Patents by Inventor Richard Woidich

Richard Woidich 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).

  • Patent number: 5123370
    Abstract: A blowout system for ejection and discharge tubes of submarines is provided which permits an ejection of weapons from a torpedo tube, said weapons not having an own propulsion, and which prevents the intrusion of water after the blowout operation is terminated. The system is subsequently installable as a compact unit and has an outlet opening which is closed by a check valve. The outlet opening is continued by a buffer tube, a blowout valve arranged between a compressed-gas container and said buffer tube being provided for supplying said compressed gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignee: Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werfe AG
    Inventors: Richard Woidich, Josef Schmitt, Peter Hartz
  • Patent number: 4854260
    Abstract: The invention relates to a configuration in which bodies, such as, torpedoes, to be delivered, can be held in an additional container inside a torpedo tube in a submarine. This container is in the manner of an interior tube. The annular space, between the torpedo and its tube thereby formed, is used to hold damping elements, which are located individually or over the entire structure of the torpedo, and the annular space is kept free of water by means of appropriate sealing elements. There is another damping element in the rear portion of the container in the torpedo tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1989
    Assignee: Krupp MaK Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Woidich, Werner Toobe