Patents Assigned to Kaiser Aerospace and Electronics Corp.
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Patent number: 6103027Abstract: A process for forming a cylindrical pipe from a welded metal pipe stock by roll extruding and annealing whereby the weldment microstructure forming the seam is essentially reformed to provide a recrystallized grain structure which is substantially homogeneous with the parent material of the pipe stock.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1997Date of Patent: August 15, 2000Assignee: Kaiser Aerospace & Electronics Corp.Inventors: Louis F. Glasier, Jr., Michael J. Dosdourian
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Patent number: 5697810Abstract: An emergency aircraft start apparatus and method utilizing a donor aircraft to provide pneumatic and/or electrical power to a disabled receiver aircraft which is unable to be started due to a failure in the receiver aircraft's starting system or to the unavailability of ground auxiliary equipment.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 1995Date of Patent: December 16, 1997Assignee: Kaiser Aerospace & Electronics Corp.Inventor: Daniel Joseph Barry
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Method and apparatus for measuring the liquid level of a containment tank subject to external forces
Patent number: 5133212Abstract: A detection system for determining the level of a liquid in a containment tank includes a containment tank and a reference standard of known weight mounted to the vehicle and movable along the yaw axis of the vehicle. Load cells are placed intermediate the tank and reference standard to provide analog voltage outputs in proportion to the load on each cell. The load cell outputs, when amplified, summed and then divided by the output of the reference weight load cell, provide an electronic signal that is proportional to the gross weight of the tank. A pre-set signal, representative of the empty weight of the tank, is subtracted from the gross weight signal, resulting in a signal which is proportional to the net weight, or the contents of the tank.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1991Date of Patent: July 28, 1992Assignee: Kaiser Aerospace and Electronics Corp.Inventors: Laurence M. Grills, Robert Kamenoff -
Patent number: 4905962Abstract: The valve includes an electromagnet having a pole face inclined at an angle to a disk-shaped poppet or valve plate to define a wedge-shaped air gap therebetween. A peripheral housing surrounds the plate and extends between the pole face and a planar floor below the plate to define a chamber within which the plate is loosely captivated for pivotal movement about an edge of the plate disposed at the thin end of the gap. The floor contains a valve seat disposed toward the thick end of the gap so that the plate experiences its maximum stroke in the vicinity of the seat, thus resulting in a faster-acting valve for a given effective stroke length.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 1988Date of Patent: March 6, 1990Assignee: Kaiser Aerospace & Electronics Corp.Inventor: Jorge E. Iljin
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Patent number: 4879603Abstract: A multiple image, single display system (2) includes a monochromatic display source (4) which provides first and second rapidly alternating visual images (8, 10) which pass through an active polarizer assembly (14). The polarizer assembly includes an image polarizer (20), which polarizes all the light to a left hand circular polarization, and a polarization changer (22) coupled to the display source by a synchronizer 28). The polarization changer switches the polarization of the first image but not the second image. A first user (34) sees the first image, but not the second image, through a right hand circular user polarizer (16) while a second user (36) sees the second image, but not the first image, through a left hand circular user polarizer (18). The user polarizers are wave-length sensitive so they block light only if the light has the same polarization and if the light is the wavelength of the light produced by the display source; the user polarizers are otherwise transparent to visible light.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 1988Date of Patent: November 7, 1989Assignee: Kaiser Aerospace & Electronics Corp.Inventor: Arthur L. Berman
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Patent number: 4584726Abstract: A hydraulically operated drain valve is interposed in the cleaning fluid path before the spray/rinse outlet. The fluid under pressure activates a piston which operates the drain valve. A precharge reservoir is also interposed in the supply line before the spray rinse outlet to store a measured precharge which drains into the tank after the drain valve has closed. A manual override is provided to open the drain valve in the event of a failure of the hydraulic system.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 1984Date of Patent: April 29, 1986Assignee: Kaiser Aerospace & Electronics Corp.Inventors: Laurence M. Grills, Eugene F. Colditz
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Patent number: 4155254Abstract: A liquid storage tank is provided with an internal fixed support tube. Magnet-bearing liquid level and liquid density indicator floats are concentrically related to the fixed support tube externally thereof. Concentrically related, magnet-bearing indicator tubes are movably disposed within the fixed support tube and furnish liquid level and liquid density readout information when their respective magnets become magnetically latched with the float magnets.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 1977Date of Patent: May 22, 1979Assignee: Kaiser Aerospace & Electronics Corp.Inventor: Eugene F. Colditz