Patents Assigned to Martin
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Patent number: 10049444Abstract: A fuel filter inspection method includes capturing an image of a fuel filter sample using an imaging device and sending the captured image to an image processor. The method further includes the image processor receiving the captured image, thresholding the captured image to generate a binary image, determining sizes for a plurality of particles present in the binary image, comparing the size of each of particle of the plurality of particles to a particle size threshold, and quantifying the number of particles of the plurality of plurality of particles with a size greater than the particle size threshold. The method further includes the image processor comparing the number of particles of the plurality of particles with a size greater than the particle size threshold to a particle count threshold, and modifying a graphical user interface to indicate a state of the fuel filter sample based on the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Mike Ivor Jones, Kyle Alson McGehee, Eric White, Richard Parker McElveen, Jr., Jennifer C. Byrne
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Patent number: 10046850Abstract: An aerial vehicle includes a fuselage, a wing, and a wing shift device. The wing shift device is configured to be coupled to the fuselage. The wing shift device comprises a plurality of apertures for coupling the wing to the aerial vehicle. The plurality of apertures are configured to permit the wing to be shifted in a forward or aft direction along the fuselage based on a center of gravity of the aerial vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Dustin Eli Gamble, Matthew Curran
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Patent number: 10050342Abstract: An actuator device comprises a compact housing including an extendable corrugated column comprising: a horizontal helical band; a vertical sidewall band having a plurality of hinged segments; and a resilient retaining band; wherein the hinged segmented vertical band includes a first group of segments having tabs defined at longitudinal ends of the first group of segments, the tabs configured to overlap and engage an outer edge of the horizontal helical band, and a second set of segments positioned between adjacent tabbed segments of the first group of segments, the second set of segments configured to define corrugations between adjacent tabbed segments in the first group of segments.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Richard R. Hall, Stanley M. Granat
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Patent number: 10049773Abstract: In one embodiment, a fusion reactor includes two internal magnetic coils suspended within an enclosure, a center magnetic coil coaxial with the two internal magnetic coils and located proximate to a midpoint of the enclosure, a plurality of encapsulating magnetic coils coaxial with the internal magnetic coils, and two mirror magnetic coil coaxial with the internal magnetic coils. The fusion reactor further includes one or more heat injectors operable to inject a beam of neutral particles toward the center of the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Thomas John McGuire, Josh Eugene Coleman
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Patent number: 10047916Abstract: The present invention relates to a LED pixel device comprising: a plurality of individual controllable LED pixels arranged in an array; a LED pixel controller adapted to control said number of individual controllable LED pixels; an optical diffuser arranged in front of at least a part of said LED pixels, said optical diffuser receive light from said LED pixels and diffuses the received light; at least one diffuser actuator adapted to moved said LED pixels and said optical diffuser in relation to each other, diffuser controller adapted to control the diffuser actuator; wherein the optical diffuser and the LED pixels can be moved between a non-mixing position and a mixing position, where in said non-mixing position the light emitted by the LED pixels are separated when hitting the optical diffuser and where in the mixing position the light emitted by said LED pixels are at least partial overlapping when hitting said optical diffuser.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: MARTIN PROFESSIONAL APSInventor: Paul Pelletier
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Publication number: 20180221069Abstract: A maxillomandibular fixation (MMF) device having an arch bar with a plurality of spaced tabs and gaps, and further having apertured mounting plate members mounted onto the arch bar, each mounting plate member having a slot to receive a tab on the arch bar, whereby the mounting plate members may be repositioned laterally along the arch bar from one tab to another prior to affixing the MMF device to the maxilla or mandible of a patient in order to position the mounting plate members at locations where the underlying tooth root will not be damaged by insertion of a bone screw.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: KLS-Martin, L.P.Inventors: Klaus Kohler, Jennifer Pinto, Thomas S. Johnston, JR.
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Patent number: 10044159Abstract: A cable connector clocking assembly for clocking and torqueing a cable connector. In one example, the clocking assembly has a socket adapter sub-assembly configured to be mounted in an adapter holder sub-assembly. The socket adapter sub-assembly includes a socket portion and an adapter portion having a generally cylindrical body portion connected to the socket portion. The adapter portion also has at least one indicium configured to indicate a clock angle of a cable connector when the cable connector is connected to the socket portion. The clocking assembly also includes an adapter holder sub-assembly comprising a clamp portion and a face portion having a plurality of indicia representative of different clock angles. The clamp portion has an unclamped configuration, wherein the socket sub-assembly can be rotated to a desired clock angle, and a clamped configuration, wherein the socket sub-assembly is securely retained in the clamp portion at the desired clock angle.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Scott T. Page, Karl D. Freyberg, Lammoon K. Thiphavanthong
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Patent number: 10040491Abstract: A vehicle airflow control apparatus (900) has an air inlet (902) at the rear quarter glass (906) of the vehicle and ducting (908) leading via an openable joint (912) and rear ducting (912) past a bend (916) to an exit blowing aperture (918), a concertina element (928) allowing duct movement, the openable joint having a self-alignment cup (938) with wedging inner sides (944, 946), an interface seal connecting the rear ducting and the cup, a deployable spoiler (920) having a drive system (978), 10 outboard positional control of the spoiler being provided by a rod (998) with cone surfaces (1000, 1002).Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Aston Martin Lagonda LimitedInventors: James Brooks, Grant Hastie, Richard Wilcox, Andrew Kirk, Dean Smart, Benn Matcham, Andrew McAllister, Darren Coe
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Patent number: 10038958Abstract: A tape cast transducer element assembly comprises a tape cast transducer element including a multi-layer piezoelectric stack diced from a sintered piezoelectric body formed from a plurality of thin film tape layers, the film thin tape layers sintered to produce a final density. A conductive film coats select ones of the thin film tape layers such that conductive layers of different polarities are exposed on opposing sides of the multi-layer piezoelectric stack. Electrodes are coupled to the conductive layers. Electrical leads are coupled to each electrode. A head mass is configured to encapsulate a top portion of the stack. A tail mass is configured to encapsulate a bottom portion of the stack. At least one coupling arrangement extends from a top surface of the head mass through the cross-sectional area of the head mass into the tail mass such that the stack is contained in a rigid assembly under compression.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2015Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Todd C. Gloo, James D. Weigner, Raymond Porzio
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Patent number: 10034697Abstract: A detachable actuator arm as part of or in combination with an osteogenesis distractor device, the actuator arm being detachable from the distraction mechanism of the distractor device by manipulation of a proximally disposed release mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2015Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: KLS-MARTIN, L.P.Inventors: Thomas S. Johnston, Jr., Klaus Kohler
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Patent number: 10030853Abstract: Embodiments relate to a light emitting diode (LED) screen that includes a mounting frame; a plurality of LED modules arranged at said mounting frame, said LED modules comprises a plurality of LED pixels arranged in an array, and a plurality of retention systems configured to securing at least one of said LED module to said mounting frame. At least one of said retention systems comprises a male part, a female part adapted to receive said male part and a retention spring, said retention spring is movable between a retaining position and a non-retaining position, where, in said retaining position, said retention spring is configured to engage said male part and to provide a retaining force to said male part, said retaining force presses said mounting frame and said LED module together.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: MARTIN PROFESSIONAL APS.Inventor: Jesper Thaagaard Andreasen
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Patent number: 10032267Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, sensor data associated with a geographic location; processing, by the computing device, the sensor data to identify an infrastructure asset within the geographic location; determining, by the computing device, a condition of the infrastructure asset based on processing the sensor data; and storing or outputting, by the computing device, information regarding the condition of the infrastructure asset.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONInventors: Robert Strebel, Reed Durand, Ryan W. Andrew, Joseph R. Grosso, Timothy Douglas, Victoria Rose Tagarelli, Richard T. Evans, David E. Murphy, Bing C. Li, Joseph T. Morrison, Stephen Ray Shafer, Benjamin P. Tongue, Khader S. Fashho
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Patent number: 10030931Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD)-based training tool includes a HMD, sensor components, and electronics components. The sensor components include an external environment sensor for obtaining data of a real training scene. The electronics components include a simulator including at least one processor coupled to receive the real training scene data. The simulator generates virtual image data based on simulator input signals, where the virtual image data represents at least one virtual object. A display device is coupled to receive the virtual image data from the simulator. A field of view (FOV) of the HMD includes the virtual object from the display device and a real-world view of the real training scene, wherein the simulator modifies the virtual image data responsive to changes in the simulator input signals.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Jason M. Black, Gregory A. Harrison, David A. Smith
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Patent number: 10030930Abstract: A two-piece barrel nut includes an internal nut with an externally threaded portion on one end and a plurality of engageable members on the opposite end, and an external nut with an internally threaded portion on one end that receives the externally threaded portion of the internal nut and one or more receptacles on the other end that each may receive a fastener that engages at least one of the plurality of engageable members on the internal nut to lock the external nut to the internal nut. A method for using the barrel nut to attach a barrel to a firearm is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Martin Holdings, LLCInventor: Martin T. Hill
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Patent number: 10033236Abstract: In one embodiment, a generator or an alternating current (AC) motor includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor is configured to rotate at least partially within the stator or around the stator and is separated from the stator by a gap having a partial vacuum. The rotor includes a shaft configured to permit a flow of coolant and a plurality of microchannels formed within the rotor. The microchannels are fluidly coupled to the shaft and are configured to permit the coolant to pass from the shaft through at least a portion of the rotor in order to provide cooling for the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Kurt M. Chankaya, Arthur Philip Schuetze
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Patent number: 10030349Abstract: An undersea anchor that includes a frame that is fixed to the seafloor by one or more pile anchors, for example grouted pile anchors. The frame is configured to permit it to function with one or more seabed drills to allow the pile anchor(s) to be installed at an angle relative to horizontal so the pile anchors can take horizontal and vertical loads.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: John Halkyard, Jonathan B. Machin
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Patent number: 10023267Abstract: Systems and methods of reducing drag on outer surfaces of vehicles that are in contact with water using a polymer solution that reduces the drag on the outer surfaces of the vehicles as the vehicles travel through water. A polymer solution is passively ejected into the boundary layer of the water flowing past the outer surface of the vehicle. The polymer solution is mixed and introduced into the boundary layer passively with minimal or no usage of electrical energy. The passive mixing and ejection of the polymer solution minimizes energy consumption, thereby maximizing electrical energy consumption efficiency during operation of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: John C. Brandes, Steven Edward Bullock, Joseph M. Cuschieri, Vincent J. Forst, Brian Robert Said, Joseph M. Solenski
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Patent number: 10026182Abstract: Mechanisms for generating a true depth profile of a body of water are disclosed. A depth profile tensor that identifies a depth at each of a plurality of locations of the body of water is accessed. The depth profile tensor identifies, for at least some locations of the plurality of locations, multiple depths. The depth profile tensor is converted to a binary potential depth image that depicts multiple potential depths for the at least some locations. The multiple potential depths are reduced, by a morphological filter process, to a single depth for the at least some locations to generate a binary depth image. The binary depth image is converted to the true depth profile.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventor: Anil P. Chinnan
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Patent number: 10018453Abstract: A fragmentable package for use in an explosive armament, is disclosed having individual fragments formed by additively depositing layers, of at least one of selected metal type and a composite that includes a selected metal type, to create interconnected individual fragments to form a plurality of voids around an individual outer surface of the individual fragments defining a separation of fragments when detonated, the individual fragments providing structural stiffness and strength. A method is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2015Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONInventors: Ryan Alexander McCoy, Edward W. Sheridan, Matthew Kelley
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Patent number: D823513Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Irañeta Olcoz Pilar Martin Vinagre Jose MariaInventors: Pilar Irañeta Olcoz, Jośe María Martin Vinagre