Patents by Inventor Dave Burger

Dave Burger 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).

  • Variable volume chamber cannon
    Patent number: 7243589
    Abstract: An assembly for effecting a variable volume chamber for use in a cannon having a breech assembly operably coupled to a chamber, and includes the chamber having a certain size being partially defined by a constant diameter for a known depth dimension and having a known volume and a breech plug assembly disposable in the chamber to a selectively variable depth, the depth being less than the known depth of the chamber such that the plug fills a first selectively variable portion of the known volume of the chamber, thereby leaving a second variable portion of the known volume of the chamber free and defining a chamber variable volume. A Cannon including the variable volume chamber and a method of effecting a variable volume chamber are further included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P.
    Inventors: Jeff Ireland, Dave Burger, Lonnie Hannah
  • Variable volume chamber cannon
    Publication number: 20060065110
    Abstract: An assembly for effecting a variable volume chamber for use in a cannon having a breech assembly operably coupled to a chamber, and includes the chamber having a certain size being partially defined by a constant diameter for a known depth dimension and having a known volume and a breech plug assembly disposable in the chamber to a selectively variable depth, the depth being less than the known depth of the chamber such that the plug fills a first selectively variable portion of the known volume of the chamber, thereby leaving a second variable portion of the known volume of the chamber free and defining a chamber variable volume. A Cannon including the variable volume chamber and a method of effecting a variable volume chamber are further included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Jeff Ireland, Dave Burger, Lonnie Hannah