QINETIQ NORTH AMERICA, INC. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150145622 | ROTARY MAGNET SWITCH - A rotary magnet switch includes a housing defining a cavity for a rotary magnet having a first section rotatable with respect to a second section. A first registration secures the first magnet section to the housing. An actuator extends from a side wall of the housing. The actuator is secured to the second magnet section and is configured to rotate the second magnetic section with respect to the housing and the first magnet section to switch the magnet on and off. | 05-28-2015 |
20150128794 | RPG DEFEAT METHOD AND SYSTEM - A rocket propelled grenade shield including a flexible net and a frame secured to the flexible net supporting the flexible net. Spaced hard points are attached to the net, the hard points including a base portion with a cavity therein and a plug received in said cavity locking each hard point to the flexible net. | 05-14-2015 |
20140318357 | BLAST/IMPACT MITIGATION SHIELD - A shield includes a first body made of damping material in a solid state and which transitions to a viscous fluid state when critically stressed in compression and a plunger plate with blades extending outwardly therefrom adjacent the first body for transitioning material of the first body from a solid to a viscous fluid state locally near the blades when the blades of the plunger plate are driven into the body. The plunger plate includes a truncated-V shape, a V-shape or a double V-shape. | 10-30-2014 |
20140311330 | BLAST/IMPACT MITIGATION SHIELD - A blast mitigation method includes forming a body of solid material which transitions from a solid state to a non-flowing viscous fluid state when stressed which attaching it to the body of the undercarriage of a vehicle. The material of the body transitions from a solid state to a viscous fluid, state when an explosion occurs, is proximate the body and it absorbs at least some energy from the explosion mitigating impact on the vehicle. A plunger plate with blades extending outwardly therefrom is coupled to the body and oriented such that the blades are adjacent the body. | 10-23-2014 |
20140310938 | BLAST/IMPACT MITIGATION SHIELD - A method of manufacturing a shield by fabricating a plunger plate to include outwardly extending blades on one surface thereof and coupling the plunger plate to a body of damping material with blades of the plunger plate adjacent the body of damping material. The damping material is configured to transition from a solid to a non-flowing viscous fluid state locally near the blades of the plunger plate as they are driven into the body. | 10-23-2014 |
20140214239 | TACTICAL ROBOT CONTROLLER - An unmanned systems operator control system includes a hand held controller with a set of switches and control enumeration software specially configured to report a superset of virtual switches based on the physical switches. A core unit includes a first unmanned system control application subscribing to a first switch subset of the superset and outputting commands controlling a first unmanned system based on activation of the set of switches. A second unmanned system control application subscribes to a second switch subset of the superset and outputs commands controlling a second unmanned system based on activation of the set of switches. A mode switching subsystem is configured, in a first state, to map the set of switches to the first switch subset and, in a second state, to map the set of switches to the second switch subset. | 07-31-2014 |
20140206486 | RADIALLY, AXIALLY, AND TORSIONALLY COMPLIANT SPROCKET - A radially, axially, and torsionally compliant sprocket includes a rim including teeth thereon, a hub within the rim including a central bore, and a compliant open cell structure extending between the hub and the rim. | 07-24-2014 |
20140202084 | EMERGENCY EGRESS SYSTEM - An emergency egress system and method features a mount securable externally to a vehicle hull about an opening therein and including a first portion of a releasable hinge structure. A window assembly includes a second portion of the releasable hinge structure hingedly attaching the window assembly to the mount over the hull opening. An ejection subsystem is releasably attached to the armor window automatically opening window assembly and ejecting the window assembly. A latch subsystem is actuatable from inside the hull (and optionally from outside the hull) releasably locking the armor window assembly with respect to the mount in a first configuration and unlocking the armor window assembly with respect to the mount in a second configuration. | 07-24-2014 |
20140196598 | VEHICLE AND STRUCTURE SHIELD WITH A CABLE FRAME - An ordinance, such as a rocket propelled grenade, shield includes a net with hard points at select nodes of the net and cable guides on the side of the net. Cables under tension extend through the cable guides supporting the net typically in conjunction with a top cross bar, spaced top struts, and spaced bottom struts. This framis design facilitates entering and exiting the vehicle or structure. | 07-17-2014 |
20140144715 | MAGNET ROBOT CRAWLER - A magnetic robot includes a chassis and at least one track assembly associated with the chassis. The track assembly has a linear series of non-circulating magnet modules displaceably mounted with respect to the chassis. A driven track circulates about the magnet modules and travels on guide portions of the magnet modules. | 05-29-2014 |
20140130656 | RPG DEFEAT METHOD AND SYSTEM - A vehicle and structure shield includes an array of hard points laterally spaced and outwardly supported, in one example, by a net subsystem and frame. | 05-15-2014 |
20140125354 | HOT STICK POWER ANALYZER - A hot stick power analyzer includes a housing mounted on a pole and a channel for a power line. A ground line extends from the housing and there is a power line conductive contact. A voltage sensor includes voltage sensing circuitry connected to the power line conductive contact and the ground line. There is a high voltage capacitance between the ground line and the voltage sensing circuitry. A current sensor includes windings about and spaced from the power line. A processing subsystem is responsive to the voltage sensing circuitry and to the current sensor and is configured to compute power analysis metrics. | 05-08-2014 |
20140076671 | POWERLESS BRAKE - A motor brake includes an actuator fixed to a motor shaft and including spaced peripheral ears including a member therethrough. A fixed plate includes spaced detents and an output about the actuator has spaced ball releasably urged into the fixed plate detents by the actuator ear members. The output has channels for the actuator ears for driving the output with the actuator when the actuator ear members release the output spaced balls from the fixed plate detents. | 03-20-2014 |
20140060174 | SOUNDING KIT - A man packable, portable sounding kit includes, in one example, at least two balloons and at least two radiosondes each including a tether for connecting a radiosonde to a balloon. A gas container includes gas for inflating the at least two balloons. A fill hose assembly includes a balloon inflation nozzle coupled to a pressure regulator. A data transceiver unit is configured to receive and optionally to rebroadcast atmospheric weather data from the radiosonde. A case houses the balloons, radiosondes, data transceiver unit, gas container, and fill hose assembly. | 03-06-2014 |
20130104727 | Ground Pressure Detonation Device | 05-02-2013 |