Patents by Inventor Daniel BENTZ

Daniel BENTZ 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).

  • Ignition generator for insensitive and tailorable effects, as a warhead initiator
    Patent number: 10197372
    Abstract: An explosive device composed of: a flux compression generator operative to produce a high intensity electric current when activated; and an electrical payload connected to the generator and constructed to receive the high intensity electric current and cause energy in the current to generate a plate or shaped projectile in the payload and to launch the projectiles into an explosive or insensitive reactive material target for the purpose of initiating the reactive material at single or multiple points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: ENIG ASSOCIATES INC.
    Inventors: Fred Irvin Grace, Michael J. Barnard, Daniel Bentz, Eric N. Enig, Kim Yilbong
  • Hybrid propellant electromagnetic gun system
    Patent number: 9784523
    Abstract: A hybrid gun device composed of two barrels (1,10) that accept energy from combustion of standard propellant (6), one barrel (10) being operative to produce a high intensity electric current to add accelerating energy to a projectile (7) in the second barrel (1) and at least one coil (8) stage to convert energy between electrical and kinetic to cause the projectile (7) to be launched at hypervelocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Enig Associates Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Irvin Grace, Kim Yilbong, Eric N. Enig, Daniel Bentz, Michael J. Barnard
  • IGNITION GENERATOR FOR INSENSITIVE AND TAILORABLE EFFECTS, AS A WARHEAD INITIATOR
    Publication number: 20170191814
    Abstract: An explosive device composed of: a flux compression generator operative to produce a high intensity electric current when activated; and an electrical payload connected to the generator and constructed to receive the high intensity electric current and cause energy in the current to generate a plate or shaped projectile in the payload and to launch the projectiles into an explosive or insensitive reactive material target for the purpose of initiating the reactive material at single or multiple points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Fred Irvin GRACE, Michael J. BARNARD, Daniel BENTZ, Eric N. ENIG, Kim YILBONG
  • HYBRID PROPELLANT ELECTROMAGNETIC GUN SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160341514
    Abstract: A hybrid gun device composed of two barrels (1,10) that accept energy from combustion of standard propellant (6), one barrel (10) being operative to produce a high intensity electric current to add accelerating energy to a projectile (7) in the second barrel (1) and at least one coil (8) stage to convert energy between electrical and kinetic to cause the projectile (7) to be launched at hypervelocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Fred Irvin GRACE, Kim YILBONG, Eric N. ENIG, Daniel BENTZ, Michael J. BARNARD