Patents by Inventor Arleigh E. McCree

Arleigh E. McCree 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).

  • Disintegrating tamper mass
    Patent number: 4628819
    Abstract: A tamper mass including particulate material held together by a binder in a elf-contained supporting shape surrounding a concavity in a forward face containing an explosive, whereby upon detonation of the explosive, the tamper material provides initial and temporary confinement of detonation products to directing forces forward. After shock loading, the tamper material disintegrates into very fine particles, which individually contain very little energy in dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Joseph E. Backofen, Jr., James A. Petrousky, Donald J. Butz, David W. Holmes, Ernest C. Faccini, Arleigh E. McCree