| AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT Patent applications |
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| 20120072075 | STEERING CONTROL DEVICE OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE, AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME AND STEERING CONTROL METHOD OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE - Disclosed are a steering control device of an autonomous vehicle, an autonomous vehicle having the same, and a steering control method of an autonomous vehicle. The steering control method comprises receiving a position of an autonomous vehicle, and a first heading angle of the autonomous vehicle with respect to the north; calculating a second heading angle of the autonomous vehicle toward a tracking waypoint based on the position of the autonomous vehicle, and computing a rotation radius of the autonomous vehicle with respect to the tracking waypoint; calculating a yaw rate based on a speed of the autonomous vehicle and the computed rotation radius, and generating a steering command corresponding to the calculated yaw rate; and compensating for the steering command based on the first and second heading angles. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120025409 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VACUUM PROCESS OF ISOSTATIC PRESSING OF POWDER MATERIAL - A method for a vacuum process of isostatic pressing of powder material comprises preparing an explosive charged rubber bag by charging a rubber bag with powder, forming a vacuum environment by putting the explosive charged rubber bag in a vacuum box, sealing an inlet of the explosive charged rubber bag which is in a vacuum state, and maintaining the vacuum state by putting the explosive charged rubber bag in a fluid contained in a reservoir by a predetermined depth in a state that the inlet of the explosive charged rubber bag has been sealed. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120023893 | COOLING DEVICE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE FLUID, FLIGHT VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME AND COOLING METHOD FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE FLUID - Disclosed are a cooling device for high temperature fluid, a flight vehicle having the same and a cooling method for high temperature fluid, the cooling device including a heat exchanger configured such that fluid is introduced therein to be heat-exchanged with a refrigerant, and configured to vaporize the refrigerant by the heat exchange such that the fluid is discharged at temperature close to vaporization temperature of the refrigerant, a compressor connected to the heat exchanger and configured to compress the fluid discharged out of the heat exchanger, a turbine connected to the compressor and configured to expand the fluid compressed in the compressor to lower temperature of the compressed fluid, and a phase change heat exchanger connected to the turbine, storing a phase change material, and configured to cause heat exchange between the phase change material and the fluid discharged out of the turbine so as to control temperature of the discharged fluid, whereby a cooling device capable of minimizing influences by external environments can be achieved. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120006482 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING RUBBER BONDING PROPERTY BETWEEN RUBBER AND EPOXY-COMPOSITE - Disclosed is a method for improving the bonding property between a rubber material and an epoxy resin-based composite, particularly which can improve bonding of the rubber material to the epoxy resin-based composite without using an interfacial adhesive layer, by using, as the rubber material to be adhered to the epoxy resin-based composite, a mixture of an epoxy resin and rubber, wherein the method comprises laminating a layer of the composite and a layer of the rubber-epoxy resin mixture, and co-curing the composite layer and the rubber-epoxy resin mixture layer at the same time. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20110285577 | FORWARD-LOOKING 3D IMAGING RADAR AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING 3D IMAGES USING THE SAME - Disclosure is a forward-looking 3D imaging radar, comprising: a transmitting unit which generates RF signals to be radiated for observing object in front of the radar; a transmitting antenna which radiates the RF signal generated by the transmitting unit; a receiving antenna which receives signals radiated from the transmitting antenna and reflected by the object in front of the radar; a receiving unit which mixes the signal received by the receiving antenna and the branched signal from the transmitting unit, and converts the signal to digital signal; and a signal processor which controls the operations of the transmitting unit and receiving unit, sends command to the transmitting unit to generate RF signals, receives the digitally converted signal from the receiving unit and extracts phase information of the object in front of the radar, and generates 3D radar image by producing altitude information based on the principle of interferometer. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110275830 | METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF 2,4-DINITROIMIDAZOLE WHICH IS AN INTERMEDIATE FOR INSENSITIVE MELTCASTABLE MOLECULAR EXPLOSIVE - The present invention provides a method for preparing 2,4-dinitroimidazole, wherein separation of 1,4-donitroimidazole in powder form is avoided so that it is possible to eliminate allergy problems in workers and simplify the process, thereby improving process economy. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110204164 | METHOD FOR PREPARING IMPREGNATING PITCH FOR CARBON-CARBON COMPOSITE - The present invention discloses a method for preparing an impregnating pitch which is used for the manufacture of carbon-carbon composites having excellent mechanical properties at an ultra high temperature, abrasion resistance and the like, wherein the impregnating pitch having a low viscosity and an improved carbonization yield is provided by facilitating cross-linking reactions between the aromatic compounds in the pitch, while eliminating heat treatment. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110192139 | HYDROGEN COMBUSTION SYSTEM WITH CLOSED-CYCLE RECYCLING OF EXHAUST GAS AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a hydrogen combustion system with closed-cycle recycling comprising a hydrogen combustion system with closed-cycle recycling of exhaust gas, comprising: a hydrogen supplier 110 which supply hydrogen used as a fuel, a combustion chamber 120 which is located in the engine 130 and connected to the hydrogen supplying pipe 111 in which the hydrogen is combusted, a condenser 140 which converts the hot exhaust gas emitted through the discharge pipe 121 installed on the outlet of the combustion chamber 120 into the cold exhaust gas and condensed water, and a recycling pipe 150 which performs recycling of a part of the cold exhaust gas from the condenser 140 to the inlet of the combustion chamber 120. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110109199 | ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is an electromechanical transducer and the method for manufacturing the same, which can detect or control deformation and vibration of a structure and flow of fluids by applying controlling forces. The electromechanical transducer of the present invention comprises a base substrate to which initial stress is applied; an electro-active material layer attached on the base substrate; and electrodes installed on the top and bottom side of the electro-active material layer for actuating the electro-active material layer, the base substrate and the electro-active material layer which is deformed when initial stress is removed from the base substrate so that the base substrate and the electro-active material layer have curvatures. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110107641 | Link Type Percussion Lock - Disclosed is a percussion lock installed on a firearm, and more particularly, to a percussion lock wherein the hammer is operated through a link member so that operation of the firearm is possible in a small area, making it possible to design a firearm flexibly and reducing the volume and weight of the firearm. According to the present invention, the percussion lock installed on a firearm to fire a bullet by hitting a firing pin comprises a housing mounted in fixed state to a firearm, a hammer installed on the upper part of the housing for hitting a firing pin, a link member linking the hammer and the housing so that the hammer moves on a curve maintaining horizontal state, and an elastic member supporting the link member with elastic force. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110096630 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING TARGET RANGE ERROR AND SONAR SYSTEM THEREOF - Disclosed is an active sonar system capable of estimating a direction and a range of a target by using a sound pulse. A target range error can be estimated by the active sonar system, by applying a principle that a sound pulse used to detect an underwater target with consideration of a vertical structure of a sound velocity in water is reflected and refracted through a multipath not a linear path. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110048267 | SEPARATION DEVICE OF EJECTOR MOTOR FOR PORTABLE MISSILE - Disclosed is a separation device of an ejector motor for a portable missile, capable of being separated from a missile without any additional separation devices after ejecting the missile. An ejection rocket motor and a separation device are integrally formed. Ejection is performed by a thrust generated while the ejection rocket motor is combusted, and separation is performed by cutting off shearing bolts with using a force generated from a separation cylinder when the combustion of the ejection rocket motor has been completed. This operation and configuration may minimize a weight and a space occupied by a general ejection and separation device in a missile system. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110042386 | PRESSURE VESSEL FOR PROPELLANTS, EXPLOSION PREVENTING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A pressure vessel for propellants, an explosion preventing method of the same, and a manufacturing method of the same are disclosed. The pressure vessel for propellants comprises a body provided with a cylindrical portion between a forward dome and an aft dome, and has an inner space where propellants are arranged. The pressure vessel also includes an insulation layer disposed on an inner wall of the body and configured to insulate the body from the inner space when the propellants are ignited; and a nozzle mounted at the aft dome and through which combustion material from the propellants is exhausted out. The body comprises a first hybrid fiber layer which forms the cylindrical portion, the forward dome, and the aft dome, and has a mechanical property lowered at a temperature more than a specific temperature such that the forward dome and the aft dome collapse by an inner pressure when the propellants are abnormally combusted. The body further comprises a second hybrid fiber layer which forms at least a part of the cylindrical portion, and maintains its mechanical property when the propellants are abnormally combusted. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110020689 | BATTERY SYSTEM HAVING BATTERY MODULE, THERMAL SWITCH, HEATING SOURCE AND PIN STRUCTURE - A battery system ( | 01-27-2011 |
| 20100314490 | APPARATUS FOR DEPLOYING WING AND APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING FLIGHT HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed are a wing deployment apparatus and an apparatus for launching a flying object having the same, the wing deployment apparatus including wings configured to be in a folded state and a deployed state, a driving unit connected to the wings, and configured to drive the wings to be switched from the folded state to the deployed state or vice versa, and a damper cooperative with the operation of the driving unit, and configured to damp a driving force of the driving unit from the start of the wings being moved to the completion of the movement of the wings. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100314088 | HEAT EXCHANGER HAVING MICRO-CHANNELS - Disclosed is a heat exchanger configured by laminating layers having micro-channels by adapting a micromachining, wherein the micro-channels having uniform length and cross section are constructed within a heat exchanger body in a curved outer shape, thereby minimizing deviation for each channel and improving heat transfer efficiency. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100295732 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING CHANNEL PHASE ERROR IN A PHASE COMPARISON DIRECTION FINDER - System and method for removing channel phase error in a phase comparison direction finder. By using this system, the phase error, generated in the channel path in finding the direction by using the phase comparison direction finder, can be injected into the receiving channel and removed by using the frequency and intensity of the signal stored in the PDW table. Furthermore, the direction finding correction look-up table can be made using only radiation correction of the antenna unit of the direction finder and channel correction can be carried out without calibrating the direction finder for the direction finding correction look-up table when devices are replaced in the channel of receiving path of the direction finder. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100294879 | WING ASSEMBLY AND APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING FLYING OBJECT USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a wing assembly including a wing movably accommodated in a launch tube, and a buffer unit detachably mounted to the wing to come in contact with the launch tube and configured to be separated from the wing after the wing comes out of an inner space of the launch tube, and an apparatus for launching a flying object having the same. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100283666 | RADAR SIGNALS CLUSTERING METHOD USING FREQUENCY MODULATION CHARACTERISTICS AND COMBINATION CHARACTERISTICS OF SIGNALS, AND SYSTEM FOR RECEIVING AND PROCESSING RADAR SIGNALS USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a radar signal clustering method using frequency modulation characteristics and combination characteristics of signals including: a first step of assigning pulses of received radar signals to cells consisting of parameters including radio frequency (RF) and angle of arrival (AOA) of the pulses; a second step of calculating a pulse density distribution of each cell using a kernel density estimator; a third step of extracting a corresponding cell as a frequency fixed cluster if the calculated pulse density distribution is greater than a threshold of the frequency fixed cluster; a fourth step of making cell groups by merging remaining cells that are not extracted as the frequency fixed clusters; a fifth step of calculating a pulse density distribution of each cell group by using the kernel density estimator for each cell group; and a sixth step of comparing the calculated pulse density distribution for each cell group with each threshold according to a signal combination type of frequency agile clusters, thus to classify and extract each cell group according to the signal combination type. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100180757 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOADING CARTRIDGES WITH PRESSABLE PLASTIC BONDED EXPLOSIVES - Disclosed are an apparatus and method for loading small and medium caliber cartridges with pressable plastic bonded explosives (PBXs). A plurality of pellets are pre-formed to have a high density, and are loaded into a small and medium caliber cartridge one by one. Accordingly, a high and uniform density is obtained. And, when manufacturing small and medium caliber cartridges, the pressable PBXs are anticipated to be massively loaded into the small and medium caliber cartridges in the future. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100097163 | RESONATOR HAVING A THREE DIMENSIONAL DEFECTED GROUND STRUCTURE IN TRANSMISSION LINE - A resonator having a three dimensional Defected Ground Structure (DGS) in the transmission line includes a substrate installed at the center of the resonator floating in the air through supporting members installed on both ends of the substrate; a transmission line for transmitting signals installed on the upper surface of the substrate; an upper ground plane member installed on the upper surface of the substrate with predetermined interval from the surface of the substrate, wherein a DGS pattern with a predetermined shape is formed on each portion of the body of the ground plane member symmetrically with respect to the transmission line to form a resonator; a lower ground plane member installed on the lower surface of the substrate with predetermined interval from the surface of the substrate, wherein a DGS pattern with a predetermined shape is formed on each portion of the body of the ground plane member symmetrically with respect to the transmission line to form a resonator; an upper cover installed closely contacting the upper surface of the upper ground plane member to seal the upper opening of the DGS pattern formed on the upper ground plane member and to protect the upper ground plane member at the same time; and a lower cover installed closely contacting the lower surface of the lower ground plane member to seal the lower opening of the DGS pattern formed on the lower ground plane member and to protect the lower ground plane member at the same time. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100081811 | METHOD FOR THE NITRATION OF 4,6-DIHYDROXY-2-METHYLPYRIMIDINE - Disclosed is a method for the nitration of 4,6-dihydroxy-2-methylpyrimidine for the synthesis of 4,6-dihydroxy-5,5-dinitro-2-(dinitromethylene)-2,5-dihydropyrimidine which is used as a precursor of 1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene, one type of explosives. The present invention provides an improved method for the nitration of 4,6-dihydroxy-2-methylpyrimidine, wherein organic solvent is applied in the nitration process of 4,6-dihydroxy-2-methylpyrimidine thereby solving the safety problem while improving the yield of nitration. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100050897 | MISSILE SEPARATION DEVICE - Disclosed is a device for separating a propulsion system from a missile, the device including a locking unit configured to fix a propulsion system to a missile, a string disposed to cross a rear portion of the propulsion system to be broken by heat of the propulsion system, and an unlocking unit configured to unlock the missile by the broken string, whereby the number of additional components of an unlocking system can be reduced as many as possible so as to simplify the configuration of the apparatus, resulting in guaranteeing an enhanced performance of the missile, an easy assembly of the missile, and a reduction of a fabricating cost. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20090299079 | 1-GLYCIDYL-3,3-DINITROAZETIDINE CONTAINING EXPLOSIVE MOIETY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a 1-glycidyl-3,3-dinitroazetidine(GDNAZ) of Formula I wherein dinitroazetidine group which is a high energy group having unit structure of explosive moiety is incorporated to a monomer, and the method thereof. By using the GDNAZ of the present invention in the synthesis of energetic binder for high-performance insensitive explosive, an energetic binder with enhanced thermal and storing stability and explosive power can be provided. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20080291061 | SYSTEM FOR DEVELOPMENT OF INPUT DEVICE - A system for development of an input device capable of implementing an input device of various shapes and functions by providing the same visual, haptic, and audible feedbacks as a product to be massively fabricated when the input device is designed. The system comprises: an input device for receiving a rotation input by a user, and generating tactile feedbacks corresponding to the rotation input; a display device for displaying a virtual input device having a designable appearance in an interworking manner in correspondence with the user's manipulation; and a controller for controlling the input device by being connected thereto so that the tactile feedbacks corresponding to the rotation input can be provided, and for controlling the display device so that the virtual input device can be displayed in correspondence with the user's manipulation. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080272765 | Brushless DC Motor Using Linear Hall-Effect Sensor And Realization Method Of Speed Signal Thereof - Disclosed is a realization method of a speed signal of a motor using a linear Hall-effect sensor characterized by comprising the steps of: by using a Hall signal in the form of a sine wave of a linear Hall-effect sensor, determining coordinate values on a x-y coordinate system of the position sensor; evaluating a summed coordinate value of the above coordinate values; calculating the angle(θ) formed by a summed coordinate value and the x axis; determining the quadrant of the resulted angle(θ); and determining a speed signal by dividing the final motor displacement value by the rate of time change. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080203189 | Apparatus for driving body with three-degree of freedom angular motion - An apparatus for driving a body with 3-degree of freedom angular motion, comprises: a body connected to a fixing part so as to be rotatable centering around a pitch axis, a yaw axis, and a roll axis; a pitch axis driving unit for rotating the body centering around the pitch axis; and a yaw axis driving unit for rotating the body centering around the yaw axis. Since one of the pitch axis driving unit and the yaw axis driving unit restricts the body from rotating centering around the roll axis fixed to the body, the conventional roll-rotation restricting link is not needed between the body and the fixing part. Accordingly, a size of the apparatus is reduced. | 08-28-2008 |
