Patents by Inventor Edgar L. Van Cott

Edgar L. Van Cott 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).

  • Missile trans porter-launcher
    Patent number: 3981224
    Abstract: A launcher carried on the flatbed of a mobile vehicle to provide the dual le of missile transporter and pre-launch positioning of its multi-missile payload. The launcher is not trainable in azimuth or elevation. When emplaced the launcher carriage erects the missiles to substantially a 75.degree. launch angle and a missile is fired from a combination launch tube shipping container by a small propellant charge and uses its own control to put it on the proper trajectory. Missile motor ignition is delayed for a predetermined time after launch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Chester W. Byars, Edgar L. Van Cott, Clifton F. Orchard