Patents by Inventor Carl R. Brotherton

Carl R. Brotherton 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).

  • Impact arming device for a fuze
    Patent number: 4440086
    Abstract: A slideably mounted interrupter, or barrier, is constructed to interrupt or break a detonating train when held in a first position by a leaf spring in an unflexed mode, and to complete the detonating train when the interrupter is moved, by a predetermined amplitude of impact force, to a second position wherein the leaf spring is flexed and firmly wedged into a channel to prevent the interrupter from bouncing or otherwise moving out of the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1984
    Assignee: Motorola Inc.
    Inventors: Carl R. Brotherton, Peter M. Rendek