Stephen N FlandersHanover, NH

6919005, Jul 19, 2005

May 9, 2002

10/140875

Michael K. McInerney - Champaign IL, US
Vincent F. Hock - Mahomet IL, US
Philip Chitty - Dayton OH, US
Stephen N. Flanders - Norwich VT, US

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC

C25B015/00

204515, 204600, 204648

A configuration and treatment for degrading porous material, e. g. , concrete, brick, or other masonry material, via rapid, efficient electro-osmosis. One application carries dehydration to an extent that it weakens a structure for demolition by significantly dehydrating its structural material. A durable, dimensionally stable anode is affixed to the structure and attached to a wire from a DC power supply. The anode is composed of a valve metal substrate with a semiconductive coating of a precious metal, cement or ceramic. Connection to a cathode through the power supply completes the circuit. A DC voltage is applied to the concrete structure by cycling a pro-specified pulse train from the power supply. One pulse train consists of an initial positive pulse followed by a shorter duration negative pulse and ends with a short off period before the pulse train is reinitiated. The cycle continues until the porous material has been determined to be sufficiently degraded.

5419652, May 30, 1995

Mar 16, 1994

8/213896

Stephen N. Flanders - Norwich VT

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC

E01F 1300

404 15

A speed bump for use in connection with a roadway located in a climate wh a snow plow is used to clear a roadway, the bump is made from roadway construction materials extending across each lane of a roadway, the bump having a crown of fixed width running substantially the length of the bump; the right-side of the bump having a conventional profile portion, the left-side having a tapered ramp portion having an incline equalling about ten to thirty degrees, allowing a snow plow to lift smoothly over the bump, a plurality of bumps having the same shape can be aligned to manage multiple-lane, one-way and two-way traffic.

5648724, Jul 15, 1997

Feb 8, 1996

8/598312

Norbert E. Yankielun - Lebanon NH
Stephen N. Flanders - Norwich VT

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC

G01N 2700
G01R 3111

324533

An apparatus for detecting the presence, location, and extent of the moise in a roof using metallic time-domain reflectomerry (TDR) includes an electrical pulses, a transmission line embedded within the roof and connected with the pulse generator, and a signal analyzer which interprets the electrical pulses transmitted along the transmission line. When the transmission line is exposed to moisture, the dielectric constant of the transmission line changes, thereby causing a portion of the energy of the transmitted pulse to be reflected back toward the source and a portion to pass through to the end of transmission line. The distance from the source and the length of the dielectric discontinuity are determined by analyzing the round-trip travel time of the reflected pulse.

5804721, Sep 8, 1998

Feb 14, 1997

8/800498

Norbert E. Yankielun - Lebanon NH
Stephen N. Flanders - Norwich VT

G01N 3700

7333504

A pair of metal plates having a space therebetween are surrounded by a flexible enclosure which is waterproof and which is filled with a dry gas. A pair of electrical conductors connected to the plates extend through and are water-tight sealed to the enclosure. A water-deformable element which expands in the presence of moisture is disposed around the enclosure, and a rigid housing having holes therethrough is disposed around the water-deformable element so that moisture passing through the holes into the water-deformable element causes it to expand to move the enclosure and at least one plate so as to reduce the space between the plates to change the capacitance of the capacitor.

5818340, Oct 6, 1998

Mar 25, 1996

8/621391

Norbert E. Yankielun - Lebanon NH
Stephen N. Flanders - Norwich VT

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC

G08B 2100

340602

A roof moisture sensing system includes (1) a radio frequency pulse transter, (2) a moisture sensor disposed on a roof, and (3) a radio receiver adapted to monitor resonance of the moisture sensor activated by a pulse transmitted by the pulse transmitter. The receiver is adapted to analyze the resonance of the sensor to determine the presence of moisture in the sensor. The transmitter and the receiver can be remote from the sensor and the roof.

5295759, Mar 22, 1994

Apr 13, 1993

8/045350

Stephen N. Flanders - Norwich VT
Robert A. Eaton - East Thetford VT

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC

E01F 1300
E01F 906

404 15

A speed bump for use in connection with highways located in climates where snow plow is used to clear the highways includes a raised mass fabricated from highway construction material. The raised mass has a crown, a base where the raised mass meets a surface of the highway, and a slope of the raised mass between the crown and the base. The slope presents a profile in the area of the slope at which a snow plow is likely to encounter the speed bump such that the snow plow is lifted smoothly over the speed bump.

6104298, Aug 15, 2000

Oct 15, 1999

9/418492

Stephen Nathaniel Flanders - Norwich VT

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC

G08B 2100

340602

A roof moisture detection assembly includes an imaging system for obtaining thermal and visible images of a roof surface, an imaging system support ructure for mounting the imaging system in a position elevated relative to the roof surface, a reference target mounted on the roof surface, and an image-processing system adapted to compare current thermal and visible images of the roof surface with previous thermal and visible images of the roof surface and detect shapes and areas of anomalous features, and to compare the current thermal and visible images with each other and detect shapes and areas of anomalous features.