Patents by Inventor DAVID JOHN COSTIN

DAVID JOHN COSTIN 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).

  • Common carrier munition
    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
  • Smoke payload apparatus
    Patent number: 9778004
    Abstract: The invention relates to a smoke payload apparatus, particularly a smoke payload ejection apparatus housed within a common carrier payload delivery shell, with a frangible safety link. There is provided a smoke screen munition comprising a shearable tail unit, a main body which comprises a payload cavity for receiving a smoke 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 smoke payload apparatus comprises a plurality of unconfined portions of a smoke generating energetic material, wherein said portions burn on at least two surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Michael Shaun Rumfitt, Andy Oden Burn, David Anthony Holley, David John Costin
  • COMMON CARRIER MUNITION
    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
  • SMOKE PAYLOAD APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160202031
    Abstract: The invention relates to a smoke pay load apparatus, particularly a smoke payload ejection apparatus housed within a common carrier payload delivery shell with a frangible safety link. There is provided a smoke screen munition comprising a shearable tail unit, a main body which comprises a payload cavity for receiving a smoke 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 smoke payload apparatus comprises a plurality of unconfined portions of a smoke generating energetic material, wherein said portions burn on at least two surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: MICHAEL SHAUN RUMFITT, ANDY ODEN BURN, DAVID ANTHONY HOLLEY, DAVID JOHN COSTIN