Harris Corporation

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Charles Michael Newton

Carol Ann Gamlen

Kenneth H Church

Raymond Charles Rumpf

Paul Deffenbaugh

Edward G Palmer

C W Sinjin Smith

Gregory Michael Shimkaveg

Michael W Owens

William Thomas Silfvast

Karen A Panchou

Randy T Pike

Steven Robert Snyder

Paul Brian Jaynes

Thomas P Smyth

Casey W Perkowski

Josh Goldfarb

Richard Gassman

Michael Ray Lange

John DeSalvo

John Richard Desalvo

Charles D Rosier

Christopher A Myers

Xudong Chen

Brian Ronald Smith

Robert L Rainhart

Larry Davis

Theodore R Blumstein

Michelle Kay Nelson

Albert Sanchez

Sarah K Mobley

Betty O'Dowd

William Dean Killen

Michael James Lynch

Walter M Whybrew

Gregory M Jandzio

Paul Bryant Koeneman

Michael D Pleskach

George M Walley

Jay D Warshowsky

Patrick A Clark

Steven R Snyder

Samuel LeBlanc

Daniel Silva

C W Smith

Raymond C Rumpf, Jr

Will Stone

Cw Sinjin Smith

Raymond Rumpf

William T Silfvast

Sinjin C W Smith

Thomas Patrick Smyth

William Thonas Silfvast

A modular system for manufacturing includes a modular housing, at least one manufacturing platform disposed within the modular housing for direct digital manufacturing of an item, and a modular grid for power and network connections positioned along a plurality of interior walls of the modular housing.

Modular mobile direct digital manufacturing systems (M2DDM)

A method of additive manufacturing of an object includes directing laser energy from a laser to a region for material deposition, extruding material using an extruder at the region of material deposition, sensing temperature within the region of the material deposition, and electronically controlling the laser energy using the temperature so as to sufficiently heat the region for material deposition prior to extruding the material to increase strength of the object.

Selective laser sintered fused deposition printing

A method of additive manufacturing of an object may include directing laser energy from a laser to a region for material deposition, extruding material using an extruder at the region of material deposition, sensing temperature within the region of the material deposition, and electronically controlling the laser energy using the temperature so as to sufficiently heat the region for material deposition prior to extruding the material to increase strength of the object. The method may include hardening or freezing extruded material through cooling in real-time.

Selective laser sintered fused deposition printing with cooling

An apparatus for use in 3D fabrication includes a heat sink, a melt tube extending through the heat sink, the melt tube having a first end and an opposite second end and adapted for melting filament or other material as the material is conveyed from the first end to the second end, a pen tip having an opening therein for ejecting melted material, the pen tip at the second end of the melt tube, and a pen tip holder for securely holding the pen tip during printing, the pen tip holder having a heater element associated therewith.

Method and apparatus for 3D fabrication

A reflector assembly includes a monolithic and adaptive reflector having a single and continuous reflecting surface and a focusing shape. The reflector assembly further includes a plurality of trusses for supporting the monolithic and adaptive reflector and a plurality of actuators, each of the plurality of actuators operatively connected to one of the plurality of trusses. Actuation of each of the plurality of actuators exerts a force which flexes at least a portion of the continuous reflecting surface.

Monolithic adaptive optical/RF reflector

An apparatus includes a rigid frame or girder system, a first computer controlled motion system associated with the rigid frame or girder system and configured to move in coordinated positions, a second computer controlled motion system associated with a part to be worked on and configured to move in coordinated positions, and a plurality of sensors associated with the first motion system and the second motion system. The first computer controlled motion system and the second computer controlled motion system use information from the plurality of sensors to assist in coordination between the first computer controlled motion system and the second computer controlled motion system.

Automated manufacturing using modular structures and real time feedback for high precision control

A method of building a three dimensional (3D) structure includes micro-dispensing a layer comprising a material using a syringe-based micro-dispensing tool, curing the layer, and repeating the steps of micro-dispensing and curing a plurality of times in order to build the three-dimensional structure. The material may be loaded with nano to micron sized particles, tubes, or strings.

Micro-dispensing multi-layered 3D objects with curing steps

A method is provided for decontaminating biological pathogens residing in an enclosure of an electronic device. The method includes: identifying materials used to encase the enclosure of the electronic device; tailoring x-ray radiation to penetrate the materials encasing the enclosure; and directing x-ray radiation having a diffused radiation angle towards the electronic device.

System and method for non-destructive decontamination of sensitive electronics using soft x-ray radiation

A method and apparatus is disclosed for affixing a cover layer formed of liquid crystal polymer to a flex circuit consisting of circuit elements mounted to a liquid crystal polymer substrate in order to encapsulate the circuit elements between the cover layer and substrate to protect them from exposure to moisture and contaminants.

Method and apparatus for sealing flex circuits made with an LCP substrate

A pixel array arrangement is provided for a soft x-ray source. The arrangement includes: a window-frame structure having a plurality of channels passing therethrough, where each channel forms a pixel for the x-ray source; a cathode disposed on one side of each channel in the window-frame structure and operable to emit electrons into the channel; and an anode disposed in each cavity on an opposing side of the channel from the cathode and operable to emit x-ray radiation when electrons from the cathode impinge thereon, where the anode is configured to emit x-ray radiation at a diffused angle such that the x-ray radiation from a given pixel overlaps with x-ray radiation from adjacent pixels.

Pixel array arrangement for a soft x-ray source

A method and apparatus is disclosed for affixing a cover layer formed of liquid crystal polymer to a flex circuit consisting of circuit elements mounted to a liquid crystal polymer substrate in order to encapsulate the circuit elements between the cover layer and substrate to protect them from exposure to moisture and contaminants and to provide thermal protection of temperature sensitive circuit elements within the flex circuit during the encapsulation process.

Apparatus for sealing flex circuits having heat sensitive circuit elements

System and method for non-destructive decontamination of sensitive electronics using soft X-ray radiation

A method is provided for decontaminating biological pathogens in a contaminated environment. The method includes: tailoring x-ray radiation to match the absorption characteristics of a contaminated environment; generating x-ray radiation having a diffused radiation angle in accordance with the absorption characteristics of the contaminated environment; and directing the x-ray radiation towards the contaminated environment.

Soft x-ray radiation for biological pathogen decontamination and medical sterilization applications

A micro-generator for providing electrical power to a battery charger capable of charging lithium ion, lithium polymer and other rechargeable batteries of the type which power portable electronic devices and MEMS. The micro-generator includes a micro-combustor and a thermoelectric module consisting of a number of quantum well thermoelectric panels connected between spaced heat spreaders, one of which is mounted in thermal communication with the micro-combustor. Different types of hydrocarbon fuel may be supplied to the micro-combustor where it is burned within a combustion chamber. The entire system is controlled in real time by a micro-controller which is powered upon start up by an ultra capacitor and thereafter by the electric power produced by the thermoelectric module.

Fuel flexible thermoelectric generator with battery charger

A method for making an electronic module includes forming a low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) substrate with at least one capacitive structure embedded therein. Forming the LTCC substrate may include arranging first and second unsintered ceramic layers and the at least one capacitive structure therebetween. The at least one capacitive structure may include a pair of electrode layers, an inner dielectric layer between the pair of electrode layers, and at least one outer dielectric layer adjacent at least one of the electrode layers and opposite the inner dielectric layer. The at least one outer dielectric layer preferably has a dielectric constant less than a dielectric constant of the inner dielectric layer. The unsintered ceramic layers and the at least one capacitive structure may also be heated, and at least one electronic device may be mounted on the LTCC substrate and electrically connected to the at least one embedded capacitive structure.

Electronic module including a low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) substrate with a capacitive structure embedded therein and related methods

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Palm Bay, FL, United States of America

Charles Michael Newton