Patents by Inventor Carlos Cardoen

Carlos Cardoen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4744301
    Abstract: The design of low cost, safe to use cluster bombs is a prime military objective of aircraft weaponization. Present barriers to cost and safety result from the needed complex dispersion system of the submunition cargo. Spin-up, propulsion of the submunitions, projection of the submunitions and cutting of the walls of the bomb require usually explosives or propellants and always involve complex designs, which are costly to fabricate. The present invention overcomes the deficiencies of the prior art by providing for a novel, simple and inert ejection and adequate dispersion system of the submunition cargo, of multi-purpose, anti-tank, anti-personnel, incendiary bomblets wherein the bomblets are dispersed through the nose end and the aerodynamic forces of the air impinging on the high speed bomblets cause these to fan out and provide for an area coverage which is equivalent to that obtained by the prior more complex and costly dispersal systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1988
    Assignee: Industrias Cardoen Limitada (A Limited Liability Partnership)
    Inventor: Carlos Cardoen