Patents by Inventor Richard E. Miller, Jr.

Richard E. Miller, Jr. 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).

  • Portable launcher
    Patent number: 6079310
    Abstract: A launcher is disclosed having means for directing and concentrically spreading, as well as dispersing, exhaust gases created by an internal combustion of an object, such as a missile, that is operatively launchable therefrom. The concentric duct provides the directing, spreading and dispersing means and cooperates with a cup having means to arrange a port in operative relationship with an exhaust outlet of the object being launched. The cup which mates with the concentric duct has one of its ends open to the ambient so that the exhaust gases are lead into and out of the concentric duct so as to be concentrically dispersed into the atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jon J. Yagla, Richard E. Miller, Jr., Robert W. Lowery, John W. Powers
  • Portable launcher
    Patent number: 5837919
    Abstract: A launcher is disclosed having means for directing and concentrically spreading, as well as dispersing, exhaust gases created by an internal combustion of an object, such as a missile, that is operatively launchable therefrom. The concentric duct provides the directing, spreading and dispersing means and cooperates with a cup having means to arrange a port in operative relationship with an exhaust outlet of the object being launched. The cup which mates with the concentric duct has one of its ends open to the ambient so that the exhaust gases are lead into and out of the concentric duct so as to be concentrically dispersed into the atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jon J. Yagla, Richard E. Miller, Jr., Robert W. Lowery, John W. Powers