Patents by Inventor David Michael Lunking

David Michael Lunking 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).

  • Structural Component that Will Fragment into Particles of Selected Geometry and Reactivity
    Publication number: 20170023341
    Abstract: An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a method for creating and consolidating fragments and a useable structure formed from said consolidated fragments. The method includes swaging a metal powder into a first consolidated structure. The consolidated structure is ground to form particles and the particles are sifted to select those with a predetermined diameter. The particles having the predetermined diameter can then be swaged into a second consolidated structure. The resultant second consolidated structure is therefore configured to fragment controllably. The second consolidated structure can also be formed from reactive metal laminates such that the structure also has chemical energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: David Michael Lunking, Timothy P. Weihs
  • Structural component that will fragment into particles of selected geometry and reactivity
    Patent number: 9410780
    Abstract: An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a method for creating and consolidating fragments and a useable structure formed from said consolidated fragments. The method includes swaging a metal powder into a first consolidated structure. The consolidated structure is ground to form particles and the particles are sifted to select those with a predetermined diameter. The particles having the predetermined diameter can then be swaged into a second consolidated structure. The resultant second consolidated structure is therefore configured to fragment controllably. The second consolidated structure can also be formed from reactive metal laminates such that the structure also has chemical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: David Michael Lunking, Timothy P. Weihs
  • Structural Component that Will Fragment into Particles of Selected Geometry and Reactivity
    Publication number: 20140286818
    Abstract: An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a method for creating and consolidating fragments and a useable structure formed from said consolidated fragments. The method includes swaging a metal powder into a first consolidated structure. The consolidated structure is ground to form particles and the particles are sifted to select those with a predetermined diameter. The particles having the predetermined diameter can then be swaged into a second consolidated structure. The resultant second consolidated structure is therefore configured to fragment controllably. The second consolidated structure can also be formed from reactive metal laminates such that the structure also has chemical energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: David Michael Lunking, Timothy P. Weihs