Hybrid thermal battery reserve power source

    公开(公告)号:US11031607B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-08

    申请号:US15060818

    申请日:2016-03-04

    IPC分类号: H01M6/36 H02N2/18

    摘要: A method for producing power from a thermal battery having a piezoelectric generator. The method including: initiating the thermal battery when the thermal battery experiences a predetermined acceleration event; generating power from the piezoelectric generator when the thermal battery experiences the predetermined acceleration event for at least an initial period after the predetermined acceleration event; and generating power from the thermal battery after the initial period.

    Self-contained actuated safety valve for gaseous or liquid fuel lines and the like

    公开(公告)号:US10203042B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-12

    申请号:US14595620

    申请日:2015-01-13

    IPC分类号: F16K17/36 F16K17/38 F16K31/00

    摘要: A method for turning off fluid flow through a valve. The method includes: movably disposing a member in an interior of a housing between a first position in which an inlet and an outlet are in fluid communication with each other and a second position blocking the fluid flow; restraining the member in the first position when a fluid temperature in the interior or an ambient temperature outside the housing is below a threshold temperature; and releasing the restraint such that the member is capable of moving to the second position when the fluid temperature or the ambient temperature is above the threshold temperature; wherein the releasing comprises changing the shape of an actuator from a first shape restraining the member to a second shape releasing the restraint upon a change in the fluid temperature or the ambient temperature from below the threshold temperature to above the threshold temperature.

    Mechanical stepper motors for guided munitions and industrial machinery

    公开(公告)号:US10132393B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-20

    申请号:US15152514

    申请日:2016-05-11

    摘要: A projectile including: a body having an internal space; and a mechanical stepper motor disposed in the body, the mechanical stepper motor including: a shuttle having one of a plurality of pockets and movable pins offset from each other with a first spacing; a body portion having the other of the plurality of pockets and movable pins offset from each other with a second spacing, where the first spacing is different from the second spacing; and actuation means for engaging at least one of the movable pins into a corresponding pocket to step one of the shuttle and body portion a predetermined linear and/or rotary displacement; wherein the mechanical stepper motor outputs the predetermined linear and/or rotary displacement to an actuated device operatively connected to the shuttle.

    Methods and Devices For Determining The Location of Remotely Emplaced Objects, Such as Munitions
    6.
    发明申请
    Methods and Devices For Determining The Location of Remotely Emplaced Objects, Such as Munitions 审中-公开
    确定远程放置对象(如弹药)位置的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20160291120A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-06

    申请号:US15062144

    申请日:2016-03-06

    IPC分类号: G01S5/02

    CPC分类号: G01S13/88 G01S13/751

    摘要: A method for determining a location of remotely emplaced objects. The method including: (a) scanning a field for one or more remotely emplaced objects with a reference source signal from a reference source; (b) detecting the signal at one or more orientation sensors associated with each of the one or more remotely emplaced objects; (c) determining an angular direction of each of the one or more remotely emplaced objects relative to the reference source based on the signal received at the one or more orientation sensors associated with each of the one or more remotely emplaced objects; (d) directing a range signal from the reference source towards each of the remotely emplaced objects at a corresponding determined angular direction; (e) in response to the range signal, transmitting a response signal from each of the remotely emplaced objects to the reference source; and (f) determining a range for each of the one or more remotely emplaced objects relative to the reference source at the determined angular direction based at least partially on the range and response signals.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于确定远程放置对象的位置的方法。 该方法包括:(a)使用来自参考源的参考源信号扫描一个或多个远程放置对象的场; (b)检测与一个或多个远程放置对象中的每一个相关联的一个或多个方向传感器处的信号; (c)基于在与一个或多个远程放置对象中的每一个相关联的一个或多个方位传感器处接收到的信号来确定相对于参考源的一个或多个远程放置对象中的每一个的角度方向; (d)在对应的确定的角度方向上将来自所述参考源的距离信号指向每个所述远程放置的物体; (e)响应于所述距离信号,将来自所述远程放置对象中的每一个的响应信号发送到所述参考源; 以及(f)至少部分地基于所述范围和响应信号,在所确定的角度方向上确定所述一个或多个远程放置对象中的每一个相对于所述参考源的范围。

    Scanning Pattern Projection Methods and Devices
    7.
    发明申请
    Scanning Pattern Projection Methods and Devices 审中-公开
    扫描图案投影方法和设备

    公开(公告)号:US20160266465A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-15

    申请号:US15069451

    申请日:2016-03-14

    IPC分类号: G02F1/29

    CPC分类号: G02F1/292 G02F1/134309

    摘要: An apparatus including: a first conductive layer extending between opposed ends and at a reference potential; a second conductive layer extending widthwise between first and second ends and apart from the first conductive layer and including a resistive layer, substantially uniform between the first and second ends, such that a voltage potential applied across the second conductive layer ranges uniformly across the width of the second conductive layer from a first voltage potential at the first end to a second voltage potential at the second end; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second conductive layers to variably shift a phase of light incident thereto linearly based upon a voltage potential across the first and second conductive layers; and a diffraction grating extending between first and second ends and adjacent to one of the first and second conductive layers, the diffraction grating receiving and diffracting the phase shifted light.

    摘要翻译: 一种装置,包括:在相对端之间和参考电位之间延伸的第一导电层; 第二导电层,其在第一和第二端之间的宽度方向上延伸并且与第一导电层分开并且包括在第一和第二端之间基本均匀的电阻层,使得跨越第二导电层施加的电压电势在 所述第二导电层从所述第一端处的第一电压电位到所述第二端处的第二电压电位; 在第一和第二导电层之间的液晶层,用于基于跨越第一和第二导电层的电压电位可变地移动入射到其的线的相位; 以及在第一和第二端之间延伸且与第一和第二导电层之一相邻的衍射光栅,衍射光栅接收并衍射相移的光。

    Mechanical stepper motors for guided munitions and industrial machinery
    8.
    发明授权
    Mechanical stepper motors for guided munitions and industrial machinery 有权
    用于制导弹药和工业机械的机械步进电机

    公开(公告)号:US09341453B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-05-17

    申请号:US13684547

    申请日:2012-11-25

    摘要: A method for stepping a first member relative to a second member associated with a projectile. The method including: providing one of the first and second members with one of a plurality of pockets and more than three movable pins offset from each other with a first spacing; providing the other of the first and second members with the other of the plurality of pockets and more than three movable pins offset from each other with a second spacing, where the first spacing is different from the second spacing; and engaging at least one of the movable pins into a corresponding pocket to step one of the first and second members a predetermined linear and/or rotary displacement. Where the engaging includes selectively varying a step size between the first and second member.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于相对于与抛射体相关联的第二构件踏进第一构件的方法。 该方法包括:使第一和第二构件中的一个具有多个凹穴中的一个和多于三个彼此以第一间隔彼此偏移的可移动销; 提供第一和第二构件中的另一个与多个凹穴中的另一个并且多于三个可移动的销彼此以第二间隔彼此偏移,其中第一间隔不同于第二间隔; 以及将至少一个所述可移动销接合到相应的凹部中,以使所述第一和第二构件中的一个成为预定的线性和/或旋转位移。 其中所述接合包括选择性地改变所述第一和第二构件之间的台阶大小。

    Methods and devices for providing guidance and control of low and high-spin rounds
    9.
    发明授权
    Methods and devices for providing guidance and control of low and high-spin rounds 有权
    提供指导和控制低速和高速旋转的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US09052171B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-09

    申请号:US14176074

    申请日:2014-02-08

    摘要: A method for deploying a control surface from an exterior surface of a spinning projectile during flight is provided. The method including: moving the control surface in an interior of the projectile such that a portion of the movement retracts the control surface into the interior and a portion of the movement extends the control surface from the exterior surface of the projectile; determining a roll angle of the projectile; and synchronizing the movement of the control surface with the roll angle of the projectile.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种在飞行中从旋转抛射体的外表面部署控制表面的方法。 该方法包括:将控制表面移动在射弹的内部,使得运动的一部分将控制表面缩回到内部,并且运动的一部分从控制表面延伸出来; 确定射弹的侧倾角; 并使控制面的移动与射弹的滚动角同步。

    Compact mechanical inertia igniters for thermal batteries and the like
    10.
    发明授权
    Compact mechanical inertia igniters for thermal batteries and the like 有权
    用于热电池等的紧凑型机械惯性点火器

    公开(公告)号:US08931413B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-01-13

    申请号:US14146269

    申请日:2014-01-02

    IPC分类号: F42C15/24

    CPC分类号: F42C15/24

    摘要: A method for igniting a thermal battery upon a predetermined acceleration event. The method including: rotatably connecting a striker mass to a base; aligning a first projection on the striker mass with a second projection on the base such that when the striker mass is rotated towards the base, the first projection impacts the second projection; and preventing impact of the first and second projections unless the predetermined acceleration event is experienced.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于在预定加速度事件时点燃热电池的方法。 该方法包括:将撞击器组件可旋转地连接到基座; 将撞击物质上的第一突起与基座上的第二突起对准,使得当撞针质量朝向底座旋转时,第一突起冲击第二突起; 并且除非经历预定的加速度事件,否则防止第一和第二突起的冲击。