Patents by Inventor Nathaniel J. Ward

Nathaniel J. Ward 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).

  • Weapon mount
    Patent number: 8448561
    Abstract: A mount system including a tray mountable to a port and a table translatable with respect to the tray. A mounting station is positioned on the table. There is a telescoping support for the tray. A drive mechanism translates the table to alternately conceal the mounting station within the port and to deploy the mounting station through the port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Alf L. Carroll, III, Donald L. Chaloupka, Katherine E. Hoffman, Nathaniel J. Ward
  • Tile grid substructure for pultruded ballistic screens
    Patent number: 8424442
    Abstract: An armor component includes a plurality of tiles disposed on a rigid support. At least one spacer is disposed between the adjacent edges of the tiles to establish a minimum gap between the adjacent edges. The gap is filled with a gap filling material, which optionally includes a reinforcement additive. The spacers can be in the form of a spacer tray having a plurality of spacer segments and a plurality of tile cut-outs, with the tile cut-outs separated from adjacent tile cut-outs by a spacer segment, and tiles disposed one to each tile cut-out in the spacer tray. The armor component is in some embodiments placed between two fabric layers and fed into a pultruder, where it is impregnated with resin and heated to cure the resin to form a laminate armor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Nathaniel J. Ward, Lucine Kabakian Reinbold, Ernest C. Faccini, Alf L. Carroll, III
  • TILE GRID SUBSTRUCTURE FOR PULTRUDED BALLISTIC SCREENS
    Publication number: 20120186426
    Abstract: An armor component includes a plurality of tiles disposed on a rigid support. At least one spacer is disposed between the adjacent edges of the tiles to establish a minimum gap between the adjacent edges. The gap is filled with a gap filling material, which optionally includes a reinforcement additive. The spacers can be in the form of a spacer tray having a plurality of spacer segments and a plurality of tile cut-outs, with the tile cut-outs separated from adjacent tile cut-outs by a spacer segment, and tiles disposed one to each tile cut-out in the spacer tray. The armor component is in some embodiments placed between two fabric layers and fed into a pultruder, where it is impregnated with resin and heated to cure the resin to form a laminate armor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Nathaniel J. Ward, Lucine Kabakian Reinbold, Ernest C. Faccini, Alf L. Carroll, III
  • Weapon mount
    Publication number: 20080202326
    Abstract: A mount system including a tray mountable to a port and a table translatable with respect to the tray. A mounting station is positioned on the table. There is a telescoping support for the tray. A drive mechanism translates the table to alternately conceal the mounting station within the port and to deploy the mounting station through the port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Alf L. Carroll, Donald L. Chaloupka, Katherine E. Hoffman, Nathaniel J. Ward