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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347906 | Variable output and dial-a-yield explosive charges The invention, as embodied herein, comprises a variable yield warhead comprising an inner core of cylindrically-shaped, explosive material surrounded by an outer annulus of a different explosive material. The inner core explosive material has a heat of combustion co... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7314006 | Nonlethal canister tank round A nonlethal canister tank round comprising a cartridge having a combustible case and containing propellant; a canister projectile attached to the cartridge, the canister projectile being generally cylindrical, comprising high density polyurethane foam and including ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7127995 | Device for adapting a unit of ammunition for different types of targets and situations An ammunition unit (1) designed to he adaptable to different types of targets (2,2′) or situations. The said ammunition unit comprises cylindrical warhead charges (4, 5) that confine or form explosive compositions (23), on or around the... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7066093 | Modular warhead for units of ammunition such as missiles A warhead device comprising explosive charges and effect elements or effect agents for incorporation in a missile. The warhead device consists of a number of modules or modular charges (1a–1f) arranged to be actuatable between two or mo... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6966265 | Unit of ammunition with one or more warhead casings An ammunition device (4) comprising one or more warhead effect jackets (17), each jacket containing warhead effect elements (18). The ammunition device also incorporates one or more explosive compositions arranged inside each warhead effect jack... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6962113 | Segmented-rod warhead The present invention comprises a warhead designed to provide a number of spiraling tendrils composed of segmented rods that move in an increasing radial arc in order to defeat a target. The warhead comprises a substantially cylindrical explosive charge having a plu... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6931994 | Tandem warhead A tandem warhead for destroying a target, the tandem warhead including a kinetic energy rod section with a plurality of lengthy individual projectiles, a blast fragmentation section deployable proximate the target, and a guidance subsystem for deploying the projecti... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6910421 | General purpose bombs A general purpose bomb having a shaped charge penetrator warhead mounted in the front of the bomb and facing forward, in which the caliber of the warhead is at least 90% of the caliber of the general purpose bomb. ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6895864 | Subcalibre kinetic energy projectile The present invention relates to a segmented subcaliber projectile (1) subdivisible into a number of separate segments contiguous with each other at least initially to form an integral projectile of united segments or submunitions (5). The advantage wi... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6374744 | Shrouded bomb A shrouded bomb is provided having components which are substantially free of weld lines and rivets. The shroud assembly includes a nose cone having a forward end and a rear end, a central tube having a forward end contiguous with the rear end of the nose... | 04/23/2002 |
| 5691502 | Low velocity radial deployment with predeterminded pattern A plurality of objects is deployed in generally radial directions at low velocities in order to achieve a predetermined pattern of the deployed objects. The device has a metal inner wall member (20, 120) having a plurality of annular cylindrical segments ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5668346 | Submunition For attacking semi-hard target objects (21) even in a semi-covered position (for the avoidance of the munition-technical expenditure on the intelligent search-fuse submunition with P-charge against hard targets), there is provided a scatter munition whose... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5535679 | Low velocity radial deployment with predetermined pattern A plurality of objects is deployed in generally radial directions at a low velocity in order to achieve a predetermined pattern of the deployed objects. The device has an inner wall member (20), an annular body (43) of low velocity explosive, at least a f... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5337673 | Controlled fragmentation warhead case An improved method of producing a controlled fragmentation warhead case by mbedding an expanded metal liner on the interior surface of a casing for a warhead or other ordnance device. The process of embedding an expanded metal liner into the casing during ... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5095821 | Fragmentation casing and method of making The fragmentation casing has a one-piece hollow body (1) that incorporates nominal break points; this hollow body (1) is divided at least in one section (4) by at least one separating cut (5) that forms a separating gap. The separating cut is so made that... | 03/17/1992 |
| 4516501 | Ammunition construction with selection means for controlling fragmentation size Ammunition, such as a warhead with an explosive charge comprises a casing which is provided with a material construction of a nature providing at least controlled formation of fragments of a certain preferred mass, coverings for formation of explosion for... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4458596 | Multi-purpose bomblet A multi-purpose bomblet is designed for accomplishing various military mions. A standoff spike and shaped charged are provided for piercing heavy armor and a fragmentation case surrounds the shaped charge. Upon detonation of the shaped charge, the fragme... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4398467 | Explosive fragmentation devices with coiled wire progressively varied An explosive fragmentation device such as a grenade or a mortar bomb has a casing formed from flat sided notched wire formed into a coil. Instead of coiling the wire so that sides of the coiled wire which are adjacent after coiling lie normal to the longi... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4210082 | Sub projectile or flechette launch system An explosive flechette launching system which includes a central core expive driver having stacked coaxially thereabout a plurality of disc plates which have layered and sandwiched therebetween for radial launching a multiplicity of flechettes. In one em... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4072107 | Missile control means The application discloses a sub-missile which breaks up into fragments less han one grain in size and thereby has a lethal effect on personnel. The sub-missiles can be utilized in large missiles and rockets as a warhead by means of a canister so designed t... | 02/07/1978 |
