Patents by Inventor Delfino D. Ferreira

Delfino D. Ferreira 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: 5797342
    Abstract: A submersible device launcher includes an external cage structure including t least a base, an overhead reinforcing member and a plurality of corner posts connecting the base to the overhead reinforcing member. A launcher barrel is mounted to the external cage structure, a half-wall is mounted to and braced against the base of the external cage structure at a peripheral edge thereof, and an impulse cylinder is mounted to the half wall for connection to the launcher barrel. A firing valve is anchored to the base of the external cage structure, a first support bench is mounted to a first corner post of the external cage structure, and an air flask is seated on the first support bench and held in a stationary position thereon by prong members extending upwardly from the first support bench and further attached to a corner post by a band member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Delfino D. Ferreira, Nicholas O. Venier