Range Doppler self-referencing imaging system
The need in the art for a long range imaging system capable of operating at visible wavelengths is addressed by the self-referencing target imaging system of the present invention. The imaging system ... Read More
Inventors: O'Meara, Thomas R.;, Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company (Los Angeles, CA) |
Christmas tree ornament with photo display
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Before explaining in detail the present invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and arrangeme... Read More
Inventors: Peterson, Laverne R.;, Assignee: |
Optical fiber
A primary object of the present invention is to provide an optical fiber having a wide transmission bandwidth which may be suitably used for video transmission and which has a large product of transmi... Read More
Inventors: Onoda, Seiichi; Kawakami, Shojiro; Nishida, Shigeo; Tanaka, Toshiki P.; Suganuma, Tsuneo; Sumi, Masao;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP); Hitachi Cable, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Waveguide and method of manufacturing same
The present invention is directed to a dielectric waveguide in which cross couplings between orthogonally polarized waves are minimized, and to a method of manufacturing such a waveguide. Accordingly,... Read More
Inventors: Huber, Hans P.; Russer, Peter;, Assignee: Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-GmbH (DE) |
Polarization-retaining single-mode optical waveguide
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an improved polarization stabilized or single polarization single-mode optical waveguide fiber. Briefly, the present invention pertains to... Read More
Inventors: Bhagavatula, Venkata A.; Nolan, Daniel A.;, Assignee: Corning Glass Works (Corning, NY) |
Chromatically invariant multilayer dielectric thin film coating
The inventive optical filter is a short-wave-pass (SWP) filter deposited upon a substrate where the multilayer coating is designed to reflect near-infrared wavelengths, and to partially reflect a desi... Read More
Inventors: Perilloux, Bruce E.; Vincent, Stephen D.;, Assignee: Coherent, Inc. (Auburn, CA) |
Abrasive filaments and production process thereof
An object of this invention is to provide abrasive filaments made of a synthetic resin, which contains abrasive grains, and having excellent abrasiveness and high durability. Another object of this in... Read More
Inventors: Susa, Tomoo; Ohira, Seiichi; Endo, Hiroyuki;, Assignee: Kureha Kagaku Kogyo K.K. (Tokyo, JP) |
Wholly aromatic polyester
A wholly aromatic polyester according to the present invention is the one consisting essentially of recurring units I, II and III: ##STR1## wherein the unit I is contained in the range from 45 to 68 m... Read More
Inventors: Matsumoto, Mitsuo; Kaneda, Teruhisa;, Assignee: Kuraray Company, Ltd. (Kurashiki, JP) |
Self reinforced composite of thermotropic liquid crystal polymers
What is claimed is: 1. A blend of thermotropic liquid crystal polymers, said liquid crystal polymers having overlapping melt processing temperature ranges; each of said liquid crystal polymers being a... Read More
Inventors: Isayev, Avraam I.; Subramanian, Pazampalaco R.;, Assignee: University of Akron (Akron, OH) |
Polarizing beam splitter using dielectric multilayers
What is claimed is: 1. An analyzer for determining the polarization state of a light beam comprising: a laser to generate a collimated light beam; focusing lens to direct the collimated light beam to ... Read More
Inventors: Korth, Hans-Erdmann;, Assignee: International Business Machines (Armonk, NY) |
Pseudo-luminous panel, substrate therefor, and display element and device using the pseudo-luminous panel
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a novel pseudo-luminous panel which is free from the above-mentioned defects of the prior art, and a substrate for such a panel and a disp... Read More
Inventors: Wakatake, Yoshimasa;, Assignee: Wakatake; Masayuki (Happy Valley, HK) |
Polymer composite material
OF THE INVENTION In more detail, though the rigidity of the polymeric reinforcing material is a primary characteristic of the present invention, it cannot be easily defined at the present level of th... Read More
Inventors: Takayanagi, Motowo; Kajiyama, Tisato;, Assignee: Takayanagi; Motowo (Fukuoka, JP); Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Osaka, JP) |
Process for preparing high stength cellulosic fibers
What is claimed is: 1. Process for preparing high strength cellulose triacetate fibers having at least 42.5% by weight acetyl groups by extruding a high solids, optically anisotropic solution of cellu... Read More
Inventors: O'Brien, John P.;, Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company (Wilmington, DE) |
Process for preparing fiber, rovings and mats from lyotropic liquid crystalline polymers
OF THE INVENTION Optically anisotropic solutions are useful in the present invention and are well known in the art. Such solutions include poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) (PPD-T) in concentrated su... Read More
Inventors: Allen, Steven R.; Mian, Aziz A.; Samuels, Sam L.;, Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company (Wilmington, DE) |
Composites of thermoplastic and thermoplastic polymers having therein short fibers derived from anisotropic polymers
One aspect of this invention relates to mixtures of short fibers derived from anisotropic polymers, said mixture comprising short fibers having average lengths in the range of from about 0.05 cm and a... Read More
Inventors: Prevorsek, Dusan C.; Lem, Kwok W.; Chin, Hong B.;, Assignee: Allied-Signal Inc. (Morristown, NJ) |
Erroneous erasure preventing apparatus
It is a primary object of the present invention to provide a new accidental erasure preventing system for use on a cassette for magnetic media. It is a secondary object of the present invention to pro... Read More
Inventors: Takahashi, Kiyoshi;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Work station with phototherapy light box
OF THE INVENTION FIG. 1 shows the combined work station phototherapy unit 10 in an unfolded form. It includes a bottom base 14 from which are connected by hinges 21 to side walls 16 and 18 and a back... Read More
Inventors: Hughes, Philip; Terman, Michael;, Assignee: |
Vertical/horizontal indicator for a vehicular headlamp
The general aim of the present invention is to provide new and improved apparatus in which the vertical and horizontal indicators are substantially incorporated into one unit located in a single inspe... Read More
Inventors: Denley, Ronald S.;, Assignee: Elco Industries, Inc. (Rockford, IL) |
Optical powder impurity detector
I claim: 1. A powder impurity detector, comprising: (a) a transparent tube which carries an impurity contaminated powder in a high speed flowing fluid, (b) a laser, which acts as a sourced of collimat... Read More
Inventors: Zito, Richard R.;, Assignee: |
Physical addressing of modules
What is claimed is: 1. A method of addressing an array of system modules, each linked in parallel to a common control unit by a like set of connect lines, said method comprising: bussing said connect ... Read More
Inventors: Card, Daniel C.; Dickson, Kevin A.;, Assignee: Unisys Corporation (Blue Bell, PA) |
Liquid crystal display having a redundant storage capacitor for connection to one of plural pixels
It is an object of the present invention to provide a redundantly constructed liquid crystal display which has high aperture efficiency. In the liquid crystal display apparatus of the present inventio... Read More
Inventors: Atsumi, Masakazu; Matsumoto, Takeshi; Yoshida, Toshihiko;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Process of imparting a permanent curvature to a sheet of glass
We claim: 1. A process of imparting a permanent curvature to a sheet of glass by subjecting the sheet to bending forces between pre-heated forming dies having complementary curved surfaces, characteri... Read More
Inventors: Mestre, Pierre; Prevost, Henri;, Assignee: BFG Glassgroup (Paris, FR) |
Novel phosphorus compounds for protecting cultivated plants from the phytotoxic action of herbicides
What is claimed is: 1. A composition for protecting a cultivated plant of cereal, maize, rice or sorghum from the phytotoxic action of a haloacetanilide herbicide, containing an inert carrier and an e... Read More
Inventors: Diel, Peter J.; Maier, Ludwig;, Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation (Ardsley, NY) |
Method of manufacturing pressed lenses
The present invention overcomes these problems by cooling the molded lens in a pressing mold but without pressure being applied. Since the lens remains in the mold, no temperature difference is genera... Read More
Inventors: Hirota, Shinichiro; Izumitani, Tetsuro;, Assignee: Hoya Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Process for producing low-loss embedded waveguide
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel process for producing a low-loss waveguide by a simple ion exchange process, thereby to overcome the above-described problems of the convention... Read More
Inventors: Seki, Masafumi; Hashizume, Hideki; Nakama, Kenichi; Kobayashi, Shigeru;, Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Method of molding glass elements
It has now been found that glass elements having high surface quality and high surface accuracy, and therefore requiring no further preparatory operations such as grinding or polishing, can be prepare... Read More
Inventors: Blair, Gerald E.;, Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY) |
Mold for direct press molding of optical glass element
Because the optical glass parts, in particular the optical glass lenses of good image forming quality, are manufactured by the continuous direct press molding, the material of the direct press mold of... Read More
Inventors: Torii, Hideo; Aoki, Masaki; Okinaka, Hideyuki; Yuhaku, Satoru; Nakamura, Shoji;, Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Method of molding optical lenses
OF THE INVENTION The present inventors consider that factors essential for the successful manufacture of a press lens which, after completion of manufacturing operations is high both in configuration... Read More
Inventors: Izumitani, Tetsuro; Hirota, Shinichiro; Meissner, Helmuth E.; Kishio (No. 1-31-23, Shinmeidai, Hamura-cho,, Nishitama-gun, Tokyo, JP);, Assignee: |
Method of making short fiber reinforced glass and glass-ceramic matrix composites
What is claimed is: 1. A method of making short fiber reinforced glass matrix composites which comprises: impregnating a continuous length of fibers with glass; at least partially consolidating said l... Read More
Inventors: Allaire, Roger A.; Gadkaree, Kishor P.;, Assignee: Corning Incorporated (Corning, NY) |
Method of construction of an ultraminiature high energy density cell
What is claimed is: 1. A method for constructing an ultraminiature electrical cell comprising the steps of adhering a first solid active electrode material as a layer on the lower end of a hollow meta... Read More
Inventors: Dey, Arabinda N.;, Assignee: P. R. Mallory & Co. Inc. (Indianapolis, IN) |
Optical Systems 
