Patents by Inventor Henry W. Turner

Henry W. Turner 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).

  • Panel breaking apparatus
    Patent number: 4405104
    Abstract: Panel breaking apparatus for breaking a panel such as a military aircraft cockpit canopy ahead of an ejector seat and wherein at least one conductor formed of aluminum sheathed in palladium is embedded in the panel. The conductor is part of an electrical circuit which comprises initiation switch means, a power reservoir and a source of high electrical energy and is operative upon closure of the switch to explode and break the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1983
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventors: David H. Charman, Clara Turner, Henry W. Turner
  • Panel breaking systems
    Patent number: 4275858
    Abstract: A Panel Breaking Apparatus comprising at least one fusible conductor having at least one region of increased fusibility and embedded in intimate contact with the panel material and connected to a source of electrical power operable to produce a high-energy pulse of current sufficient to fuse the conductor and thus to break the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1981
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventors: Colin B. Bolton, Harry D. Rylands, Clara Turner, Henry W. Turner