Patents Issued in May 25, 2017
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Publication number: 20170146290Abstract: Embodiments of ice luge apparatuses and methods for making cascading ice luges are disclosed. Apparatuses embodying the principles of the invention feature shelves in a stepwise configuration and alternative configurations. The shelves are positioned by supporting structures. Ice blocks can be frozen in trays such that pre-formed lanes are formed in the ice blocks. The trays can be of convenient size that can be placed in a conventional household freezer. Ice blocks can be arranged and oriented so that a liquid or beverage placed on the uppermost ice block will flow in the preformed lanes in a cascading manner thereby rapidly cooling the beverage with minimal dilution.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: Stephen John Luther
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Publication number: 20170146291Abstract: Provided herein are methods for the removal of organic solvents from wet bagasse. The use of the methods result in dried bagasse that contains no more than 1 weight percent organic solvents.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Yingyi Huang, Mark W. Smale, William M. Cole
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Publication number: 20170146292Abstract: A bin and method of use for containment and delivery of particulate materials has: a) a housing; b) a particulate materials support plate within the housing, the support plate having a porous structure allowing air flow therethrough; c) the support plate having a central area elevated away from the bottom of the housing and surrounding sides; d) an air flow area between the bottom of the housing and the support plate; e) a particle drop region surrounding the sides of the support plate; and f) a sealing and/or opening component within the particle drop region that seals and opens a particle drop path between the support plate and the side walls of the housing. The sealing and opening component has an expanded position when sealing the particle drop region and is in a retracted position when opening the particle drop region to particulate material passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: Gregory Howard O'Gary
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Publication number: 20170146293Abstract: Exhaust air from a coater drier is sent to a desorption zone of a VOC concentration rotor. Air which comes out of the desorption zone is sent to a heat exchanger and cooled, the cooled air which comes out of the heat exchanger is sent to a cooling coil which carries out VOC concentration recovery. Air which comes out of the cooling coil is sent to an absorption zone of the VOC concentration rotor. Air which comes out of the absorption zone is sent to the heat exchanger and heated. The heated air which comes out of the heat exchanger is sent to a heating coil to be used as supply air for a coater drier. A heat pump can be used for the cooling coil which carries out cooling condensation of the organic solvent and the heating coil which heats purified air as air supply for the coater drier.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: SEIBU GIKEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobutaka NAKAHAMA, Keimei FURUKI
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Publication number: 20170146294Abstract: Disclosed is a condensate water control dryer. The condensate water control dryer includes: a dryer main body which has a drying space formed therein; a first condensate water panel which is attached, in a first direction, to an inner wall surface of the drying space of the dryer main body and has a superhydrophilic surface; a second condensate water panel which is attached, in a second direction that intersects the first direction, to the inner wall surface of the drying space of the dryer main body and has a superhydrophobic surface; and attachment members which attach the first condensate water panel and the second condensate water panel to the inner wall surface of the dryer main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Woon Bong HWANG, Zhongde SHAN, Shuangfeng WU, Byung Rak PARK, Won Shik KWAK
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Publication number: 20170146295Abstract: The invention relates to a charging installation (1) of a metallurgical reactor, with a cooling assembly (4) disposed for cooling a reactor side of the charging installation (1). In order to facilitate the installation and maintenance of a heat protection shield in a charging installation of a metallurgical reactor, the cooling assembly (4) comprises a plurality of cooling panels (10), each cooling panel (10) comprising at least one coolant channel (12). The channel (12) is formed as a groove in the base plate (11), which groove is covered by a cover plate (13) mounted on the base plate (11).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Paul TOCKERT, Ernesto PELLEGRINO, René HIENTGEN
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Publication number: 20170146296Abstract: A sublimation furnace has a first endless conveyor belt extending along a first axis through the furnace, with a chamber extending above and along that first conveyor belt. Vacuum trays placed on the first belt have products abutting sublimation images to be transferred to the product as the trays pass through the furnace. The furnace has a first sidewall with a slot extending along the sidewall and along the first conveyor belt. A second endless conveyor belt extends along but offset from the first axis. A plurality of vacuum pumps are connected to the second conveyor belt and move with that belt, with each pump connected by a hose passing through the slot during use of the furnace to a different vacuum tray on the first conveyor in order to evacuate the vacuum trays and press the images against the product for sublimation transfer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: Photo U.S.A. CorporationInventors: Peng Anping, Wang Pengyu
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Publication number: 20170146297Abstract: A cooling tower is provided with a housing containing a fan at the bottom of the tower, and a plurality of layers of water collection troughs or channels above the fan to capture water droplets sprayed downwardly from the top of the device through an evaporative cooling pad located above the collection troughs. The collection troughs extend from one side of the housing to the other in the form of a structural support for the housing and the equipment therein. The troughs have open ends which extend through the housing to discharge collected water to an adjacent vertical tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: Harold Dean Curtis
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Publication number: 20170146298Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a modular heat exchange tower comprising a first module comprising a first basin disposed therein and a second module comprising a second basin disposed therein. The aforementioned modular heat exchange tower may also include heat exchange sections, which are disposed in the first module and the second module. The first module and the second module may be assembled prior to being transported to a job site and installed in the modular heat exchange tower.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: SCOTT MAURER, PAUL HINK
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Publication number: 20170146299Abstract: A heat exchanger includes first and second sets of parallel arranged tubes. The first set of tubes extends along a first arcuate path, the second set of tubes extends along a second arcuate path, and each one of the second set of tubes is aligned in a common plane with a corresponding one of the first set of tubes. Corrugated fin segments are arranged in spaces between adjacent tubes, and crests and troughs of the corrugated fin segments are joined to broad and flat faces of the tubes. In making the heat exchanger, the material of the corrugated fin segment is intermittently slit to define breaking points prior to arranging the corrugated fin segment between the tubes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Eric STEINBACH, Mark JOHNSON, Arthur HARFORD, Siddharth JAIN
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Publication number: 20170146300Abstract: Apparatus comprises: a panel (100) having first and second main faces (101, 102); and a sealed system internal within the panel and comprising plural passages (103) each extending from a first manifold cavity (107) at a first end of the panel to a second manifold cavity (107) at a second end of the panel and containing a fluid in both gas and liquid states, wherein each of the passages includes one or more protruding features (122, 123, 124) on a side of the passages that is closer to the first main face.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Stephen LESTER, Hussam JOUHARA
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Publication number: 20170146301Abstract: A metal heat exchanger tube for the evaporation of liquids on the outside of the tube, having a tube axis, a tube wall, and integrally formed ribs that run circumferentially on the outside of the tube. The ribs have a rib foot, rib flanks, and a rib tip, wherein the rib foot projects substantially radially from the tube wall. A respective groove is located between every two ribs that are adjacent to one another in the axial direction. At least first, second, and third lateral material projections, which are formed from the material of the ribs, are arranged on a first, second, and third level on the rib flanks in such a way that the grooves are largely covered by all of the material projections. The first, second, and third lateral material projections are formed on levels that are in each case differently spaced apart from the tube wall in the radial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Ronald LUTZ, Andreas BEUTLER, Andreas SCHWITALLA, Markus REVERMANN, Christian RETTICH
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Publication number: 20170146302Abstract: A thermally-conductive and mechanically-robust bonding method for attaching a metal nanowire (MNW) array to an adjacent surface includes the steps of: removing a template membrane from the MNW; infiltrating the MNW with a bonding material: placing the bonding material on the adjacent surface; bringing an adjacent surface into contact with a top surface of the MNW while the bonding material is bondable; and allowing the bonding material to cool and form a solid bond between the MNW and the adjacent surface. A thermally-conductive and mechanically-robust bonding method for attaching a metal nanowire (MNW) array to an adjacent surface includes the steps of: choosing a bonding material based on a desired bonding process; and without removing the MNW from a template membrane that fills an interstitial volume of the MNW, depositing the bonding material onto a tip of the MNW.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: John A. Starkovich, Edward M. Silverman, Jesse B. Tice, Hsiao-Hu Peng, Michael T. Barako, Kenneth E. Goodson
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Publication number: 20170146303Abstract: A mount configured for use with a recirculation heat exchanger of an aircraft environmental control is provided including a rectangular base having a length of about 14 inches (35.56 cm) and a width of about 6 inches (15.24 cm). A support extends vertically from the base. A top surface of the support is arranged at a 10° angle below a horizontal plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Luke J. Mayo, Patrick McCord, Donald E. Army
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Publication number: 20170146304Abstract: An end cap configured for use with a recirculation heat exchanger of an aircraft environmental control system includes a body having an inlet section adjacent an inlet end, an outlet section adjacent an outlet end, and a transition section fluidly coupling the inlet section and the outlet section. The inlet section includes a generally rounded portion having a radius of about 0.870 inches (2.21 cm) and at least one flange formed at a side of the rounded portion. An exterior of the flange is positioned at a distance of about 1.012 from an origin of the rounded portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: Luke J. Mayo
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Publication number: 20170146305Abstract: A header for a heat exchanger having a first phase with a first pipe connector defining a first flow path and a second pipe connector defining a second flow path fluidly isolated from the first flow path. A second phase in which the first and second flow paths are merged while maintaining fluid isolation of the two flow paths wherein in the second phase the first flow path comprises at least one first layer and the second flow path comprises at least one second layer. A third phase in which the at least one first layer and the at least one second layer are substantially overlapping and wherein the third phase is configured to fluidly connect the first flow path to a first section of a core of a heat exchanger and the second flow path to a second section of the core different from the first section.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Andrzej Ernest Kuczek, Eva Wong, Brian St. Rock
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Publication number: 20170146306Abstract: Implementations of a tube, a baffle, and a baffle inserter are provided. In some implementations, the tube comprises one or more slots and a plurality of sidewalls that extend down from the outer surface of the tube into the tube on each elongated side of the slots. In some implementations, the baffle inserter comprises a baffle holder pivotably attached to a base at a first end where a portion of the base at the first end is slanted and a portion of the baffle holder is configured to rest on the slanted portion in a first position. In some implementations, to insert a baffle into the tube using the baffle inserter, the baffle is placed on the baffle holder in a first position and the baffle inserter is inserted inside the tube until the baffle contacts a stopper and pivots to a second position under a covered portion between two adjacent slots in the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Walter Suchy, Lester Pitts
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Publication number: 20170146307Abstract: A heat exchanger includes tubes having tube inlets, an inlet tank having therein an inlet tank space, and a dynamic baffle disposed in the inlet tank space. The inlet tank has a tank inlet. The tubes include first tubes and second tubes. The first tubes are closer to the tank inlet than the second tubes are to the tank inlet. The first tubes include a nearest tube that is, among the tubes, closest to the tank inlet. The dynamic baffle is configured to, when the fluid pressure of the thermal fluid in the inlet tank space is below a specified value, suppress the flow rates of the plurality of first tubes, and, when the fluid pressure of the thermal fluid in the inlet tank space is at or above the specified value, increase the flow rate of at least one of the plurality of the first tubes.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Delomer Gosioco, Shawn Westergaard, David Korenchuk
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Publication number: 20170146308Abstract: A magazine well insert operable to allow a firearm user to insert the magazine of a second firearm model into the magazine well of a first firearm model. The magazine well insert may be made of two interlocking pieces that have an external shape that matches the shape of the magazine well of the first firearm model and an internal shape that matches the magazine shape of the second firearm model. The magazine of the second firearm model is inserted into the insert which is then inserted into the magazine well of the first firearm model, allowing use of different magazine types in different firearm models.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: Francis M. Plumb
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Publication number: 20170146309Abstract: A safety magazine is compatible with a firearm that has a magazine housing. The safety magazine comprises a top cover that has a shape compatible with the magazine housing, a bottom cover that covers a locking mechanism, and a top locking element that at least partially accommodates inside the top cover. The locking element is configured to allow locking the safety magazine to the magazine housing. A method for locking a magazine to a firearm and preventing accidental discharge is disclosed. The firearm has a magazine housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: Daniel BIRAN
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Publication number: 20170146310Abstract: A discharge blocking device compatible with a firearm that has a magazine housing. The safety magazine comprises a cover that has a shape compatible with the magazine housing, a base that covers a locking mechanism, and a locking element that at least partially accommodates inside the cover. The locking element is configured to allow blocking the trigger of the firearm. A method for locking a magazine to a firearm and preventing accidental discharge is disclosed. The method comprises providing a cover, that has a shape compatible with the magazine housing, providing a base, covering a locking mechanism, providing a locking element, and inserting the cover into the magazine housing, wherein the locking element is configured to allow blocking the trigger.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: Daniel BIRAN
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Publication number: 20170146311Abstract: This pistol dry fire device enables multiple dry fire trigger pulls with just one racking of the slide or cocking of the semi-automatic double action only pistol without any modifications to the pistol or the standard magazine. Since the device is constructed from an impact resistant material that is inserted behind the slide and in front of the flush mounted hammer, the hammer does not contact the firing in when the device is properly positioned, rotated 90 degrees and locked in place, preventing damage to the pin, but does allow the hammer to fall and the trigger to reset as when live fire is conducted. This reset then allows for another trigger pull without racking the slide. The device also creates a visual failsafe condition without interfering with the pistol's normal functions or sights.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: John Tucker
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Publication number: 20170146312Abstract: A suppressor assembly for use with a firearm is disclosed herein. The suppressor having: a baffle; a rear seal plate; a housing; and a front end cap, wherein the housing, the rear seal plate and the front end cap define an expansion chamber for receipt of expansion gases received from the baffle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: Greyson Blaine Groves
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Publication number: 20170146313Abstract: A method for cleaning and blocking the bore of the firearm includes inserting the cleaning and blocking device into the bore where the cleaning and blocking device includes a cleaning body having a foam core enclosed in a tubular sheath. A first pull-cord is coupled to a first end of the cleaning body and a second pull-cord is coupled to a second end of the cleaning body. A locking mechanism is additionally coupled to the first and second pull-cords. The method further includes pulling the cleaning body back and forth at least once through the bore with at least one of the pull-cords. The method also includes locking the cleaning and blocking device by coupling a lock to the locking mechanism of the first and second pull-cords.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: BV Technology, LLCInventors: Robert Thomas Briody, Walter Merritt Bullock, JR., Yen-oanh Vo
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Publication number: 20170146314Abstract: The application is directed to a mobile firearm concealment system including a housing for concealing a corresponding firearm therein. The housing may include an outer appearance, shape and size of a mobile electronic device. The housing may also include an inner surface operationally configured to hold the firearm in a concealed position within the housing and to also direct the firearm to a non-concealed position. The housing and firearm may also cooperate in a manner effective to dictate the non-concealed position of the firearm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: Scott Nelson
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Publication number: 20170146315Abstract: A firearm handgrip assembly with laser gunsight system has a first module, a second module, a flexible web element interconnected between the first module and the second module, each of the first and second modules including at least one electronic component selected from the group of a battery contact, a processor, a beam projector, and a switch, the web element including an electrical conductor connecting between an electronic component on the first module to an electronic component on the second module, a first grip panel defining a first module recess adapted to receive the first module while the first grip panel contacts the frame, a second grip panel defining a second module recess adapted to receive the second module while the second grip panel contacts the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: Hogue, Inc.Inventor: James David Bruhns
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Publication number: 20170146316Abstract: A wearable weapon restraint system is provided. The system includes a cable having a proximal end and a distal end, a retractable cable reel configured to contain the cable and allow the cable to extend and/or retract relative to the retractable cable reel, and a conduit having a passageway extending along at least a portion of the conduit. The cable can be positioned such that at least a portion of the cable passes through the passageway of the conduit. The distal end of the cable can be coupled to a fastening device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: Derrick Willard
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Publication number: 20170146317Abstract: A launch container apparatus for ejection from a submerged launch platform and a method for ejecting a launch container apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus comprises an enclosure for carrying an unmanned aerial device and a surfacing sensor configured to generate a control signal in response to detection of surfacing of the launch container apparatus. Petals are configured to provide buoyancy and stabilization for the launch container apparatus are also provided. A petal drive mechanism moves, in response to the control signal, the petals from a folded position to an expanded position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONInventor: Thomas William SMOKER
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Publication number: 20170146318Abstract: An illuminated sighting system is provided and includes a front sight and a rear sight, wherein the front sight includes a front aperture and a front base, wherein, the front aperture further includes a front LED and a front sight post wherein the front sight post is adjustable in height and is optically communicated with the front LED such that when the front LED is illuminated, at least a portion of the front sight post is illuminated and wherein, the rear aperture further includes a sighting halo and a rear LED wherein the sighting halo is laterally adjustable and associated with the rear LED such that when the rear LED is illuminated, at least a portion of the sighting halo is illuminated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: Scott Plummer
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Publication number: 20170146319Abstract: A firearm system includes a firearm and a computer. Electronics in the firearm determine data that includes a pathway between different points of aim of the firearm as the firearm moves. The computer receives this data and builds an image of the pathway between the different points of aim of the firearm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
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Publication number: 20170146320Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for the terminal-phase guiding of an interceptor missile towards a mobile aerial target. According to the invention, measurements delivered by the terminal guiding sensor are used to deduce a set of components of the interceptor missile-target dynamic, by means of Bayesian estimation, and the future of this dynamic is digitally integrated on line.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: FRANÇOIS DE PICCIOTTO
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Publication number: 20170146321Abstract: The present invention refers to a blast-resistant bulletproof window and a corresponding apparatus, in particular for use in a motor vehicle, which comprises a ballistic block having a peripheral edge and a plurality of panes of glass, ceramic or plastic material bonded to each other over their surfaces in a layered composite, and interposed bonding interlayers plastic material or adhesive, wherein at least one edge groove with particularly rectangular cross section is provided on and along at least a part of the peripheral edge, and an edge recess is provided on an inside surface of the ballistic block or window on and along at least a part of the peripheral edge of the window.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: Alberto BERTOLINI
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Publication number: 20170146322Abstract: A ballistic picture frame for holding two dimensional paper targets, photographs or print art used for dry-fire training. The ballistic picture frame holds paper targets, photographs, or other two dimensional graphics or prints like conventional picture frames, but also provides a ballistic barrier for enhanced safety during dry-fire training. The ballistic frame includes a back panel constructed of ballistic materials that prevent projectile penetration through the frame in the event of a negligent discharge.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: Jo Won Seuk
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Publication number: 20170146323Abstract: A bag target and a method of manufacturing the bag target configured to substantively decrease in size for storage, shipment and/or display. The bag target is further configured to absorb and dissipate essentially all of the kinetic energy of a high energy projectile such as an arrow or a crossbow bolt.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: FeraDyne Outdoors LLCInventors: Matthew Peter Haas, Ryan Chalupsky
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Publication number: 20170146324Abstract: A portable control module autonomously positions a target deployed in a combat simulation course. The module chassis is bullet-resistant and angled to deflect errant shots, and encloses a control circuit having an adjustable target exposure delay, an adjustable target exposure duration, means for receiving a trigger signal representing movement of a human body, means for revealing the target when the exposure delay lapses after triggering, means for enabling, only when the target is revealed, hit detection means detecting a shot striking the target, and means for concealing the target responsive to earliest occurrence of the shot detection or lapse of the target exposure duration. The module may include means for relaying the trigger signal to other modules within a cooperative decentralized target control system. A method for the autonomous position control is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: MICHAEL D. MCFADYEN
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Publication number: 20170146325Abstract: A line charge includes a thin plastic tube that is deployed by a mechanical means. The thin plastic tube is filled with an explosive material after deployment to form a line charge suitable for route clearance or demolitions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Karl Reid Edminster, Andrew Phillip DeMedeiros, Stephen Armand Piché, Adam Carl Robert
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Publication number: 20170146326Abstract: An initiation device and method allowing power output to be switched between blast generation and splinter generation. The device and method include a cylindrical warhead with a cylindrical, central explosive charge and a tubular perforated mask surrounding the explosive charge, and also with at least two ignition devices, the first ignition device arranged in a region of one of the head sides of the cylindrical charge, and the second ignition device arranged in a region around a center of a longitudinal axis of the warhead, and having a splinter-generating casing surrounding the perforated mask.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: Werner ARNOLD
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Publication number: 20170146327Abstract: Provided is an arrow that includes a shaft, a forward tip affixed to a first end of the shaft, a rear tip affixed on a second end of the shaft, and a plurality of fins. The shaft is formed by extruding a flexible shape-retaining plastic, to provide a thin wall that extends an entire length of the shaft and encloses a hollow.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: MARK RAPPAPORT
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Publication number: 20170146328Abstract: A munition including: a casing having a first portion and the second portion; and an actuator comprising two or more pistons, each of the pistons being connected at a first end to the first portion of the casing and engaged at a second end to the second portion of the casing, each of the pistons being capable of having an extended and retracted position relative to the first and second ends, the retracted position resulting from an activation of each of the two or more pistons; wherein activation of one or more of the two or more pistons moves the first portion relative to the second portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: Omnitek Partners LLCInventors: Jahangir S Rastegar, Jacques Fischer
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Publication number: 20170146329Abstract: In one embodiment, a less lethal munition including a ring airfoil projectile. The flight trajectory of the projectile has increased accuracy resulting from the aerodynamic stabilization of the projectile. In some embodiments, the projectile is both aerodynamically stabilized and spin stabilized.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: Kimball Rustin Scarr
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Publication number: 20170146330Abstract: The present invention provides an injection molded primer insert for polymer ammunition comprising: a top surface opposite a bottom surface; a primer flash hole aperture positioned in the top surface extending through to the bottom surface; a substantially cylindrical coupling element extending away from the bottom surface forming an interior surface inside the substantially cylindrical coupling element and an exterior surface; a primer recess in the top surface that extends toward the bottom surface, a primer flash aperture positioned in the primer recess to extend through the bottom surface, and a flange that extends circumferentially about an outer edge of the top surface, wherein the flange is adapted to receive a polymer overmolding.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: Lonnie Burrow
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Publication number: 20170146331Abstract: A method includes the following steps: aligning a measuring head with an aerosol container, without relative speed between the two, lowering and centring the head; lowering a measuring device and taking the corresponding measurement at different points of the perimeter of the opening; rotating the measuring device in relation to the container; removing the head, transmitting the data, and removing the unsuitable containers, and a device for performing the method includes a head support having an axial movement device; a centring element; a support for the measuring device, an assembly of measuring arms provided with probes, an arrangement for returning to a rest position, at least one measurement reader, and a rotating device for rotating the measuring device or head.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2014Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: Jorge MASIP GARCIA
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Publication number: 20170146332Abstract: An example process for determining electrical path lengths includes: injecting current into a transmission line having a known capacitance per unit of length; determining a rate of change in voltage on the transmission line in response to the current; determining a capacitance of the transmission line based on the change in voltage; and determining an electrical path length of the transmission line based on the determined capacitance of the transmission line and the known capacitance per unit of length.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: Marc Spehlmann
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Publication number: 20170146333Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques and configurations for an apparatus for detection of a change of electromagnetic field in response to a gesture, to identify the gesture that caused the field change. In one instance, the apparatus may include a first conducting component having first features for the disposal on or around a portion of a user's body, to generate an electromagnetic field in response to a receipt of a source signal. The apparatus may further include a second conducting component having second features for the disposal on or around a portion of the user's body, at a distance from the first conducting component, to provide an indication of a change in the electromagnetic field over time, to identify a change of a position of the user's body portion (gesture) that causes the change in the electromagnetic field. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Jose Rodrigo Camacho Perez, Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez, Paulo Lopez Meyer, Alejandro Ibarra Von Borstel, Julio Cesar Zamora Esquivel, Hector Alfonso Cordourier Maruri
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Publication number: 20170146334Abstract: A system for monitoring a component is provided. The system includes an electrical field scanner for analyzing an electrical field across a reference zone, and a processor in operable communication with the electrical field scanner. The reference zone may include a plurality of fiducials configured on the component to influence the electrical field. The processor may be operable for measuring an electrical field value along a mutually-orthogonal X-axis and Y-axis, assembling a zone profile including a data point set according to the measured electrical field value. Methods of using the system are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Bryan J. Germann, William F. Ranson
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Publication number: 20170146335Abstract: An optical arrangement, method and measurement system are disclosed. The arrangement includes a first input to receive a first beam from a frequency swept laser, a second input to receive a second beam from a fixed frequency pump laser source. A non-linear optical artefact receives and intermodulates the first and second beams to generate a third beam, the third being an inverted copy of the first beam mirrored relative to the fixed frequency of the pump laser source. A selective combining element outputs the first and third beams. The non-linear artefact or one or both of the lasers is selected or configured such that the optical frequency separation of the first and second beams satisfies the coherence length condition of the non-linear artefact.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Juan Jose Martinez, Nigel Joseph Copner, Matthew Stuard Warden, Edward Benjamin Hughes, Michael Aloysius Campbell
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Publication number: 20170146336Abstract: A measuring probe includes a stylus having a contact part, an axial motion mechanism, and a rotary motion mechanism. The axial motion mechanism includes first diaphragm structures and a moving member that allows the contact part to move in an axial direction. The rotary motion mechanism includes a second diaphragm structure and a rotating member that allows the contact part to move along a plane perpendicular to the axial direction. The first diaphragm structures are disposed at a symmetric distance with respect to the second diaphragm structure, and the second diaphragm structure is disposed between the first diaphragm structures in the axial direction. The axial motion mechanism supports the rotary motion mechanism, or the rotary motion mechanism supports the axial motion mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: MITUTOYO CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi SHIMAOKA, Tomoyuki MIYAZAKI, Kazuhiko HIDAKA
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Publication number: 20170146337Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a length of an optical resonant cavity includes a frequency tunable light source, a beam splitter, a frequency modulator and an optical resonant cavity. The frequency tunable light source emits a beam. The beam splitter is disposed on the optical path of the beam for dividing the beam into a first beam and a second beam. The frequency of the second beam is modulated by the frequency modulator to differ from the frequency of the first beam by a beat frequency. The optical resonant cavity is disposed on the main optical path of the first beam and the main optical path of the modulated second beam. The first beam and the modulated second beam enter the optical resonant cavity for measuring a length of the optical resonant cavity, and a variation in cavity length is calculated from the beat frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventor: Sheng-Jui CHEN
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Publication number: 20170146338Abstract: This disclosure presents a method of measuring the strain response of a test material remotely by optical devices using a thin multi-layer assembly, called an optical strain gauge, which is attached directly to the test specimen by pair of adhesive patches built into the assembly. The optical strain gauge assembly attaches quickly and easily by just pressing it onto the specimen by virtue of the two pressure-activated adhesive patches. There is typically no surface preparation necessary for the test specimen. The spatial separation between the two patches adhered to the specimen surface serves to establish an initial gauge length for calculating strain by measuring the stress induced changes to this separation when a load is applied to the test specimen.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: Roy D. ALLEN
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Publication number: 20170146339Abstract: A measurement system is configured to measure a surface structure of a sample. The surface of the sample has a thin film and a via, the depth of the via is larger than the thickness of the thin film. The measurement system includes a light source, a first light splitter, a first aperture stop, a lens assembly, a second aperture stop, a spectrum analyzer and an analysis module. The first light splitter disposed in the light emitting direction of the light source. The first aperture stop disposed between the light source and the first light splitter. The lens assembly is disposed between the first light splitter and the sample. The second aperture stop is disposed between the lens assembly and the first light splitter. The spectrum analyzer is disposed to at a side of the first light splitter opposite to the sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Hsiang-Chun WEI, Yi-Sha KU, Chia-Hung CHO, Chieh-Yu WU, Chun-Wei LO, Chih-Hsiang LIU
