AERODYNAMIC SOLID NOSE CONE FORMED WITH AN AFOCAL AXICON LENS AND METHOD OF IMAGING

    公开(公告)号:US20210356634A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-18

    申请号:US16876596

    申请日:2020-05-18

    Abstract: An aerodynamic nose cone capable of imaging through the nose cone is accomplished by forming the nose cone as an Afocal Axicon lens. Under a condition of RI≈cos(X)/cos(3X) where RI is an effective refractive index and X is a cone half angle of the solid right-circular cone. EMR incident on a front portion of the cone undergoes a total internal reflection (TIR) and exits a trailing surface of the cone with approximately the same parallelism with which it entered the cone. EMR incident behind the front portion of the cone that exits the trailing surface with different parallelism than it entered may be directed to a light dump or through a fustrum of a cone to re-establish the correct parallelism. The entire optical system may be monolithically integrated into the nose cone to eliminate alignment issues and moving parts.

    Duct with shape memory material, and installation method

    公开(公告)号:US10927987B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-23

    申请号:US14861043

    申请日:2015-09-22

    Abstract: Ducting and/or duct couplings can be formed from shape memory polymer material, with the material for example being additively manufactured. The use of shape memory polymer material for one or more of the duct portions may allow for easier installation of the ducting, for example allowing the ducting to be warped and/or bent to fit into or through places that are hard to reach or hard to maneuver through, with the ducting then heated to cause it to return to a predetermined memory shape. The coupling of duct portions together may be accomplished by the duct portions including a shape memory polymer material, with for example ends of the duct portions fitted together, and then heated to use a shape memory property of the material to effect coupling. Heating of the shape memory polymer material also softens the material, allowing it to move to a previously set shape.

    WAVE ENERGY CONCENTRATION USING WATER WAVE BAND GAP STRUCTURE WITH DEFECT CAVITIES
    6.
    发明申请
    WAVE ENERGY CONCENTRATION USING WATER WAVE BAND GAP STRUCTURE WITH DEFECT CAVITIES 有权
    使用水波带隙结构与缺陷CAVE的波动能量浓度

    公开(公告)号:US20140260236A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-18

    申请号:US13797417

    申请日:2013-03-12

    CPC classification number: F03B13/16 E02B9/08 F03B13/14 F05B2240/131 Y02E10/38

    Abstract: According to embodiment of the disclosure, a wave energy harvesting system comprises a water wave band gap structure (WWBGS) and one or more energy conversion devices. The water wave band gap structure (WWBGS) comprises an array of posts with one or more missing posts that define a defect cavity. The one or more defect cavities are configured to concentrate energy of water waves. The one or more energy conversion devices are positioned in or adjacent to one of the one or more defect cavities and are configured to convert the energy from the water waves into another form of energy.

    Abstract translation: 根据本公开的实施例,波能量收集系统包括水波带隙结构(WWBGS)和一个或多个能量转换装置。 水波带隙结构(WWBGS)包括具有一个或多个缺失柱的柱的阵列,其限定缺陷腔。 一个或多个缺陷腔被配置成集中水波的能量。 所述一个或多个能量转换装置位于或邻近所述一个或多个缺陷腔中的一个或多个缺陷腔,并且被配置为将来自所述水波的能量转换成另一形式的能量。

    Aerodynamic solid nose cone formed with an afocal axicon lens and method of imaging

    公开(公告)号:US11614312B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-28

    申请号:US16876596

    申请日:2020-05-18

    Abstract: An aerodynamic nose cone capable of imaging through the nose cone is accomplished by forming the nose cone as an Afocal Axicon lens. Under a condition of RI≈cos(X)/cos(3X) where RI is an effective refractive index and X is a cone half angle of the solid right-circular cone. EMR incident on a front portion of the cone undergoes a total internal reflection (TIR) and exits a trailing surface of the cone with approximately the same parallelism with which it entered the cone. EMR incident behind the front portion of the cone that exits the trailing surface with different parallelism than it entered may be directed to a light dump or through a frustum of a cone to re-establish the correct parallelism. The entire optical system may be monolithically integrated into the nose cone to eliminate alignment issues and moving parts.

    Electronic cooling systems
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11533828B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-20

    申请号:US15930611

    申请日:2020-05-13

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cooling systems, methods of making cooling systems, and methods of cooling using cooling systems. A cooling system includes a compression container with a coolant that includes a fluid. A valve is arranged on the compression container through which the coolant is released from the compression container. The cooling system further includes a component positioned to receive droplets of the coolant. The component has a surface with a three-dimensional topography that includes a plurality of pillars and a plurality of trenches. The component is an electronic component or a photoelectronic component.

    DYNAMIC BLACKBODY SCENE DISPLAY
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180180981A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-28

    申请号:US15388708

    申请日:2016-12-22

    Abstract: An apparatus for displaying a scene with blackbody light includes a sheet of nano-structures having a first side and a second side opposing the first side. The first side and the second side are configured to receive light from an environment facing both sides and emit light to the environment facing both sides. Each nano-structure is configured to receive light in a first range of wavelengths resulting in heating the nano-structure and to emit blackbody light due to the heating to display the scene with blackbody light. The apparatus also includes a projector configured to irradiate the nano-structures on one of the sides of the sheet with light in the first range of wavelengths that form the scene to be displayed with the blackbody light emitted from the sheet of nano-structures.

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