Patents by Inventor Franz R. Thomanek

Franz R. Thomanek 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).

  • Warhead for antitank missiles featuring a shaped charge
    Patent number: 4374495
    Abstract: An improved warhead of the type having at least one shaped charge is formed by the shaped charge or charges being positioned within the warhead so that the longitudinal axis of the charge forms an angle of 15 to 50 degrees with respect to the axis of the warhead in its stabilized in-flight attitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1983
    Inventor: Franz R. Thomanek
  • Warhead and anti-tank missile construction
    Patent number: 4175491
    Abstract: A warhead for an anti-tank projectile or a rocket propelled missile inclu a warhead body with a casing having a plurality of concave shaped-charge type liners arranged around the periphery and surrounding the interior explosive charge and in a plurality of planes extending along the axis of the warhead.The explosive charge forms a portion of the body of a rocket propelled missile which includes a nose having a telescopic rod which is extendable from the tip and which is actuated upon impact at the target zone to initiate explosion of the explosive charge when at least one of the charge liners is at a height which corresponds to the maximum height of the target, for example, a tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1979
    Assignee: Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventor: Franz R. Thomanek