287 patents
Utility
Shear Wire Adaptor Kit
28 Dec 23
Arming apparatus is installable between twin arming units (101, 102) of an ejector release unit in a military aircraft, and a single fuzing unit (74) of a store (78).
Marc O'Shea
Filed: 8 Sep 23
Utility
Systems and Methods for Controlling Communications Based on Machine Learned Information
28 Dec 23
Systems and methods for operating a communication device.
Mark D. Rahmes, Thomas J. Billhartz, David B. Chester, Chad Chung Lau, Vladislav M. Fomitchev
Filed: 7 Sep 23
Utility
Electronic Assembly with Glide Surfaces and Related Methods
30 Nov 23
An electronic assembly includes a chassis having electronic module mounting positions.
CLARKE O. FOWLER, LAWRENCE LUDWIG, III
Filed: 26 May 22
Utility
Low Noise Optothermally Stable Metering Structure
30 Nov 23
Metering structure includes a rigid strut configured to support an optical element.
Gordon Chun Kong Wu, Nicholas Piekiel, Kenneth M. Patterson, Brian Hart, John Osborn, Peter Bickford, Mitchell Gibson
Filed: 26 May 22
Utility
Electronic Assembly Having Sealing Retainer Coupling an Electronic Module and Associated Method
9 Nov 23
An electronic assembly includes a chassis having electronic module mounting positions, each having an electronic module received therein.
VOI NGUYEN, JASON THOMPSON, CHARLES WEIRICK
Filed: 6 May 22
Utility
Methods of Manufacturing Mirrors
2 Nov 23
Methods of forming a mirror by bonding a faceplate to a core structure using adhesive formulations that include: (1) a binder comprising 40 to 60 weight % monoaluminum phosphate and 40 to 60 weight % water, the binder constituting 25 to 35 weight % of the adhesive formulation and, (2) a composition that includes a first set of particles having a coefficient of thermal expansion equal to or less than 0.05 ppm/° C. and diameters between 1 to 60 micrometers and a second set of particles having a coefficient of thermal expansion equal to or less than 0.05 ppm/° C. and diameters between 0.05 to 1 micrometers, the first set of particles constituting 80 to 85 weight % of the composition, the second set of particles constituting 15 to 20 weight % of the composition; the composition constituting 65 to 75 weigh % of the adhesive formulation.
Tukaram HATWAR, Rebecca BORRELLI, Stephen OLIVER, James T. MOONEY
Filed: 29 Apr 22
Utility
Smoothing Surface Roughness Using Atomic Layer Deposition
2 Nov 23
Methods of producing an optical surface atop an exterior of a substrate that includes smoothing the exterior using an ALD process to sequentially deposit ALD layers to produce one or more ALD films that fill spaces between spaced-apart asperities existing on the exterior, and thereafter depositing a reflective material on the smoothed exterior of the substrate to produce the optical surface.
James THROCKMORTON, Tyler MYERS, Rebecca BORRELLI, Malcolm O’SULLIVAN, Tukaram HATWAR, Steven M. GEORGE
Filed: 29 Apr 22
Utility
Sealing Retainer to Be Coupled Between Chassis and Electronic Module and Associated Method
2 Nov 23
A sealing retainer may be coupled between a chassis and an electronic module.
VOI NGUYEN, JASON THOMPSON, CHARLES WEIRICK
Filed: 27 Apr 22
Utility
Methods of Manufacturing Mirrors
2 Nov 23
Methods of forming a mirror by bonding a faceplate to a core structure using adhesive formulations that include fused silica particles having diameters that range between 1 to 60 micrometers with an average diameter of the silica particles being between 8 to 10 micrometers.
Tukaram HATWAR, Rebecca BORRELLI, Stephen OLIVER, James T. MOONEY
Filed: 29 Apr 22
Utility
Electronic Assembly Having Sealing Retainer Coupling an Electronic Module and Associated Method
2 Nov 23
An electronic assembly may include a chassis having electronic module mounting positions, each having a chassis cooling gas passageway and an electronic module received in each electronic module mounting position.
VOI NGUYEN, JASON THOMPSON, CHARLES WEIRICK
Filed: 27 Apr 22
Utility
Variable Width Barrel Shifter
26 Oct 23
A variable width barrel shifter.
Ryan W. Hinton, Scott C. Smedley, Joshua D. Gunn
Filed: 20 Apr 22
Utility
Systems and Methods for Rotor System Foreign Object Detection
12 Oct 23
Embodiments of the present invention provide for the detection/identification of objects near a rotary-wing/VTOL aircraft such as a helicopter, drone, or an eVTOL (electric Vertical Take Off & Landing) aircraft using LiDAR.
Paul Albert Voisin
Filed: 10 Apr 23
Utility
Optical Switch Having Latched Switch States and Associated Methods
12 Oct 23
An optical switch has latched switch states and includes optical fibers that are laterally joined together to define an optical switching portion.
BRIAN ROBERDS, EDWARD W. MILES
Filed: 12 Apr 22
Utility
Optical Device Having Phase Change Material and Associated Methods
12 Oct 23
An optical device may include at least one optical fiber, and a phase change material (PCM) layer on the at least one optical fiber.
BRIAN ROBERDS, MARIA I. MITKOVA-VASSILEVA, AL-AMIN AHMED SIMON
Filed: 12 Apr 22
Utility
Global Navigation Satellite System Spoofer Identification Technique Based on Carrier to Noise Ratio Signatures
5 Oct 23
Disclosed is a technique that can provide one or more countermeasures against spoofers.
Ivan L. Johnston, Gilberto Isaac Sada, Steven B. Alexander, Randall Paul Jaffe, David Christopher Post, Nathan Douglas Haveman
Filed: 7 Jun 23
Utility
Communications System Having Mobile Wireless Devices That Communicate Via Satellite or Wifi and Associated Methods
5 Oct 23
A satellite communication system may include a constellation of cross-linked orbiting satellites, and an earth station gateway that includes an Internet port.
BARTON B. POLIZOTTO, JOHN M. DAVIS, SEBASTIAN MORANA
Filed: 30 Mar 22
Utility
Communications System Having Mobile Wireless Devices That Communicate In Push-to-talk Groups Via Satellite or Ad Hoc Network Link
5 Oct 23
A satellite communication system may include a constellation of cross-linked orbiting satellites and a network manager that maintains a database of push-to-talk (PTT) groups.
BARTON B. POLIZOTTO, JOHN M. DAVIS, SEBASTIAN MORANA
Filed: 30 Mar 22
Utility
Joint Stepped Overlapping Hysteresis Gain Control
28 Sep 23
Signal processing to compensate for gain control output spikes caused by steps in a digital step attenuator.
Joshua D. Gunn, Ryan W. Hinton, David W. Thorson
Filed: 23 Mar 22
Utility
Smart Illumination for Nightvision Using Semi-transparent Detector Array
28 Sep 23
A nightvision system includes an underlying device that provides output light in a first spectrum.
James A. LeBeau
Filed: 23 Mar 22
Utility
Radio Frequency System Including Recommendation Training Agent for Machine Learning Algorithm and Related Methods
28 Sep 23
A radio frequency (RF) system may include at least one RF sensor in an RF environment and at least one RF actuator.
Osama S. Haddadin, Armin Hedzic, Andrew L. Nelson, Boston C. Terry, Seth J. Thorup
Filed: 24 Mar 22