Patents by Inventor Bruno Ossola
Bruno Ossola 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).
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Patent number: 10125057Abstract: For production of a propellant charge powder, especially for medium and large calibers, in a process in which the solid is incorporated together with a liquid in a mixing and drying process into the channels of a granular green material and compacted therein to form a plug, the solid, under otherwise identical process conditions, is set within a setting range of >0-0.5% by weight based on the weight of the granular green material. For more significant lowering of the maximum pressure within an upper temperature range and for more significant raising of the maximum pressure within a lower temperature range of the application temperature range, an increased amount of solid is used. The solid is a substance whose melting point is at least 10° C., especially 20° C., above a maximum use temperature of the propellant charge powder and which is inert toward the granular green material. Since the plug consists virtually exclusively of inert material, a high ballistic stability is achieved.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2012Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: NITROCHEMIE ASCHAU GMBHInventors: Beat Vogelsanger, Bruno Ossola, Alexander Huber, Christian Wagner, Oliver Hampel
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Publication number: 20140326370Abstract: For production of a propellant charge powder, especially for medium and large calibers, in a process in which the solid is incorporated together with a liquid in a mixing and drying process into the channels of a granular green material and compacted therein to form a plug, the solid, under otherwise identical process conditions, is set within a setting range of >0-0.5% by weight based on the weight of the granular green material. For more significant lowering of the maximum pressure within an upper temperature range and for more significant raising of the maximum pressure within a lower temperature range of the application temperature range, an increased amount of solid is used. The solid is a substance whose melting point is at least 10° C., especially 20° C., above a maximum use temperature of the propellant charge powder and which is inert toward the granular green material. Since the plug consists virtually exclusively of inert material, a high ballistic stability is achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2012Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: NITROCHEMIE ASCHAU GMBHInventors: Beat Vogelsanger, Bruno Ossola, Alexander Huber, Christian Wagner, Oliver Hampel
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Publication number: 20090208647Abstract: The method for producing a propellant powder (TLP) with a layered grain structure starts with a green powder, which is impregnated in a watery emulsion with an energetic plasticizer and a polymeric deterrent. Propellant powders (TLP) can be produced in industrial quantities by avoiding the dangerous direct introduction of a blasting oil. The propellant powders (TLP) produced in this way have similar characteristics and a similar structure as the known propellant powders (TLP).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2008Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: Nitrochemie Wimmis AGInventors: Kurt Ryf, Beat Vogelsanger, Ulrich Schaedeli, Bruno Ossola
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Patent number: 7473330Abstract: The method for producing a propellant powder (TLP) with a layered grain structure starts with a green powder, which is impregnated in a watery emulsion with an energetic plasticizer and a polymeric deterrent. Propellant powders (TLP) can be produced in industrial quantities by avoiding the dangerous direct introduction of a blasting oil. The propellant powders (TLP) produced in this way have similar characteristics and a similar structure as the known propellant powders (TLP).Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2001Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: Nitrochemie Wimmis AGInventors: Kurt Ryf, Beat Vogelsanger, Ulrich Schaedeli, Bruno Ossola
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Publication number: 20060266451Abstract: The proposed propellant powder exhibits a temperature-independent burning behavior and high ballistic stability. The production process starts with a perforated bulk powder grain, which is processed inside a mixing apparatus with a solid material, a plug-stabilizing moderator or deterrent (if necessary also a radical initiator) and a low-viscous liquid. With a minimum amount of solid material, moderator or deterrent and liquid and because of the continuous mixing, the form function is influenced in such a way that the gas-formation rate is practically independent of the propellant powder temperature. As a result, the muzzle energy at the normal temperature and, above all, at a low deployment temperature can be increased markedly as compared to that of a standard propellant powder.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2006Publication date: November 30, 2006Applicants: Nitrochemie Wimmis AG, Nitrochemie Aschau GmbHInventors: Markus Fahrni, Beat Vogelsanger, Alfred Steinmann, Bruno Ossola, Ulrike Jeck-Prosch, Alexander Huber, Kurt Ryf
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Patent number: 7051658Abstract: The proposed propellant powder exhibits a temperature-independent burning behavior and high ballistic stability. The production process starts with a perforated bulk powder grain, which is processed inside a mixing apparatus with a solid material, a plug-stabilizing moderator or deterrent (if necessary also a radical initiator) and a low-viscous liquid. With a minimum amount of solid material, moderator or deterrent and liquid and because of the continuous mixing, the form function is influenced in such a way that the gas-formation rate is practically independent of the propellant powder temperature. As a result, the muzzle energy at the normal temperature and, above all, at a low deployment temperature can be increased markedly as compared to that of a standard propellant powder.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2002Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignees: Nitrochemie Wimmis AG, Nitrochemie Aschau GmbHInventors: Markus Fahrni, Beat Vogelsanger, Alfred Steinmann, Bruno Ossola, Ulrike Jeck-Prosch, Alexander Huber, Kurt Ryf
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Publication number: 20020134269Abstract: The proposed propellant powder exhibits a temperature-independent burning behavior and high ballistic stability. The production process starts with a perforated bulk powder grain, which is processed inside a mixing apparatus with a solid material, a plug-stabilizing moderator or deterrent (if necessary also a radical initiator) and a low-viscous liquid. With a minimum amount of solid material, moderator or deterrent and liquid and because of the continuous mixing, the form function is influenced in such a way that the gas-formation rate is practically independent of the propellant powder temperature. As a result, the muzzle energy at the normal temperature and, above all, at a low deployment temperature can be increased markedly as compared to that of a standard propellant powder.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2002Publication date: September 26, 2002Inventors: Markus Fahrni, Beat Vogelsanger, Alfred Steinmann, Bruno Ossola, Ulrike Jeck-Prosch, Alexander Huber, Kurt Ryf
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Publication number: 20020043316Abstract: The method for producing a propellant powder (TLP) with a layered grain structure starts with a green powder, which is impregnated in a watery emulsion with an energetic plasticizer and a polymeric deterrent. Propellant powders (TLP) can be produced in industrial quantities by avoiding the dangerous direct introduction of a blasting oil. The propellant powders (TLP) produced in this way have similar characteristics and a similar structure as the known propellant powders (TLP).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2001Publication date: April 18, 2002Inventors: Kurt Ryf, Beat Vogelsanger, Ulrich Schaedeli, Bruno Ossola