beams emanate from transceivers at two different locations. Each beam may not see ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106971 | System and method for optical wireless communication A system and method for optical wireless communication with fading resistance. A delayed diversity approach reduces fading significantly. Data is sent in a set of light signals (also called diverse light signals) which each have a different polarization and/or a dif... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103280 | Architecture for an optical satellite communication network A satellite constellation has a plurality of satellites. Each of the satellites has an RF ground link for communicating with a ground station and an optical link for communication with at least one of the plurality of satellites. Each of the satellites has a reconfi... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7082706 | Systems and methods for creating aerial messages Systems and methods are disclosed for creating aerial messages using multiple aircraft. Each of the aircraft includes a control box located in the aircraft for receiving data from and transmitting data to a software program running on a main computer. The systems an... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7078726 | Sealing of electronic device using absorbing layer for glue line In one embodiment of the invention, a first absorbing layer is on a substrate and/or a second absorbing layer is on a heat-activated adhesive. If the IR source that supplies IR radiation is present on the substrate-side, then the absorption percentage of the substra... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7050894 | System and method for diagnosing aircraft components for maintenance purposes Aircraft maintenance and repair work is facilitated, especially for a commercial aircraft, by a diagnostic system and method, wherein an aircraft component or assembly of components is monitored by at least one sensor which produces and preferably also stores compon... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7046934 | Optical communication system using a high altitude tethered balloon An optical communication system using a high altitude tethered balloon 10 that operates above most clouds and atmospheric turbulence. An optical communication system includes a balloon 10 with an optical communication payload 30, a fiber optic c... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7039278 | Single-fiber bi-directional transceiver An integrated transceiver for achieving bi-directional communication along a single fiber-optic cable in a fiber-optic network. The transceiver includes an active part for transmit and receive portions of the transceiver. The active part includes a photo diode and a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6999684 | Camera system and camera A camera system which is capable of performing highly accurate focusing in a short time by using two kinds of AF methods, is disclosed. The camera system calculates the target driving amount of the focusing lens based on the result of detection by a first focus dete... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6993260 | Interconnecting processing units of a stored program controlled system using free space optics Internal communication signals in a stored program controlled system comprising a plurality of units configured to process signals are provided by a free space optical beam line which is proximal to all of the plurality of units. The free space beam line is configur... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6962310 | Inflatable satellite bus An inflatable satellite bus is claimed for use with a mission payload. The inflatable satellite bus is comprised of a core adapted to receive a mission payload. There is an expandable shell attached to the core and substantially enclosing the core. The core has an a... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6952530 | Integrated glass ceramic systems Integrated glass ceramic spacecraft include a plurality of glass ceramic components including molded, tempered, annealed, and patterned glass ceramic components coupled together for forming a support structure or frame or housing through which is communicated optica... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6941204 | System and method for diagnosing aircraft components for maintenance purposes Aircraft maintenance and repair work is facilitated, especially for a commercial aircraft, by a diagnostic system and method, wherein an aircraft component or assembly of components is monitored by at least one sensor which produces and preferably also stores compon... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6934475 | Free-space optical communications using holographic conjugation A beacon beam is transmitted from a receiver to a transmitter. The transmitter generates and transmits a conjugate beacon beam back to the receiver, where it is interfered with a local oscillator beam to form a hologram. The hologram is used to configure a spatial l... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6913735 | Methane/methanol producing system A methane or methanol producing system is proposed in which laser beams are generated in space by excitation of sunlight, transmitted onto land or sea without loss to obtain optical energy with high efficiency, and irradiated on a hydrogen producing device to produc... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6816682 | Global gateway architecture for interconnecting regional satellites into a communication network A satellite constellation has a plurality of network satellites that form a network. A gateway satellite is disposed adjacent to the network. The gateway satellites receive an optical signal from the network and converts the signal to an electrical signal. The gatew... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6137609 | Over-the-horizon optical communications transceiver An optical communications transceiver comprises a transmitter for transming a communications signal having at least two wavelengths and a receiver for concurrently detecting the communications signal on each wavelength. The receiver compares the data con... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6137612 | Method and system for channelization and down conversion of wideband subscriber information signals The invention describes a method and system for channelization through the application of a weighted chirp pulse. The impulse response of a desired filter weighting is applied to the output of a chirp pulse generator (FIG. 1, 150). The resulting weighted ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6091529 | Channel allocation method in connection with data transmissions in the optical frequency range The instant invention contains a method for establishing a channel grid for optical transmission channels, wherein an optical communication between arbitrary stations, but in particular satellite terminals, is made possible.... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6043918 | Laser satellite communication systems A laser satellite communication system which avoids atmospheric, wind and turbulence effects. A satellite or high altitude platform communication system includes an earth-orbiting satellite or high altitude platform carrying a laser communications receive... | 03/28/2000 |
