Westinghouse Electric Corporation

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United States of America As Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force

Anthony T Nasuta, Jr

Robert A Boenning

James W Walsh

Mark G Kraus

Dale H Brown

Klaus D May

Robert J Tippie

Apparatus and method for measuring the weight of an object such as a letter, magazine or parcel, while the object is in motion, without using a weighing scale. The apparatus and method disclosed make use of moving, preferably vertically-oriented transport belts driven by a constant velocity, closed-loop feedback system which includes an electric motor. An object to be weighed is engaged and lifted upwards by the moving belts, increasing the load on the motor as a function of the weight of the object. The increased motor current evoked by the lifted object can be processed to extract the object's weight.

Apparatus and method for weighing moving objects

A high voltage coaxial cable wherein a corona-free configuration is produced by applying a room temperature-curable silicone elastomeric material under pressure to the outer surface of the cable braid so that the material is forced between the voids of the braid and adheres to the primary insulation material at the insulation/braid interface.

High voltage RF coaxial cable

A test system utilizing modulators responsive to signals to be tested positioned between a source of electromagnetic radiation and a sensor with the signal to be tested coupled to the input of the modulators. Preferably the modulators are positioned in optical wave guides with the modulators being electric-field operated devices to prevent any significant loading of the signals to be tested. Disclosed embodiments utilize light as the electromagnetic energy with lithium niobate substrates having titanium diffused therein forming the optical wave guides. Modulators are provided by planar electrodes affixed to the surface of the lithium niobate substrate to change the electric field across the optical waveguide. Coupling is conveniently provided to the wave guides through fiber optic bundles.

Multi-channel test system using optical waveguide modulators

A test system and method for comparatively analyzing complex signals especially those composed of combinations of pulsed signals related to the operational status of apparatus whose operational status is to be determined, is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment a probe, preferably a capacitive probe, is utilized to sense the electric field generated by electrical apparatus. The output signal of the probe is periodically sampled to generate an array of digital signals. This array is processed using Walsh transformations to generate a reference Walsh transform. A second data base is then generated by similarly sampling the electric field generated by an apparatus whose operational status is to be determined. The second data base is then processed to generate a comparison Walsh transform. The operational status of the apparatus whose operational status is to be determined, is then determined by comparing these Walsh transforms.

System for analyzing complex signals

A plurality of shielded wires are held bundled and electrically interconnected at their braided-shield exteriors by a compacted metallic thin-wall honeycomb member whose collapsed cell walls encircle the wires individually. The honeycomb wrap around the wire bundle is encircled by a heat-shrunk sleeve of plastic tubing, and the collapsed cell walls are held electrically joined to the braided shields by conductive adhesive.

Common shield-terminating connection in shielded wire bundle

A pulse peak sample and hold circuit includes a passive input integrator to develop the time of a sample gate. A sensitive comparator develops the gate pulse. A FET and storage capacitor 'holds' the actual input amplitude. The circuit is independent of PRF and pulse width.

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Timonium, MD, United States of America

Anthony T Nasuta, Jr