Patents by Inventor DANIEL ALEXANDER ADAMS

DANIEL ALEXANDER ADAMS 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: 10030953
    Abstract: The invention relates to an illumination munition, particularly an illumination payload ejection device housed within a common carrier payload delivery shell, with a frangible safety link. There is provided an illumination munition comprising a shearable tail unit, a main body which comprises a payload cavity for receiving an illumination payload apparatus, a fuze, an ogive element located between said main body and the fuze, and an explosive train operably connected to said fuze, wherein the illumination payload apparatus comprises an illumination composition, a drogue parachute and a main parachute, wherein the main parachute is tethered by a payload tether to the payload apparatus, such that after deployment of said main parachute said payload apparatus descends under the control of said main parachute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventor: Daniel Alexander Adams
  • Patent number: 9797698
    Abstract: The invention relates to a common carrier munition ammunition device, more particularly to common carrier payload delivery shell. There is provided a common carrier munition comprising a tail unit, a main body which comprises a payload cavity for receiving a payload, a fuze, and located between said main body and the fuze an ogive element, wherein the tail unit and main body comprise cooperatively engaging male and female threaded portions, wherein at least one of the threads is a shearable thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Daniel Alexander Adams, Matthew Jones, Andy Oden Burn, David John Costin, Stuart Andrew McCombie, John Wainwright, Michael Shaun Rumfitt
  • Publication number: 20160209189
    Abstract: The invention relates to an illumination munition, particularly an illumination payload ejection device housed within a common carrier payload delivery shell, with a frangible safety link. There is provided an illumination munition comprising a shearable tail unit, a main body which comprises a payload cavity for receiving an illumination payload apparatus, a fuze, an ogive element located between said main body and the fuze, and an explosive train operably connected to said fuze, wherein the illumination payload apparatus comprises an illumination composition, a drogue parachute and a main parachute, wherein the main parachute is tethered by a payload tether to the payload apparatus, such that after deployment of said main parachute said payload apparatus descends under the control of said main parachute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventor: DANIEL ALEXANDER ADAMS
  • Publication number: 20160209191
    Abstract: The invention relates to a common carrier munition ammunition device, more particularly to common carrier payload delivery shell. There is provided a common carrier munition comprising a tail unit, a main body which comprises a payload cavity for receiving a payload, a fuze, and located between said main body and the fuze an ogive element, wherein the tail unit and main body comprise cooperatively engaging male and female threaded portions, wherein at least one of the threads is a shearable thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: DANIEL ALEXANDER ADAMS, MATTHEW JONES, ANDY ODEN BURN, DAVID JOHN COSTIN, STUART ANDREW MCCOMBIE, JOHN WAINWRIGHT, MICHAEL SHAUN RUMFITT