[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65096-65097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26907]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Availability of Government-Owned Inventions; Available 
for Licensing

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States 
Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are 
available for licensing by the Department of the Navy.
    The following patents are available for licensing:
    U.S. Patent Number 6,338,456: LANDING IMPACT ABSORBING DEPLOYMENT 
SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT WITH DAMAGED LANDING GEAR. ABSTRACT: Inflation of 
impact absorbing bags is effected in time delayed relation to selective 
jettisoning of damaged landing gear on a helicopter prior to landing 
for replacement of the landing gear by the bags, without puncture 
thereof by the landing gear being jettisoned. U.S. Patent Number 
6,371,410: EMERGENCY LANDING IMPACT ABSORBING SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT. 
ABSTRACT: Inflation of impact absorbing bags is effected on a portable 
platform positioned on an emergency landing zone after jettisoning of 
damaged landing gear from a helicopter fuselage. The impact absorbing 
bags when inflated form a cradle shape conforming to the bottom of the 
helicopter fuselage. U.S. Patent Number 6,386,830: QUIET AND EFFICIENT 
HIGH-PRESSURE FAN ASSEMBLY. ABSTRACT: A high-pressure vane-axial fan 
assembly is provided. A rotor assembly has a plurality of rotor blades 
disposed circumferentially around and extending radially outward from a 
hub. Each rotor blade has an airfoil cross-section and is constructed 
to define a straight-ruled leading edge that extends outward from the 
hub. The rotor blade is rotated along its span relative to the 
straight-ruled leading edge. The plurality of rotor blades defines a 
solidity of greater than 1. A stator assembly has a plurality of stator 
vanes disposed circumferentially around and extending radially from the 
frame. There are a lesser number of stator vanes than rotor blades. The 
stator assembly is positioned adjacent the rotor assembly such that an 
axial gap is defined between the trailing edge of the stator vanes. The 
axial gap increases with radial distance from the hub as defined by the 
shape of the trailing edge of the rotor blades and the shape of the 
leading edge of the stator vanes. The axial gap is a minimum of the 
rotor blade's axial chord length along a central portion thereof. U.S. 
Patent Number 6,382,912: CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR WITH VANELESS DIFFUSER. 
ABSTRACT: A centrifugal compressor or pump has a vaneless diffuser 
within which a radially extending passage is formed between a fixed 
plate surface and a profile

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contoured shroud surface establishing a pinch point location of minimum 
passage area intermediate inlet and outlet ends of the diffuser 
passage. Convergent and divergent flow portions of the diffuser passage 
respectively extend to and from the pinch point to establish convergent 
flow from the inlet end and divergent flow toward the outlet end for 
exit outflow at a flow angle less than that of a convergent inflow 
angle from the inlet end imposed along an initial profile segment. U.S. 
Patent Number 6,294,849: MAGNETOSTRICTIVE ACTUATOR WITH LOAD 
COMPENSATING OPERATIONAL MODIFICATION. ABSTRACT: A magnetostrictive 
actuator has an active rod deformed under exposure to magnetic bias of 
a magnetic field that is modified in accordance with variable external 
input loading transferred through gearing to rotationally displace a 
segmented magnetic shell relative to a fixed segmented magnetic shell 
within which the magnetic field is established. U.S. Patent Number 
6,235,541: PATTERNING ANTIBODIES ON A SURFACE. ABSTRACT: Substrates are 
patterned with antibodies attached thereto at discrete locations from 
which absorption resistant coating is removed by selectively controlled 
mechanical scribing contact to avoid chemical removal so as to decrease 
fabrication costs and increase fabrication speed. U.S. Patent Number 
6,170,422: ATTACHMENT OF EQUIPMENT TO COMPOSITE SANDWICH CORE 
STRUCTURES. ABSTRACT: Equipment is removably connected by a load 
transfer element and a removable fastener bolt to a core sandwich type 
of bulkhead through a plug-in insert, adhesively bonded to the bulkhead 
at interface surfaces within a pocket formed in the bulkhead for 
reception of such insert. U.S. Patent Number 6,138,724: SHIPBOARD PAINT 
DISPENSING SYSTEM. ABSTRACT: A storage chamber within a paint 
dispensing reservoir tank is maintained filled with paint from a refill 
paint source during recirculation of such paint through a paint 
cleansing filter within the chamber for supply of filter cleansed paint 
to a paint dispensing outlet under control of a metering system 
involving use of a valve controlled air-powered pump and flow metering 
regulating cylinders. U.S. Patent Number 6,038,995: COMBINED WEDGE-FLAP 
FOR IMPROVED SHIP POWERING. ABSTRACT: The inventive combination of a 
stern wedge and a stern flap demonstrates hydrodynamic properties 
which, for purposes of enhancing the powering performance of a ship, 
are superior to those of either a solitary stern wedge or a solitary 
stern flap. For many inventive embodiments the stern wedge portion's 
lower surface and the stern flap portion's lower surface are slanted at 
approximately equal angles with respect to the buttock centerline, 
thereby optimally consolidating the stern portion's lower surface and 
the flap portion's lower surface so as to effectively create an overall 
hydrodynamic lower surface which is slanted approximately at one and 
the same angle. U.S. Patent Number 6,208,268: VEHICLE PRESENCE, SPEED 
AND LENGTH DETECTING SYSTEM AND ROADWAY INSTALLED DETECTOR THEREFOR. 
ABSTRACT: An improved detector is provided for installation in a 
roadway surface. The detector finds utility in a highway vehicle 
detection system for determining vehicle presence, vehicle speed and 
vehicle length. First and second matched induction coil magnetic 
sensors are maintained at or near the roadway surface. Each of the 
sensors has a longitudinal axis aligned normal to the roadway surface. 
The first and second sensors are separated from one another by a known 
distance in a direction substantially aligned with a direction of 
traffic flow. Each of the sensors generate a differential magnetic 
field signature with respect to time to indicate a passing vehicle's 
leading and trailing edge magnetic signatures. Vehicle speed is 
determined by a time-distance relationship using the leading and 
trailing edge magnetic signatures and the known distance. Vehicle 
length is determined by a time-speed relationship using the leading and 
trailing edge magnetic signatures and the determined vehicle speed. A 
triaxial magnetometer maintained at a location in close proximity to 
the first and second sensors measures a DC magnetic field. The DC 
magnetic field has vertical and horizontal magnetic field components 
with the horizontal components including a component substantially 
aligned with the direction of traffic flow and a component 
substantially perpendicular to the direction of traffic flow. The 
vertical and horizontal components caused by the passing vehicle are 
used to determine vehicle presence. An ELF communications system may be 
incorporated with the detector to link roadside and vehicle transmitted 
received information.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the patents cited should be directed 
to: Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, Code 0117, 9500 
MacArthur Boulevard, West Bethesda, MD 20817-5700, and must include the 
patent number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Dick Bloomquist, Director, 
Technology Transfer Office, Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock 
Division, Code 0117, 9500 MacArthur Boulevard, West Bethesda, MD 20817-
5700, telephone (301) 227-4299.

(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR Part 404)

    Dated: October 17, 2002.
R.E. Vincent II,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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