OPTICAL SENSOR WITH DUAL-AXIS GIMBALLED TRANSMITTER AND STARING DETECTOR

    公开(公告)号:US20240402303A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-05

    申请号:US17474504

    申请日:2021-09-14

    Abstract: The design of an existing air-to-air missile seeker is adapted to new missions that require both active laser illumination and detection (passive or active) capabilities. The gimbal is used to point the laser beam to a desired location in a transmit FOR. This approach minimizes the size, weight and power of the sensor because only a small portion of the transmit FOR is illuminated at any instant. This minimizes the laser output required, which reduces the power to operate the laser and the power to maintain the laser at operating temperature. In existing seekers, the gimbal points the detector in the desired direction to expand its FOR. To address the limitations of coupling the laser beam into the gimbaled optical system, the gimbal cannot perform the steering function for the detector. Instead, a staring detector receives light through an off-gimbal aperture within a fixed receive FOR that overlaps the transmit FOR.

    BUILDING LIQUID FLOW-THROUGH PLATES

    公开(公告)号:US20240399480A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-05

    申请号:US18798388

    申请日:2024-08-08

    Abstract: A process for building a high-performance liquid flow-through plate is provided and includes providing a substrate formed of metal matrix composite (MMC) material, metallizing a surface of the substrate to reform the surface into a metallized surface, placing a braze foil on the metallized surface and executing a high-temperature and high-pressure bake whereby material of the braze foil diffuses into the metallized surface.

    BUILDING LIQUID FLOW-THROUGH PLATES

    公开(公告)号:US20240391008A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-28

    申请号:US18798375

    申请日:2024-08-08

    Abstract: A process for building a high-performance liquid flow-through plate is provided and includes providing a substrate formed of metal matrix composite (MMC) material, metallizing a surface of the substrate to reform the surface into a metallized surface, placing a braze foil on the metallized surface and executing a high-temperature and high-pressure bake whereby material of the braze foil diffuses into the metallized surface.

    Sliding pin-yoke mechanism
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12146553B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-19

    申请号:US17820535

    申请日:2022-08-17

    Abstract: A linear actuation system includes a pin pivotably coupled to an output rod of a linear motion actuator and a rotatable output shaft that includes a bushing therein. The pin can be configured to slide in and out of the bushing in response to movement of the linear motion actuator. The linear motion actuator and the output shaft can be arranged such that travel of the pin in the bushing causes rotation of the output shaft.

    Automated decoupling shock isolation for vibration couplers

    公开(公告)号:US12146543B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-19

    申请号:US18497408

    申请日:2023-10-30

    Abstract: A shock isolator is arranged between two automated coupler parts in a vibration testing unit. When the coupler parts are engaged and coupled during vibration testing of a component, the shock isolator is disabled, and when the coupler parts are disengaged and decoupled after vibration testing, the shock isolator is activated to absorb excess shock energy and prevent shock transfer between the coupler parts that would damage the test component. The shock isolator includes a bushing that is inserted in a lower part of the two automated coupler parts and a compressive fit rod that is press-fit into the bushing. The bushing has a chamfered volume and the compressive fit rod has a corresponding compressible volume that is displaced into the chamfered volume to disable the shock isolator. After vibration testing, the compressive fit rod is expandable to a regular shape to activate the shock isolator.

    Hardware based authentication and authorization of networked nodes

    公开(公告)号:US12143516B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-12

    申请号:US17649422

    申请日:2022-01-31

    Abstract: A method of controlling access to a network includes receiving, from a node, a request to access the network. A challenge is sent to the node, the challenge configured to elicit a node fingerprint from the node. The node fingerprint is based on the challenge and on unique characteristic data of a physically unclonable function (PUF), at the node. An expected fingerprint is generated for the node based on the challenge and on characteristic data information associated with the unique characteristic data of the PUF. The characteristic data information is accessed from a location that is independent of and separate from the node. The node is authenticated to the network, to allow the node to access to the network, if the received node fingerprint matches the expected fingerprint. The first node is denied any access to the network if the received node fingerprint does not match the expected fingerprint.

    Low-profile circularly-polarized antenna

    公开(公告)号:US12142851B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-12

    申请号:US17663489

    申请日:2022-05-16

    Inventor: John E. Rogers

    Abstract: Described herein is an apparatus and a method for a low-profile, circularly polarized antenna. The antenna comprises a first substrate having a first side and a second side; an antenna element on the first side of the first substrate; a first conductor on the second side of the first substrate proximity coupled to the antenna element; a second conductor on the second side of the first substrate proximity coupled to the antenna element and ±90 degrees out of phase with the first conductor; a second substrate under the first substrate having a least one air gap therein under the antenna element; a third substrate under the second substrate having a first side and a second side; and an electrical ground plane on the second side of the third substrate.

    INFERENCE WITH STRICT CONDITIONALS USING REFLEXIVE MODEL

    公开(公告)号:US20240370749A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-07

    申请号:US18142899

    申请日:2023-05-03

    Abstract: Embodiments regard a system for inference and corresponding action. A method includes receiving, from one or more sensors, measurements of evidence of existence of an event of interest, providing, to a model that operates using a type-2 probability and encodes probabilistic rules, the measurements of the evidence, providing, by the model and responsive to the measurements of the evidence, an output indicating a likelihood the event of interest exists, and altering, based on a communication from an operator, an object in a geographical region of the event of interest.

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