Patents by Inventor William P. D'Amico, Jr.

William P. D'Amico, 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).

  • Patent number: 3995550
    Abstract: A highly permeable medium, such as an industrial foam, is utilized within e liquid payload cavity of a spinning artillery projectile to prevent flight instabilities produced by resonant oscillations of the liquid payload prior to the time it attains the spin velocity of the projectile. The highly permeable medium is preferably positioned near an end wall of the substantially cylindrical shell casing and physically acts to create highly viscous forces for causing the liquid in contact therewith to spin up to the projectile's velocity with a speed heretofore unrealized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: William P. D'Amico, Jr.