Patents Represented by Attorney Sol Shienbein
  • Patent number: 5035180
    Abstract: An ordnance venting system is provided to reduce the danger of explosion in rdnance items exposed to fires and includes an ordance item having a number of holes in the ordnance casing, each hole covered by a metallic patch having a different differential expansion in relation to the casing to provide shearing forces when subjected to high temperatures, and a means of attaching the patches to the casing over the holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Nick L. Purcell, Joseph A. Schmidt, John A. O'Malley