Patents by Inventor Herbert P. Weisshaupt

Herbert P. Weisshaupt 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
    Patent number: 5090324
    Abstract: A warhead (10') which includes a shaped or projectile forming charge in the form of a liner (14) of a multi-phase metallic material or a metal-metal laminate. To prevent the liner (14) from being destroyed by the incoming shock wave and make impossible the formation of a projectile, that is, a shaped charge jet, a layer (15) is arranged, in front of the liner (14) on the side of the explosive, with the layer (15) causing the shock wave front to be flattened and damped and having an acoustic impedance which is lower than that of the liner (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1992
    Assignee: Rheinmetall GmbH
    Inventors: Jurgen Bocker, Wilfried Scheideler, Hendrik R. Lips, Hans Orth, Herbert P. Weisshaupt
  • Warhead with casing and liner forming an integral unit
    Patent number: 4976203
    Abstract: A warhead including a body surrounding an explosive and a projectile forming liner connected to the end of the body. In order to prevent undefined chipping effects along the edge of the liner during detonative reshaping of the liner, the liner and at least the part of the body immediately adjacent the liner form an integral unit made of the same material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: Rheinmetall GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert P. Weisshaupt, Hans Orth, Hendrik R. Lips, Wilfried Scheideler