Patents by Inventor Harry O. Lutz

Harry O. Lutz 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).

  • Explosive switch
    Patent number: 4417519
    Abstract: An extremely fast operating, explosive operated, switch wherein a torus supports and insulates the facing ends of flat wires of the open circuit to be closed. An explosive input is applied to a conducting piston swage member which normally is insulated from the flat wires by the torus. This moves the swage portion of the member into the torus which forces it off of the ends of the wire. The swage portion then closes the circuit by jamming the frustro-conical swage surface thereof into both flat wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1983
    Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
    Inventor: Harry O. Lutz