Patents by Inventor Brandon Cundiff

Brandon Cundiff 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).

  • Munition modification kit and method of modifying munition
    Patent number: 9810513
    Abstract: An existing munition may be modified, using a modification kit, to provide enhanced fragmentation effects. The munition may be enclosed in an airframe, which also contains preformed fragments, and one or more adapters may be used to provide connections through the airframe. The adapters may be used to substitute for types of connectors already on the existing munition. The adapters may include one or more of an adapter for coupling a tail kit to a tail of the munition, an adapter for coupling a nose kit to a nose of the munition, and an adapter for coupling lugs to the munition. The adapters may engage couplers on the munition, and/or may engage the airframe. The modification of the existing munition may transform the existing munition into a fragmentation weapon, for example usable for height-of-burst detonation to spread fragments over a large area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Keith A Kerns, Brandon Cundiff, John J Spilotro
  • MUNITION MODIFICATION KIT AND METHOD OF MODIFYING MUNITION
    Publication number: 20160363426
    Abstract: An existing munition may be modified, using a modification kit, to provide enhanced fragmentation effects. The munition may be enclosed in an airframe, which also contains preformed fragments, and one or more adapters may be used to provide connections through the airframe. The adapters may be used to substitute for types of connectors already on the existing munition. The adapters may include one or more of an adapter for coupling a tail kit to a tail of the munition, an adapter for coupling a nose kit to a nose of the munition, and an adapter for coupling lugs to the munition. The adapters may engage couplers on the munition, and/or may engage the airframe. The modification of the existing munition may transform the existing munition into a fragmentation weapon, for example usable for height-of-burst detonation to spread fragments over a large area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Keith A Kerns, Brandon Cundiff, John J Spilotro