Patents by Inventor Auguste Ritter

Auguste Ritter 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).

  • FIRING DEVICE FOR AN INITIATOR
    Publication number: 20120186478
    Abstract: An initiator firing device has a firing member adapted to generate heat for allowing the initiation of an energetic material arranged in the initiator. The device also has an electrical switch mounted in series with the firing member, the switch changing from an open condition to a closed condition by application at its terminals of a voltage higher than a predetermined cut-in voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: INSTITUT FRANCO-ALLEMAND DE RECHERCHES DE SAINT-LOUIS
    Inventors: August Ritter, Thomas Arnold, Henry Moulard
  • Optically doped energetic igniter charge
    Patent number: 7784403
    Abstract: The invention relates to an energetic igniter charge consisting of a mixture of at least one secondary explosive and an optical doping material in powder form. In accordance with the invention, the optical doping material is a metal. The energetic igniter charge can be used in a detonator as well as in an igniter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Deutsch-Franzosisches Forschungsinstitut
    Inventors: Henry Moulard, Auguste Ritter, Jean-Marie Brodbeck
  • Optically doped energetic igniter charge
    Publication number: 20070113941
    Abstract: The invention relates to an energetic igniter charge consisting of a mixture of at least one secondary explosive and an optical doping material in powder form. In accordance with the invention, the optical doping material is a metal. The energetic igniter charge can be used in a detonator as well as in an igniter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Applicant: Deutsch-Franzosisches Forschungsinstitut Saint-Louis
    Inventors: Henry Moulard, Auguste Ritter, Jean-Marie Brodbeck