Patents by Inventor George L. Walker, Jr.

George L. Walker, Jr. 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).

  • Ammunition handling system
    Patent number: 4401008
    Abstract: A feature of this invention is the provision of a train of rounds carriers, adapted to come from a stationary supply, each carrier coupled to the next adjacent carrier by pivot means capable of unrestricted rotation, and each carrier carrying a respective round of ammunition; and a rounds orientation means, adapted to rotate in train as a function of the rotation in train of a gun and to intercept and orient each assembly of carrier and respective round, by rotation of its respective pivot means, to an orientation in train which is determined by the orientation in train of the gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1983
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: George L. Walker, Jr.