Patents by Inventor Richard E. Dodd

Richard E. Dodd 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).

  • Quick release gun mount assembly
    Patent number: 4967640
    Abstract: Gun mounting apparatus is provided which includes a pivotable shoe for slidably engaging a mating bracket on a gun in order to support a substantial amount of the gun weight to facilitate movement of the gun and engagement of coaxial fittings along with quick release means for both engaging the coaxial gun fittings and enabling gun rotation in elevation thereabout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1990
    Assignee: North American Dynamics
    Inventor: Richard E. Dodd
  • Loading apparatus for ammunition
    Patent number: 4941393
    Abstract: An ammunition transport system employing a container wherein an endless wire rope ladder chain is mounted to move in serpentine fashion, the ladder chain including transport tubes disposed as the ladder "steps," which serve to move ammunition through the container. The ladder chain includes successive ladder segments joined together by mounting respective swaged end fittings in special connector tubes. The transport tubes snap onto steel balls disposed along the ladder, while the connector tubes are positively retained by pop-on retainers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Assignee: North American Dynamics
    Inventors: Richard E. Dodd, William C. Baldwin
  • Quick release gun mount assembly
    Patent number: 4926743
    Abstract: Gun mounting apparatus is provided which includes a pivotable shoe for slidably engaging a mating bracket on a gun in order to support a substantial amount of the gun weight to facilitate movement of the gun and engagement of coaxial fittings along with quick release means for both engaging the coaxial gun fittings and enabling gun rotation in elevation thereabout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1990
    Assignee: North American Dynamics
    Inventor: Richard E. Dodd