Federal Aviation Administration
Technology Transfer Program Office

Patents Issued to FAA As of June 23, 2004

Patent No. Title/
Description
Inventor/Organization/
Phone No.
Date of
Patent
   
6,470,730 Dry transfer method for the preparation of explosives test samples Robert T. Chamberlain, Transportation Security Laboratory, FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City International Airport, NJ 08405 October 29, 2002
  A method of preparing samples for testing explosives and drug detectors of the type that search for particles in air.  
6,467,950 Device and Method to Measure Mass Loss Rate of an Electrically Heated Sample Robert A. Filipczak, Airport and Aircraft Safety R&D Division, Fire Safety R&D Branch, AAR-440, (609) 485-4529 October 22, 2002
  A device and a method for measuring the mass loss rate of a sample of combustible material placed on a mass-sensitive platform.    
6,464,391 Heat Release Rate Calorimeter for Milligram Samples Richard E. Lyon, Airport and Aircraft Safety R&D Division, Fire Safety R&D Branch, AAR-440, (609) 485-6076 October 15, 2002
  A calorimeter that measures heat release rates of very small samples (on the order of one to 10 milligrams) without the need to separately and simultaneously measure the mass loss rate of the sample and the heat of combustion of the fuel gases produced during the fuel generation process.    
6,116,049

Adiabatic Expansion Nozzle
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Robert A. Filipczak, Airport and Aircraft Safety R&D Division, Fire Safety R&D Branch, AAR-440, (609) 485-4529 September 12, 2000
  A nozzle for producing a continuous gas/solid or gas/aerosol stream from a liquid having a high room temperature vapor pressure.    
5,983,945 Wing Tank Liner Robert F. Salmon November 16, 1999
  A liner for aircraft fuel tanks which limits the amount of fuel that can be spilled in the event of a crash.    
5,981,290 Microscale Combustion Calorimeter Richard E. Lyon; Richard N. Walters, Airport and Aircraft Safety R&D Division, Fire Safety R&D Branch, AAR-440, (609) 485-6076; (609) 485-4328 November 9, 1999
  A calorimeter for measuring flammability parameters of materials using only milligram sample quantities.    
5,697,580 Infant Transporting Means for Airplanes John W. Reinhardt, Airport and Aircraft Safety R&D Division, Airport Technology R&D Branch, AAR-410, (609) 485-5034 December 16, 1997
A means for transporting an infant on an airplane wherein the infant is placed in an infant supporting device or carrier which is then placed in a modified overhead bin.    
5,528,522 Portable Radar or Beacon Emulator Vincent J. Delguercio, Office of Innovations and Solutions, Maintenance Services, ACB-710, (609) 485-7735 June 18, 1996
  An emulator for a radar set which utilizes a conventional personal computer rather than specialized equipment.    
5,312,072 Minimum Area Smoke Evacuation Nozzle Thor I. Eklund May 17, 1994
  A smoke evacuation nozzle for an airplane having minimum diameter at the fuselage pressure hull exit for minimum structural integrity disruption.    
4,994,092 Helium Smoke Generator Thor I. Eklund; James Demaree; William Neese February 19, 1991
  A smoke generator which generates smoke having the buoyant properties of smoke produced by a fire.    
4,529,985 Moving Target Indicator Velocity Discriminator Larry Sawyer; Harry Boler July 16, 1985
  A digital Moving Target Indicator (MTI) radar system for rejection of low velocity "clutter" by utilizing techniques to identify those radar echo returns from targets having radial velocities lower than fixed predetermined values.    
4,402,215 Rheological Testing Method Thomas G. Guastavino September 6, 1983
  A method of testing the potential anti-misting and/or the drag reducing properties of a polymer modified fluid by testing its rheological behavior under increasing pressure.    
4,301,455 Groundspeed Measurement System Forrest G. Yetter November 17, 1981
  A measurement system for determining the groundspeed of an aircraft during final approach and landing, by measuring at the aircraft the Doppler shift of a radio signal, and/or its modulation components, transmitted by a fixed ground station.