Patents by Inventor Christos Saliaris

Christos Saliaris 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).

  • Patent number: 5188315
    Abstract: A submunition unit provided with a rotary parachute (3) as the sole parachute. The parachute, after release, initially is unable to be fully deployed due to reef loops (16) provided on the rigging lines (15) and held by a releasable holding device arrangement (4, 5, 6) and therefore acts as a deceleration and stabilization parachute at high flight velocities. The reef loops (16) are released after a predetermined period of time to permit the rigging lines (15) to fully extend and parachute (3) to become fully deployed or opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: Rheinmetall GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Foitzik, Karl-Friedrich Doherr, Dieter Munscher, Christos Saliaris
  • Patent number: 5094408
    Abstract: The parachute having a canopy composed of a plurality of radially arranged asymmetrical polygonal panels of the same shape, with, each panel being sewn only partially to its adjacent panel so that, in the fully deployed state, a plurality of air exit nozzles are formed in the carrying zone section of the parachute in the unsewn regions with the nozzles all acting in the same circumferential direction. The effect of each air exit nozzle is improved and stabilized with respect to guiding the flow of air in the tangential direction in that a trapezoidal area is attached to the edge or side of each panel in the unsewn region so as to overlap the adjacent panel. In addition, each panel is preferably provided with a horizontal or concentrically extending stabilization slit which is disposed in the transition region between the carrying zone section and the guide zone section of the canopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Assignee: Rheinmetall GmbH
    Inventors: Karl F. Doherr, Dieter Munscher, Christos Saliaris, Roland Foitzik
  • Patent number: 4860660
    Abstract: A projectile comprising a projectile body having a rear end; and a deceleration element composed of a sheet of material at the rear end, the deceleration element having an edge region and being deployable from a folded condition to an expanded condition with the aid of rotation of the projectile, the deceleration element, when in the expanded condition, having the general form of a disk with a periphery defined by the edge region and being effective for decelerating the projectile, and wherein the deceleration element is constructed such that the edge region has a higher mass density than the remainder thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: Rheinmetall GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Synofzik, Karl-Friedrich Doherr, Dieter Munscher, Christos Saliaris