Patents by Inventor Connie S. Kilgore

Connie S. Kilgore 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).

  • Method of assembly of compacted fibers and explosive charge for effective dissemination
    Patent number: 5659147
    Abstract: A millimeter wave screening cloud-forming product is made by forming comped hollow disks of carbon fiber cut to a desired length. The handleable disks are stacked inside a grenade body forming a hollow cylindrical shape. A high explosive mass is inserted into the resulting compacted hollow cylinder, enabling bursting of the compacted mass to release the individual carbon fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: William G. Rouse, John P. Fiala, Lisa A. Caudill, Connie S. Kilgore
  • Millimeter wave screening cloud and method
    Patent number: 5148173
    Abstract: A millimeter wave screening cloud is formed comprised of an aerosol of fine ibers of a carbon composition, in which the particles are of micron diameter and millimeter length. The cloud is formed by aerosolizing a compact mass of carbon composition fibers through the action of explosively bursting such compact mass in the atmosphere at the desired cloud location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: William G. Rouse, Connie S. Kilgore, Ronald E. Rhea, Michael J. Burnham, Benjamin G. Wachob
  • Method of assembly of compacted powder and explosive charge for effective dissemination
    Patent number: H775
    Abstract: A minimum hazard visual screening cloud-forming product is made by forming slurry of fine spheres of titanium dioxide composition, of submicron diameter, together with a volatile surface-wetting agent liquid, in the form of a liquid hydrocarbon, extruding and severing the extended slurry mass into a desired container shape, in particular, a hollow cylindrical shape, and drying the mass. An HE explosive mass is inserted into the resulting compacted hollow cylinder, enabling bursting of the compacted mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: William G. Rouse, Ronald E. Rhea, Michael J. Burnham, Connie S. Kilgore, John P. Fiala, Lisa A. Bray