Patents by Inventor Walter Simon

Walter Simon 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).

  • Use of a portion of a propellant charge as a seal
    Patent number: 4598644
    Abstract: A subcaliber projectile having a sabot formed by a plurality of segments is provided. The joined segments forming the sabot, present a gas pressure receiving surface 52 which is covered by a sealing foil 54 formed by a foil material made out of the propellant charge material to seal the joints formed on the gas pressure receiving surface. This foil material is firmly bonded to a portion 62 of the propellant charge proper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1986
    Assignee: Rheinmetall GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Romer, Walter Simon, Jurgen Boecker, Bernhard Bisping
  • Finned subcaliber projectile
    Patent number: 4524695
    Abstract: The technical area of the present invention relates to an anti-tank weapon comprising a finned projectile of the arrow type and a launching shoe.The projectile of the invention comprises a shoe 2 the rear portion of which has fins 10 provided with pins 11 which rest against the compression cone 7 of the tube of the weapon. These fins make it possible to obtain practically constant compressive pressure and assure a proper guidance of the projectile during the barrel phase.Application to the field of armaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1985
    Assignee: Etat Francais
    Inventors: Bernhard Bisping, Klaus Gersbach, Hans Luther, Walter Simon, Peter Wallow, Patrick Montier, Pierre A. Moreau, Jean C. Sauvestre
  • Climbing framework for erecting concrete forms in the manufacture of straight or curved reinforced concrete walls
    Patent number: 4249870
    Abstract: The invention provides a climbing framework for erecting concrete forms in the manufacture of straight or curved reinforced concrete walls, with anchoring members for removably anchoring the climbing framework to the wall, and with anchoring elements which as the wall is built, section by section, can be detached from one section and moved up for manufacture of the next-higher section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1981
    Assignee: Philipp Holzmann AG
    Inventors: Wilfried Krabbe, Walter Simon