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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5079987 | Liquid propellant gun This invention provides a gun having a combustion chamber (combustor) which is filled with a charge of monopropellant or bi-propellant to less than full volume, (e.g. 30 to 90%) prior to ignition thereof, which is ignited with a tangential flow of ignitio... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5063826 | Armament system An armament system provides a launch tube filled with a mixture of gaseous propellant and a projectile possessing an external surface configuration which is effective to initiate a ram jet effect between the external surface of said projectile and the inn... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5016517 | Liquid propellant gun This invention provides a gun having a combustion chamber (combustor) which is filled with a charge of monopropellant or bi-propellant to less than full volume. (e.g. 30 to 90%) prior to ignition thereof. which is ignited with a tangential flow of ignitio... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4993309 | Liquid propellant weapon system This invention provides a liquid propellant round of ammunition having a traveling charge which is ignited after both such charge and the projectile have received an initial forward acceleration.... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4972777 | Ammunition for liquid propellant gun A round of ammunition is provided including a stub cartridge case carrying a primer, a booster, and a projectile having a plurality of longitudinally extending grooves in its base which are obturated by the case.... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4967638 | Liquid propellant weapon system A feature of this invention is the provision of an ignition mechanism for a main combustion chamber including an ignition antechamber having a first cross-sectional area, an electrode, and an inlet port for liquid propellant; a conduit having a length ove... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4945809 | Liquid propellant gun This invention provides an annular piston, annular control valve, liquid propellant gun system, having a dual angle injection mechanism to provide both bore and chamber gas requirements with a single injection control valve. The dual angle feature assures... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4941390 | Liquid propellant gun A feature of this invention is the provision in an annular piston, annular control valve, liquid propellant gun, of a check valve to permit liquid propellant under relatively low pressure to flow from the supply system into the combustion chamber and to p... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4934242 | Liquid propellant gun for projectiles of different masses and velocities A gun is provided having a housing, a main gun barrel, a combustion chamber, a liquid propellant pumping chamber, and valve means for providing a variable orifice injection port intercoupling said pumping and combustion chambers which includes means for c... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4932327 | Liquid propellant gun This invention provides an annular piston, annular control valve, liquid propellant gun system, having a dual angle injection mechanism to provide both bore and chamber gas requirements with a single injection control valve. The dual angle feature assures... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4930423 | Liquid propellant weapon system This invention provides a liquid propellant round of ammunition having a traveling charge which is ignited after both such charge and the projectile have received an initial forward acceleration.... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4928571 | Liquid propellant gun A liquid propellant gun system has an annular differential piston journaled for telescopic movement with respect to an annular control valve and to the chamber of the firing bore; uses the piston, the valve and the projectile as valve means for controllin... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4924752 | Drive system for a Gatling type gun A gun system is provided which includes a Gatling type gun having a housing with a ring gear, a rotor with a cluster of gun barrels, a gun gas drive mechanism with a cylinder, a piston, and a crank with a pinion meshed with the ring gear.... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4924753 | Self powered drive system for a Gatling type gun A gun system is provided which includes a Gatling type gun; a barrel cluster having a torque assist device and coupled to a hydraulic starting subsystem to provide initial acceleration, rotational velocity control, braking and reverse clearing of the gun;... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4907511 | Liquid propellant gun A feature of this invention is the provision in an annular piston, annular control valve, liquid propellant gun, of a check valve to permit liquid propellant under relatively low pressure to flow from the supply system into the combustion chamber and to p... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4881466 | High velocity sabot for spin stabilized penetrator An assembly of a sabot is provided having a plurality of slots to divide the sabot into a like plurality of petals, each slot terminating in notch, and a base having a like plurality of lugs, each lug adapted to mate with a respective notch. The torque tr... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4852458 | Liquid propellant weapon system This invention provides the provision of a liquid propellant gun system having a traveling charge which is ignited after both such charge and the projectile have been accelerated forwardly.... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4852459 | Liquid propellant weapon system This invention provides the provision of a liquid propellant gun system having a traveling charge which is ignited after both such charge and the projectile have been accelerated forwardly by a regenerative piston device.... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4827586 | Method of making a seal A decompression seal mechanism has a body containing a series of cavities formed by alternate grooves and lands and formed of a porous structure deposited by a plasma spray, and means for supplying said porous structure with a positive flow of liquid lubr... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4747318 | Drive for a machine gun This invention provides the provision of a motor, whose output shaft is fixed to a pinion gear, meshed with two mutually opposed driven pinion gears, each carrying a respective cam roller, which alternatively enter and exit a cam surface on a cam follower... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4745841 | Liquid propellant gun This invention provides a liquid propellant gun embodying a first species of this invention wherein the inner differential area piston is controlled by a variable damping mechanism, and both pistons have respective cross-sectional areas coupled to the pum... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4726278 | Drive for a machine gun This invention provides the provision of a motor, whose output shaft is fixed to a pinion gear, meshed with two mutually opposed driven pinion gears, each carrying a respective cam roller, which alternatively enter and exit a cam surface on a cam follower... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4715260 | Seal A decompression seal mechanism has a body containing a series of cavities formed by alternate grooves and lands and formed of a porous structure deposited by a plasma spray, and means for supplying said porous structure with a positive flow of liquid lubr... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4711153 | Seal This invention provides a seal mechanism between two mating surfaces by means of a progressively, but not necessarily uniformly, decreasing clearance gap between said two surfaces for the flow of leakage of liquid and which gap may change as a function of... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4700608 | Machine gun This invention provides the provision of a machine gun having a pair of gun barrels fixed to the receiver with a pair of operating mechanism driven by a rocking lever and each operating mechanism including a reciprocating slider which drives a reciprocati... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4693165 | Liquid propellant gun This invention provides a liquid propellant gun embodying a first species of this invention wherein the inner differential area piston is controlled by a variable damping mechanism, and both pistons have respective cross-sectional areas coupled to the pum... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4692644 | Fluid cooled acyclic generator rotor having a copper conductor diffusion bonded to a magnetic steel core An internally cooled rotor for an acyclic generator has a ferromagnetic steel core to which is diffusion bonded a cylindrical copper conductor in which is embedded a multiplicity of cooling tubes communicating with coolant passages formed in the core. The... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4682515 | Gear train for four range hydromechanical steering transmission An additional range device for an infinitely variable split output synchronously shifting hydromechanical steering transmission having integral steering and multiple forward ranges wherein the additional range device provides an additional different input... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4662263 | Ammunition feed system interface An interface structure between a recoiling gun and a stationary ammunition supply having a plurality of elongated, individually rigid, guide elements, for providing continuous guide surfaces for the individual elements which are connected to form the endl... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4635529 | Seal assembly This invention provides an enclosure for a naval gun turret having static seals around the access covers and dynamic seals around the gun barrel slot closure, which seals capture and drain off to a sump any leakage within the interfaces or joints of the m... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4603615 | Liquid propellant weapon system This invention has the provision of a liquid propellant gun having an annular piston whose head is formed of nested rings to provide a relatively high rate of flow from the aft face of the head to the forward face of the head.... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4586422 | In-line annular piston fixed bolt regenerative variable charge liquid propellant gun with variable hydraulic control of piston A regenerative liquid propellant gun structure in which the differential area piston is annular, has an open peripheral cylindrical skirt extending away from the combustion chamber to define a propellant reservoir, and has an aperture in the piston head p... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4574931 | Minimum purge volume hydraulic clutch actuator An improved disk clutch structure in which a hydraulic piston provides the force to cause frictional contact between clutch plates. The invention resides in the use of a drain conduit and pressure responsive drain valve in combination with a vent conduit ... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4574682 | Torque assist device for a multi-barrel weapon There is provided for a Gatling type gun, a muzzle brake torque assist device having a plurality of radial flow turbines, each centered on a respective gun barrel of the gun, each turbine for providing a respective pure torque centered on the respective b... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4567829 | Shaped charge projectile system This invention provides a subcaliber projectile which is launched from a full bore projectile having a shaped charge warhead prior to impact with the target. The subcaliber projectile is tethered to the full bore projectile by means of a fine electrical c... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4566580 | Ammunition reorienting process An ammunition sorting system where rounds are fed randomly in either a first or a second orientation includes a process for orientating all of the rounds into the second orientation.... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4528671 | Multiple host face-pumped laser A total internal reflection, face pumped laser is provided, in a single head, with two (or more) generally parallel, spaced apart hosts for providing a higher average power output than the typical single host FPL. A pair of flash lamps, one each adjacent ... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4523508 | In-line annular piston fixed bolt regenerative liquid propellant gun A regenerative liquid propellant gun structure in which the differential area piston is annular, having a peripheral cylindrical skirt extending away from the combustion chamber to define a propellant reservoir, and has an aperture permitting overrunning ... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523507 | In-line annular piston fixed bolt regenerative liquid propellant gun A regenerative liquid propellant gun structure in which the differential area piston is annular, having a peripheral cylindrical skirt extending away from the combustion chamber to define a propellant reservoir, and has an aperture permitting overrunning ... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4494439 | Firing mechanism for high rate of fire revolving battery gun This invention provides a Gatling type gun having a housing; a rotor journaled for rotation with respect to said housing; said rotor having a plurality of gun bolts disposed in an annular row with respective firing pin assemblies which do not include a fi... | 01/22/1985 |
