Patents by Inventor Brian S. Botthof

Brian S. Botthof 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).

  • LOW-COLLATERAL DAMAGE DIRECTED FRAGMENTATION MUNITION
    Publication number: 20160025467
    Abstract: A directed munition has a non-fragmentation casing, and an explosive within the casing that is configured to propel fragments out an opening of the casing when the explosive is detonated. The casing may be made of a material that does not produce lethal or injurious fragments when the explosive is detonated. The explosive may include an insensitive explosive portion that creates the shape of an explosive front, and a secondary explosive containing a more energetic explosive, which is closer to the fragments than the insensitive explosive portion. There may be more of the insensitive explosive than the relatively energetic explosive. The munition may have a ring that is operatively coupled to the fragments, to aid in directing the fragments out of the casing opening in a desired direction. The ring may be made of a material that does not produce injurious fragments when the explosive is detonated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Brian S. Botthof, Kim L. Christianson, Henri Y. Kim, Garrett L. Hall
  • LOW-COLLATERAL DAMAGE DIRECTED FRAGMENTATION MUNITION
    Publication number: 20160025468
    Abstract: A directed munition has a non-fragmentation casing, and an explosive within the casing that is configured to propel fragments out an opening of the casing when the explosive is detonated. The casing may be made of a material that does not produce lethal or injurious fragments when the explosive is detonated. The explosive may include an insensitive explosive portion that creates the shape of an explosive front, and a secondary explosive containing a more energetic explosive, which is closer to the fragments than the insensitive explosive portion. There may be more of the insensitive explosive than the relatively energetic explosive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Brian S. Botthof, Kim L. Christianson, Henri Y. Kim, Garrett L. Hall
  • Low-collateral damage directed fragmentation munition
    Patent number: 9243876
    Abstract: A directed munition has a non-fragmentation casing, and an explosive within the casing that is configured to propel fragments out an opening of the casing when the explosive is detonated. The casing may be made of a material that does not produce lethal or injurious fragments when the explosive is detonated. The explosive may include an insensitive explosive portion that creates the shape of an explosive front, and a secondary explosive containing a more energetic explosive, which is closer to the fragments than the insensitive explosive portion. There may be more of the insensitive explosive than the relatively energetic explosive. The munition may have a ring that is operatively coupled to the fragments, to aid in directing the fragments out of the casing opening in a desired direction. The ring may be made of a material that does not produce injurious fragments when the explosive is detonated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Brian S. Botthof, Kim L. Christianson, Henri Y. Kim, Garrett L. Hall