Patents by Inventor Leon J. Decker

Leon J. Decker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Passive apparatus for stabilizing a flashlamp-pumped dye laser
    Patent number: 4586185
    Abstract: A passive thermal control system for a flashlamp-pumped dye laser utilizes heated deionized water in a heat exchanger located in the reservoir of the dye lasing solution to minimize the temperature gradients in the dye lasing solution by decreasing the difference in temperature between the dye lasing solution and the deionized water flashlamp coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1986
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Mark A. DeWilde, Leon J. Decker
  • Powder dispersal unit
    Patent number: H146
    Abstract: This invention provides a reliable, operationally simple means of producing suspension of dust or gas at the end wall of a shock tube prior to the arrival of the incident shock wave. It consists of a cylindrically shaped sample chamber having diaphragms at both ends and a cylinder-and-piston apparatus for driving a powder or other sample from the inside of the chamber into the shock tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1986
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Leon J. Decker, Arthur Cohen, Emmet Donnelly