Patents by Inventor Robert L. Geisler
Robert L. Geisler 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).
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Publication number: 20190257381Abstract: A damper assembly has a load management system comprising a jounce bumper, a striker cap conformably coupled to an end of the damper tube and a jounce bumper restraint attached to the striker cap and comprising an annulus that extends axially away from the striker cap and towards the jounce bumper, to define a jounce bumper rate cup therein. The striker cap and the annulus axially and radially engage the jounce bumper during impact events.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2018Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Ravindra P. Patil, Robert L. Geisler
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Patent number: 9791249Abstract: A kinetic fireball incendiary munition is provided having an outer shell or bomb casing, one or more incendiary sub munitions therein, and an igniter therefore. Each of the submunitions includes an incendiary portion, at least one rocket motor that propels the submunition inside of a target volume, and an oxidizer for the incendiary portion and rocket motor. The submunitions liberate sufficient heat to produce elevated temperatures inside of a target structure to thermalize the contents thereof without creating a substantial overpressure or explosive effect.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Exquadrum, Inc.Inventors: Robert L Geisler, Kevin E Mahaffy
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Patent number: 9423224Abstract: A kinetic fireball incendiary munition is provided having an outer shell or bomb casing, one or more incendiary sub munitions therein, and an igniter therefore. Each of the submunitions includes an incendiary portion, at least one rocket motor that propels the submunition inside of a target volume, and an oxidizer for the incendiary portion and rocket motor. The submunitions liberate sufficient heat to produce elevated temperatures inside of a target structure to thermalize the contents thereof without creating a substantial overpressure or explosive effect.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2013Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: EXQUADRUM, INC.Inventors: Robert L Geisler, Kevin E Mahaffy
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Publication number: 20160054108Abstract: A kinetic fireball incendiary munition is provided having an outer shell or bomb casing, one or more incendiary sub munitions therein, and an igniter therefore. Each of the submunitions includes an incendiary portion, at least one rocket motor that propels the submunition inside of a target volume, and an oxidizer for the incendiary portion and rocket motor. The submunitions liberate sufficient heat to produce elevated temperatures inside of a target structure to thermalize the contents thereof without creating a substantial overpressure or explosive effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: Robert L. GEISLER, Kevin E. MAHAFFY
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Patent number: 9186948Abstract: Apparatus are provided for a jounce bumper system for use with a damper. The jounce bumper system includes a first mount and a jounce bumper having a first end coupled to the first mount and a second end. The jounce bumper system includes a flexible striker cap spaced apart from the second end of the jounce bumper in a first position. The flexible striker cap includes a first surface in contact with the second end in a second position and defines a cavity opposite the first surface. The jounce bumper system further includes an insert received within the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Ravindra P. Patil, Robert L. Geisler, Joseph A. Schudt, Daryl R. Poirier, Maolin Tsai
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Publication number: 20150241185Abstract: A kinetic fireball incendiary munition is provided having an outer shell or bomb casing, one or more incendiary sub munitions therein, and an igniter therefore. Each of the submunitions includes an incendiary portion, at least one rocket motor that propels the submunition inside of a target volume, and an oxidizer for the incendiary portion and rocket motor. The submunitions liberate sufficient heat to produce elevated temperatures inside of a target structure to thermalize the contents thereof without creating a substantial overpressure or explosive effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2013Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventors: Robert L. GEISLER, Kevin E. MAHAFFY
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Publication number: 20150158363Abstract: Apparatus are provided for a jounce bumper system for use with a damper. The jounce bumper system includes a first mount and a jounce bumper having a first end coupled to the first mount and a second end. The jounce bumper system includes a flexible striker cap spaced apart from the second end of the jounce bumper in a first position. The flexible striker cap includes a first surface in contact with the second end in a second position and defines a cavity opposite the first surface. The jounce bumper system further includes an insert received within the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2013Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: RAVINDRA P. PATIL, ROBERT L. GEISLER, JOSEPH A. SCHUDT, DARYL R. POIRIER, MAOLIN TSAI
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Patent number: 8931768Abstract: A mount assembly for a suspension damper is provided which includes a piston rod extending about an axis and a mount housing. A jounce bumper is axially positioned about the piston rod and has an end surface and a radially outer surface. The jounce bumper is formed of a first deformable material selectable for absorbing energy from an axial force applicable through the piston rod. A jounce bumper cup formed of a second deformable material selectable for absorbing additional energy fits onto the end surface of the jounce bumper. The jounce bumper cup has a wall portion extending sufficiently around the radially outer surface of the jounce bumper to retain it in position and a load mount portion extending to the mount housing and being configured to absorb the additional energy.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2012Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Robert L. Geisler, Ravindra P. Patil, Joseph A. Schudt, Daryl R. Poirier
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Patent number: 8733745Abstract: A vehicle suspension system including a shock upper mount assembly mounted to vehicle structure, a jounce bumper being made of an elastomeric material and including a vertically extending rod bore around a rod of a shock absorber, and a jounce rate cup. The jounce rate cup is made of an elastomeric material and includes a horizontally extending support flange having a lower surface mounted on the jounce bumper, a horizontally extending dust boot attachment flange spaced from the support flange and having an upper surface located below and adjacent to the shock upper mount assembly, and a vertical flange extending between the support flange and the dust boot attachment flange to define a gap between the support flange and the dust boot attachment flange, with the jounce rate cup including a vertically extending rod bore mounted around the rod.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2012Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Ravindra P Patil, Robert T. Jane, Michael A. Ray, Robert L. Geisler, Joseph A. Schudt
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Publication number: 20130328255Abstract: A mount assembly for a suspension damper is provided which includes a piston rod extending about an axis and a mount housing. A jounce bumper is axially positioned about the piston rod and has an end surface and a radially outer surface. The jounce bumper is formed of a first deformable material selectable for absorbing energy from an axial force applicable through the piston rod. A jounce bumper cup formed of a second deformable material selectable for absorbing additional energy fits onto the end surface of the jounce bumper. The jounce bumper cup has a wall portion extending sufficiently around the radially outer surface of the jounce bumper to retain it in position and a load mount portion extending to the mount housing and being configured to absorb the additional energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Robert L. Geisler, Ravindra P. Patil, Joseph A. Schudt, Daryl R. Poirier
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Publication number: 20130307204Abstract: A vehicle suspension system including a shock upper mount assembly mounted to vehicle structure, a jounce bumper being made of an elastomeric material and including a vertically extending rod bore around a rod of a shock absorber, and a jounce rate cup. The jounce rate cup is made of an elastomeric material and includes a horizontally extending support flange having a lower surface mounted on the jounce bumper, a horizontally extending dust boot attachment flange spaced from the support flange and having an upper surface located below and adjacent to the shock upper mount assembly, and a vertical flange extending between the support flange and the dust boot attachment flange to define a gap between the support flange and the dust boot attachment flange, with the jounce rate cup including a vertically extending rod bore mounted around the rod.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2012Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Ravindra P. Patil, Robert T. Jane, Michael A. Ray, Robert L. Geisler, Joseph A. Schudt
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Patent number: 8495959Abstract: A kinetic fireball incendiary munition is provided having an outer shell or bomb casing, one or more incendiary submunitions therein, and an igniter therefore. Each of the submunitions includes an incendiary portion, at least one rocket motor that propels the submunition inside of a target volume, and an oxidizer for the incendiary portion and rocket motor. The submunitions liberate sufficient heat to produce elevated temperatures inside of a target structure to thermalize the contents thereof without creating a substantial overpressure or explosive effect. The incendiary portion includes a solid propellant and, optionally, one or more energetic materials selected from the group consisting of phosphorous, boron, magnesium, aluminum, Fluorinertâ„¢-aluminum and BKNO3. The incendiary submunition may be in the shape of a ball or a circular disk with a rocket motor therein.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2010Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Exquadrum, Inc.Inventors: Robert L Geisler, Kevin E Mahaffy
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Patent number: 8123203Abstract: A jounce bumper assembly for a vehicular suspension system, the suspension system having a first member and a second member, is provided. The assembly comprises a mount coupled to the first member, wherein the mount has a cylindrical portion comprising a first cylindrical outer surface. The assembly also comprises a jounce bumper coupled to the second member, and a striker cap having a first end comprising a first cylindrical inner surface circumferentially coupled over the first cylindrical outer surface, and having a second end configured for resilient engagement with the jounce bumper.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Ravindra P. Patil, Joseph A. Schudt, Daryl R. Poirier, Robert L. Geisler
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Patent number: 8051640Abstract: A solid propellant thrust control system, method, and apparatus for controlling combustion of solid propellants in an opposing grains solid propellant rocket engine (OGRE) is provided. In particular, an opposing grains rocket engine and propulsion system is provided, in which actuator means connected are connected to solid propellant grains disposed in the pressure vessel of the engine. The actuator means are operable to selectively move the solid propellant grains together or apart relative to one another, such that the burning ends of the solid propellant grains decrease or increase relative to one another. This action controls the rate of combustion of the solid propellant grains by varying spacing distance between the burning ends of the solid propellant grains, and enables extinguishment and reignition of the OGRE. Further, a method is providing for controlling the burn rate of solid propellant grains undergoing combustion in an opposing grains rocket engine.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2008Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Inventors: Robert L Geisler, Kevin E Mahaffy
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Publication number: 20110011295Abstract: A kinetic fireball incendiary munition is provided having an outer shell or bomb casing, one or more incendiary submunitions therein, and an igniter therefore. Each of the submunitions includes an incendiary portion, at least one rocket motor that propels the submunition inside of a target volume, and an oxidizer for the incendiary portion and rocket motor. The submunitions liberate sufficient heat to produce elevated temperatures inside of a target structure to thermalize the contents thereof without creating a substantial overpressure or explosive effect. The incendiary portion includes a solid propellant and, optionally, one or more energetic materials selected from the group consisting of phosphorous, boron, magnesium, aluminum, Fluorinertâ„¢-aluminum and BKNO3. The incendiary submunition may be in the shape of a ball or a circular disk with a rocket motor therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2010Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: EXQUADRUM, INC.Inventors: Robert L. Geisler, Kevin E. Mahaffy
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Publication number: 20100230877Abstract: An impact bumper assembly for a vehicle is provided. The assembly comprises a first member, and a second member coupled to the first member and configured for relative motion therewith. The assembly also comprises a resilient bumper coupled to the first member and interposed between the first and second members, wherein the resilient bumper has an annular wall having a plurality of openings therethrough, and wherein the resilient bumper is configured to deform axially without substantial radial deformation when compressed between the first and second members.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2009Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: JOSEPH A. SCHUDT, DARYL R. POIRIER, RAVINDRA P. PATIL, ROBERT L. GEISLER
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Publication number: 20100213656Abstract: A jounce bumper assembly for a vehicular suspension system, the suspension system having a first member and a second member, is provided. The assembly comprises a mount coupled to the first member, wherein the mount has a cylindrical portion comprising a first cylindrical outer surface. The assembly also comprises a jounce bumper coupled to the second member, and a striker cap having a first end comprising a first cylindrical inner surface circumferentially coupled over the first cylindrical outer surface, and having a second end configured for resilient engagement with the jounce bumper.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2009Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: RAVINDRA P. PATIL, JOSEPH A. SCHUDT, DARYL R. POIRIER, ROBERT L. GEISLER
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Publication number: 20090320443Abstract: A solid propellant thrust control system, method, and apparatus for controlling combustion of solid propellants in an opposing grains solid propellant rocket engine (OGRE) is provided. In particular, an opposing grains rocket engine and propulsion system is provided, in which actuator means connected are connected to solid propellant grains disposed in the pressure vessel of the engine. The actuator means are operable to selectively move the solid propellant grains together or apart relative to one another, such that the burning ends of the solid propellant grains decrease or increase relative to one another. This action controls the rate of combustion of the solid propellant grains by varying spacing distance between the burning ends of the solid propellant grains, and enables extinguishment and reignition of the OGRE. Further, a method is providing for controlling the burn rate of solid propellant grains undergoing combustion in an opposing grains rocket engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2008Publication date: December 31, 2009Inventors: Robert L. Geisler, Kevin E. Mahaffy
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Patent number: 7278356Abstract: A kinetic fireball incendiary munition is provided having an outer shell or bomb casing, one or more incendiary submunitions therein, and an igniter therefore. Each of the submunitions includes an incendiary portion and at least one rocket motor that propels the submunition inside of a target volume. The submunitions liberate sufficient heat to produce elevated temperatures inside of a target structure, without creating a substantial overpressure or explosive effect. The incendiary portion includes a solid propellant and, optionally, one or more energetic materials selected from the group consisting of phosphorous, boron, magnesium, aluminum, Fluorinertâ„¢-aluminum and BKNO3. The incendiary submunition may be in the shape of a ball or a circular disk with a rocket motor therein.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2006Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Inventors: Robert L. Geisler, Kevin E. Mahaffy
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Patent number: 5274998Abstract: A system is provided for reducing the emissions of hydrochloric acid (HCl) from solid fuel rockets, especially during ground disposal. An aqueous solution (40, FIG. 2 ) of an alkali metal hydroxide is injected as a mist (50) into the rocket chamber (32) as the rocket fuel (30) is burned. The reaction of the alkali metal with hydrogen chloride (HCl) produces a salt and thereby minimizes the presence of hydrochloric acid in the rocket exhaust. An injected neutralizing material which reduces hydrochloric acid, but which produces less thrust than an equal weight of rocket fuel, can be injected into an operating rocket which carries a payload high above the earth, with the injected material being injected only while the rocket is at a lower altitude when hydrochloric acid is most undesirable. The injected material can be produced by a small auxiliary rocket device (82, FIG.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 1992Date of Patent: January 4, 1994Assignee: Wyle LaboratoriesInventor: Robert L. Geisler