Abstract: A door assembly includes a main door body with an interior flange and an exterior flange, both extending parallel and generally away from the main door body. A door frame surrounds the door body when the latter is in a closed position, the door frame having an inner and outer flange, both of the latter extending generally toward the main door body when in its closed position. Two gaskets are provided between a flange of the door frame and a flange of the door, whereby movement of the main door body in a given direction generally perpendicular to the direction in which the flanges extend causes the gasket to be compressed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 11, 1997
Date of Patent:
December 21, 1999
Assignee:
Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc.
Inventors:
Brian D. Blanchette, Garland E. Borowski, Edward C. Dunston, Edward T. Gaines, Michael D. Hodges, William R. Mack, John W. Whitehead
Abstract: A method and system for determining the geolocation--i.e., the latitude, longitude, and altitude--of a stationary RF signal emitter from two or more moving observer aircraft. The observers receive signals from the emitter and the system measures the phase difference between the signals. The observers then perform pulse time of arrival (TOA) measurements over a predetermined clock interval, and calculate the time difference of arrival (TDOA) of corresponding, same-pulse, emitter signals. Based on geometric relationships, the system creates a series of circular lines of position (LOPs) for each observer, and computes hyperbolic LOPs based on the TDOA calculations. The system determines emitter location from the intersection of the hyperbolic LOPs and the circular LOPs.
Inventors:
James P. Brooks, Ross L. Buck, Harold L. Galloway, John P. Hackett, Kenneth E. Hoffman, Kermit B. Pethtel, Jr., John F. Robbins, II, Richard F. Sandifer, Jr., William J. Steelman, Peter K. Weinrich
Inventors:
James P. Brooks, Ross L. Buck, Harold L. Galloway, John P. Hackett, Kenneth E. Hoffman, Kermit B. Pethtel, Jr., John F. Robbins, II, Richard F. Sandifer, Jr., William J. Steelman, Peter K. Weinrich