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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7353740 | Rapid adjust muzzle system A gun barrel adaptor includes a body having a central bore therethrough and including a flange, the flange having a hole therethrough, the body having a lower side on one side of the flange and an upper side on another side of the flange; a flat spring attached to a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7340986 | Apparatus comprising a release system for canistered munitions The illustrative embodiment of the present invention is a munitions launch system. The launch system comprises a canister and a cold launch system. In the illustrative embodiment, the cold launch system comprises a sled and a release system. In the illustrative embo... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7293492 | Multiple projectile launcher In a multiple projectile launcher system, cartridges are securely held within a cassette that can be loaded into a locking and priming mechanism in a base of a multiple projectile launcher. Once the cassette is loaded into the locking and priming mechanism, the cart... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7234399 | Deployable bullets having high voltage electrodes A method for non-lethal crowd and personal protection. The method includes: firing non-lethal bullets towards a person; and deploying portions on the non-lethal bullets prior to impacting the person to decrease its impact pressure on the person. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231875 | Deployable bullets having a tranquilizer A method for non-lethal crowd and personal protection. The method includes: firing non-lethal bullets towards a person; and deploying portions on the non-lethal bullets prior to impacting the person to decrease its impact pressure on the person. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7207254 | Launching of missiles A missile launcher comprising a canister for housing a missile and piston based launcher, the piston being arrested in the tube after launch of the missile. ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 6868769 | Containerized rocket assisted payload (RAP) launch system A rocket assisted payload launch system includes a heavy gauge metal shipping container that houses an array of containerized concentric launch tubes, or canisters. Spacers on each containerized concentric launch tube contact the adjacent tubes and retain the center... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6679154 | Passive dynamically disconnecting arm The passive dynamically disconnecting arm features an arm having two ends wherein attached to the first end is a housing having both a plunger and an electrical connector providing positive engagement force during shock or vibration. The second end of the... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6405653 | Supercavitating underwater projectile A supercavitating underwater projectile adapted to be fired from a gun or the like, comprising a front end or nose portion and a rear end portion. An auxiliary rocket motor is disposed within the rear end portion of the projectile for providing additional... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6352030 | Gas generating eject motor A gas generating eject motor includes a case containing an ignitable low temperature gas generant material that does not produce toxic gases upon the combustion thereof. The gas generant material is generally contained with a screen enclosure housed withi... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6152011 | System for controlling and independently firing multiple missiles of different types A launch system for plural missiles of different types includes plural launch locations, each adapted for receiving a canisterized missile having a standardized connector, which is coded to indicate the missile type contained within the canister. The syst... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5239909 | Missile weapon system A missile is housed in a launcher from which it is launched by efflux gases from a thrust motor of the missile. A closure device is secured by retaining screws in a position in which it closes off the rear end of the missile and embodies a thrust generati... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5056407 | Rocket retainer in a launching device By the installation of elastic elements between a rocket and a retaining sleeve (or, respectively, a retaining sleeve and a launching device, or within a launching device), peak loads are reduced and breakage of a connecting member or, respectively, of th... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4716808 | Mechanical launch sequencer for a missile Apparatus for sequencing the release of a missile from its launch apparatus, the unlocking of the missile's warhead fuze pre-launch safety lock, and the ignition of the missile's rocket motor. A cylindrical block having a radial passageway is situated bet... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4584925 | Underwater rocket launcher and rocket propelled missile Our invention comprises a launcher which takes the form of a holster carried firearm and a rocket propelled missile slidably mounted within the launcher. Features of our invention include electrical ignition of the rocket propelled missile, waterproof ele... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4416183 | Rocket retention and ignition system A rocket retention and ignition system including in one embodiment, a linearly movable rocket retaining and firing pin biased by a spring to an extended position within the launch cavity of a rocket launcher tube. An electrically actuable solenoid, upon t... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4358983 | Blast enabled missile detent/release mechanism A missile or rocket detent and positive release mechanism, actuated by the rocket's thrustor, is mounted on the outside of a rocket launcher tube. A notched-end (52) of a spring-loaded lever (50) extends into the launch tube for positively locking a rocke... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4304170 | Locking assembly for a rocket and launch tube A pair of locking members to releasably lock a rocket in a launch tube. Each locking member has a forward end engaging the rocket and a rear end engaging the tube. A retaining strut engages the two rear ends of the locking members to hold the locking memb... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4271748 | Shorting and radiation protection device for rocket The invention disclosed is a safety device for preventing premature firing of a rocket due to radiation directed at the aft-end of the rocket. The safety device which is attached to the aft-end of a rocket comprises an electrical contact ring which is ele... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4038902 | Artillery weapon A hand-held artillery weapon for aiming a rocket projectile at a desired target by striking the target with rocket darts including a projectile barrel for launching the rocket projectile, a dart barrel mounted on the projectile barrel with the axis of the... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4007660 | Rocket retention and ignition assembly A rocket retention assembly for use with a rocket launcher and rockets provided with outwardly extending shear rings at their rear ends. Each rocket is provided with a conducting ring extending about the periphery of its rear end. The assembly includes a ... | 02/15/1977 |
| 3988961 | Integrated rocket shipping container and launcher A combined rocket container launcher utilizes a housing which is capable of ithstanding normal shipping forces and which can be easily installed on a carrier weapon without undergoing an unpack-load launcher procedure. The integrated container-launcher per... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3958490 | Self-cocking rocket launcher detent A prior art rocket detent mechanism is provided with a lever operated cable ull attached to the rotatable detent such that the rocket tube may be reloaded and the detent reset without the necessity of reaching into the launcher tube with special tools. The... | 05/25/1976 |
