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Magnetoelastically actuated MEMS device and methods for its manufacture
Patent • #10,510,945. A magnetoelastically actuated device includes a microscale cantilever arm supported at a standoff distance from a substrate. The cantilever arm is formed as a laminar magnetic actuator configured to bend when it is subjected to a magnetic field. The cantilever arm includes a film of magnetostrictive material. Also provided...

Making a glass rod with a step of measuring an incremental weight gain
Patent • #6,772,611. The present invention provides a simple method for fabricating fiber-optic glass preforms having complex refractive index configurations and/or dopant distributions in a radial direction with a high degree of accuracy and precision. The method teaches bundling together a plurality of glass rods of specific physical, chemical, or optical properties...

Malicious activity detection in a memory
Patent • #11,023,579. A method and apparatus for monitoring a volatile memory in a computer system. Samples of compressed data from locations in the volatile memory in the computer system are read. Data in the volatile memory is reconstructed using the samples of compressed data. The data is an image of the...

Malware detection and analysis
Patent • #9,294,486. Embodiments of the invention describe systems and methods for malicious software detection and analysis. A binary executable comprising obfuscated malware on a host device may be received, and incident data indicating a time when the binary executable was received and identifying processes operating on the host device may be...

Manufacturing & Assurance
Technology Area • The Manufacturing & Assurance technology area contains solutions for additive manufacturing, electronics manufacturing, and manufacturing-related analytics, tools, and software domains. Assurance technologies assist in implementing systematic quality assurance in everything from data collection, testing, and software, to modeling and analytics. This technology area also contains specialized portfolios related to:  Advanced ManufacturingAssemblyDispersionTemperature ControlFlow...

Mapping and imaging ionizing radiation in two and three dimensions
Patent • #11630218. A two-dimensional imaging system and a two-dimensional or three-dimensional optical tomographic mapping system, each employing gas scintillation induced by ionizing radiation, i.e., radioluminescence, and corresponding methods, are disclosed. The systems may employ one or more cameras and corresponding UV filters (potentially solar blind filters) for imaging a radioluminescent scene....

Mask-to-wafer alignment system
Patent • #6,642,995. A modified beam splitter that has a hole pattern that is symmetric in one axis and anti-symmetric in the other can be employed in a mask-to-wafer alignment device. The device is particularly suited for rough alignment using visible light. The modified beam splitter transmits and reflects light from a...

Mass-sensitive chemical preconcentrator
Patent • #7,168,298. A microfabricated mass-sensitive chemical preconcentrator actively measures the mass of a sample on an acoustic microbalance during the collection process. The microbalance comprises a chemically sensitive interface for collecting the sample thereon and an acoustic-based physical transducer that provides an electrical output that is proportional to the mass of...

Massively parallel diffuse optical tomography
Patent • #9,750,413. Diffuse optical tomography systems and methods are described herein. In a general embodiment, the diffuse optical tomography system comprises a plurality of sensor heads, the plurality of sensor heads comprising respective optical emitter systems and respective sensor systems. A sensor head in the plurality of sensors heads is caused...

Material identification based upon energy-dependent attenuation of neutrons
Patent • #9,151,852. Various technologies pertaining to identifying a material in a sample and imaging the sample are described herein. The material is identified by computing energy-dependent attenuation of neutrons that is caused by presence of the sample in travel paths of the neutrons. A mono-energetic neutron generator emits the neutron, which...

Material identification system
Patent • #10,261,033. A method and apparatus for identifying a material in an object. An image of the object generated from energy passing through the object is obtained by a computer system. The computer system estimates attenuations for pixels in a sensor system from the image of the object to form estimated...

Material identification system
Patent • #10,816,485. A method and apparatus for identifying a material in an object. An image of the object generated from energy passing through the object is obtained by a computer system. The computer system estimates attenuations for pixels in a sensor system from the image of the object to form estimated...

Materials and methods for stabilizing nanoparticles in salt solutions
Patent • #8,461,300. Sequence-specific polymers are proving to be a powerful approach to assembly and manipulation of matter on the nanometer scale. Ligands that are peptoids, or sequence-specific N-functional glycine oligomers, allow precise and flexible control over the arrangement of binding groups, steric spacers, charge, and other functionality. We have synthesized short...

Materials Data Driven Design (MAD3)
Featured Opportunity • This award-winning software enables accurate simulations of complex material deformation for a wide range of applications. The Sandia team behind the development of MAD3 Business Problem Simulation engineers and manufacturers in automotive, aerospace, electronics, and other industries rely on predicting materials deformation under different conditions. Traditional materials testing methods require...

Measuring in-situ MDF velocity of detonation
Patent • #6,957,566. A system for determining the velocity of detonation of a mild detonation fuse mounted on the surface of a device includes placing the device in a predetermined position with respect to an apparatus that carries a couple of sensors that sense the passage of a detonation wave at first...

Mechanical memory
Patent • #7,046,539. A first-in-first-out (FIFO) microelectromechanical memory apparatus (also termed a mechanical memory) is disclosed. The mechanical memory utilizes a plurality of memory cells, with each memory cell having a beam which can be bowed in either of two directions of curvature to indicate two different logic states for that memory...

Mechanical testing equipment for material characterization
Patent • #10,481,057. A mechanical testing apparatus for a specimen is presented. The mechanical testing apparatus comprises a drop table system and a Hopkinson bar. The drop table system has a drop carriage. The Hopkinson bar is positioned parallel to a motion of the drop carriage and connected to the drop table...

Mechanical vibration to electrical energy converter
Patent • #7,498,681. Electromechanical devices that generate an electrical signal in response to an external source of mechanical vibrations can operate as a sensor of vibrations and as an energy harvester for converting mechanical vibration to electrical energy. The devices incorporate a magnet that is movable through a gap in a ferromagnetic...

Mechanisms for employment with robotic extensions
Patent • #9,138,897. Technologies pertaining to a robotic hand are described herein. A protection apparatus is positioned in a joint of the robotic hand, where movement of a link about the joint is driven by a motor. The protection apparatus absorbs torque about the joint caused by an external force. At least...

Membrane projection lithography
Patent • #8,981,337. The various technologies presented herein relate to a three dimensional manufacturing technique for application with semiconductor technologies. A membrane layer can be formed over a cavity. An opening can be formed in the membrane such that the membrane can act as a mask layer to the underlying wall surfaces...
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