Patents by Inventor Charles O. White

Charles O. White 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).

  • Range limited projectile using augmented roll damping
    Patent number: 5932836
    Abstract: A training projectile that utilizes flutes or flats to augment roll damping characteristics and thereby cause the projectile to crossover into a gyroscopically unstable trajectory pattern at a predetermined time. Prior to the crossover, the training projectile maintains a gyroscopically stable trajectory, which enables extrapolation to ascertain the trajectory of a non-training projectile that does not have an augmented roll damping section. The unstable trajectory pattern substantially reduces the distance the training projectile can traverse, thereby reducing the amount of area required for a training range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Primex Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles O. White
  • Ranged limited projectile using augmented roll damping
    Patent number: RE38261
    Abstract: A training projectile that utilizes flutes or flats to augment roll damping characteristics and thereby cause the projectile to crossover into a gyroscopically unstable trajectory pattern at a predetermined time. Prior to the crossover, the training projectile maintains a gyroscopically stable trajectory, which enables extrapolation to ascertain the trajectory of a non-training projectile that does not have an augmented roll damping section. The unstable trajectory pattern substantially reduces the distance the training projectile can traverse, thereby reducing the amount of area required for a training range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: General Dynamic Ordnance and Tactical System, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles O. White