Patents by Inventor Edward W. Sheridan
Edward W. Sheridan 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).
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Patent number: 10018453Abstract: A fragmentable package for use in an explosive armament, is disclosed having individual fragments formed by additively depositing layers, of at least one of selected metal type and a composite that includes a selected metal type, to create interconnected individual fragments to form a plurality of voids around an individual outer surface of the individual fragments defining a separation of fragments when detonated, the individual fragments providing structural stiffness and strength. A method is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2015Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONInventors: Ryan Alexander McCoy, Edward W. Sheridan, Matthew Kelley
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Patent number: 8746145Abstract: A munition is described including a reactive fragment having an energetic material dispersed in a metallic binder material. A method is also described including forming a energetic material; combining the energetic material with a metallic binder material to form a mixture; and shaping the mixture to form a reactive fragment. The munition may be in the form of a warhead, and the reactive fragment may be contained within a casing of the warhead.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: George D. Hugus, Edward W. Sheridan, George W. Brooks
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Patent number: 8444785Abstract: Solid composite propellants are provided that include a matrix comprising an energetic oxidizer and a binder. A multi-layered reactive thin film is provided in the matrix. The reactive thin film includes metal and inorganic oxidizer. Methods of making the solid composite propellants are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2007Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: George D. Hugus, Edward W. Sheridan
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Patent number: 8444786Abstract: Solid composite propellants are provided that include a matrix comprising an energetic oxidizer and a binder. A multi-layered reactive thin film is provided in the matrix. The reactive thin film includes metal and inorganic oxidizer. Methods of making the solid composite propellants are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: George D. Hugus, Edward W. Sheridan
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Patent number: 8414718Abstract: An energetic material composition includes a reducing material and an oxide of phosphorus. The reducing material includes a reducing metal and, in an optional hydride form, auto disperses products of the reaction by the formation of a gaseous product. The composition can be included in a cavity of a warhead. A method of neutralizing a targeted species and a method of reducing structural integrity of civil engineering structures by reacting the composition are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2004Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventor: Edward W. Sheridan
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Publication number: 20120255457Abstract: A munition is described including a reactive fragment having an energetic material dispersed in a metallic binder material. A method is also described including forming a energetic material; combining the energetic material with a metallic binder material to form a mixture; and shaping the mixture to form a reactive fragment. The munition may be in the form of a warhead, and the reactive fragment may be contained within a casing of the warhead.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: George D. Hugus, Edward W. Sheridan, George W. Brooks
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Publication number: 20120227613Abstract: A warhead apparatus, method of making same, and method of detonating same comprising employing a high explosive core, an energetically and physically dense reactive material substantially surrounding the core, and a pressure vessel substantially surrounding the reactive material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2009Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Edward W. Sheridan, George D. Hugus, IV, Filippo Bellomo, Daniel J. Martorana, Ryan A. McCoy
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Patent number: 8250985Abstract: A munition is described including a reactive fragment having an energetic material dispersed in a metallic binder material. A method is also described including forming a energetic material; combining the energetic material with a metallic binder material to form a mixture; and shaping the mixture to form a reactive fragment. The munition may be in the form of a warhead, and the reactive fragment may be contained within a casing of the warhead.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2006Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: George D. Hugus, Edward W. Sheridan, George W. Brooks
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Patent number: 8250986Abstract: A warhead apparatus, method of making same, and method of detonating same comprising employing a high explosive core, an energetically and physically dense reactive material substantially surrounding the core, and a pressure vessel substantially surrounding the reactive material.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2009Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Edward W. Sheridan, George D. Hugus, IV, Filippo Bellomo, Daniel J. Martorana, Ryan A. McCoy
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Publication number: 20120006186Abstract: Solid composite propellants are provided that include a matrix comprising an energetic oxidizer and a binder. A multi-layered reactive thin film is provided in the matrix. The reactive thin film includes metal and inorganic oxidizer. Methods of making the solid composite propellants are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: George D. Hugus, Edward W. Sheridan
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Patent number: 8033223Abstract: A munition includes a casing, the casing formed at least in part from a material comprising (i) a meltable or phase-changing material, and (ii) an energetic material; an explosive payload contained within the casing; and a fuze arrangement, the fuze arrangement comprising a main fuze configured and arranged to ignite the high explosive, and at least one secondary fuze configured and arranged to cause the casing material to melt or undergo a phase change.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2010Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Edward W. Sheridan, George D. Hugus, Joseph G. Metzger
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Publication number: 20110219980Abstract: A munition includes a casing, the casing formed at least in part from a material comprising (i) a meltable or phase-changing material, and (ii) an energetic material; an explosive payload contained within the casing; and a fuze arrangement, the fuze arrangement comprising a main fuze configured and arranged to ignite the high explosive, and at least one secondary fuze configured and arranged to cause the casing material to melt or undergo a phase change.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Edward W. Sheridan, George D. Hugus, Joseph G. Metzger
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Patent number: 7998290Abstract: A thermobaric munition including a composite explosive material, the composite explosive material having a high-explosive composition, and a detonable energetic material dispersed within the high-explosive composition, the detonable energetic material in the form of a thin film, the thin film having at least one layer composed at least in part by a reducing metal and at least one layer composed at least in part by a metal oxide. A related method includes tailoring the blast characteristics of high explosive composition to match a predetermined time-pressure impulse, the method including disbursing a detonable energetic material having a preselected reaction rate within the high-explosive composition, the detonable energetic material in the form of a thin film, the thin film having at least one layer composed at least in part by a reducing metal and at least one layer composed at least in part by a metal oxide.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2010Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Edward W. Sheridan, George D. Hugus, George W. Brooks
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Publication number: 20110168308Abstract: A thermobaric munition including a composite explosive material, the composite explosive material having a high-explosive composition, and a detonable energetic material dispersed within the high-explosive composition, the detonable energetic material in the form of a thin film, the thin film having at least one layer composed at least in part by a reducing metal and at least one layer composed at least in part by a metal oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2010Publication date: July 14, 2011Inventors: Edward W. Sheridan, George D. Hugus, George W. Brooks
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Patent number: 7972453Abstract: A thermobaric munition including a composite explosive material, the composite explosive material having a high-explosive composition, and a detonable energetic material dispersed within the high-explosive composition, the detonable energetic material in the form of a thin film, the thin film having at least one layer composed at least in part by a reducing metal and at least one layer composed at least in part by a metal oxide. A related method includes tailoring the blast characteristics of high explosive composition to match a predetermined time-pressure impulse, the method including disbursing a detonable energetic material having a preselected reaction rate within the high-explosive composition, the detonable energetic material in the form of a thin film, the thin film having at least one layer composed at least in part by a reducing metal and at least one layer composed at least in part by a metal oxide.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2006Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Edward W. Sheridan, George D. Hugus, George W. Brooks
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Publication number: 20110132222Abstract: A thermobaric munition including a composite explosive material, the composite explosive material having a high-explosive composition, and a detonable energetic material dispersed within the high-explosive composition, the detonable energetic material in the form of a thin film, the thin film having at least one layer composed at least in part by a reducing metal and at least one layer composed at least in part by a metal oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2006Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONInventors: Edward W. Sheridan, George D. Hugus, George W. Brooks
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Patent number: 7955451Abstract: A munition is described including a reactive fragment having an energetic material having a least one layer of a reducing metal or metal hydride and at least one layer of a metal oxide dispersed in a binder material. A method is also described including forming a energetic material; including combining the energetic material having a least one layer of a reducing metal or metal hydride and at least one layer of a metal oxide with a polymeric binder material to form a mixture; and shaping the mixture to form a reactive fragment. The munition may be in the form of a warhead, and the reactive fragment may be contained within a casing of the warhead.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2007Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: George D. Hugus, Edward W. Sheridan
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Patent number: 7886668Abstract: A munition includes a structural component formed from a composite material comprising a energetic material dispersed in a metallic binder material. A method is also provided that includes forming a energetic material, combining the energetic material with a metallic binder material to form a mixture, and shaping the mixture to form a composite structural munition component.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2006Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: George D. Hugus, Edward W. Sheridan
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Patent number: 7845282Abstract: A munition includes a casing, the casing formed at least in part from a material comprising (i) a meltable or phase-changing material, and (ii) an energetic material; an explosive payload contained within the casing; and a fuze arrangement, the fuze arrangement comprising a main fuze configured and arranged to ignite the high explosive, and at least one secondary fuze configured and arranged to cause the casing material to melt or undergo a phase change.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2007Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Edward W. Sheridan, George D. Hugus, Joseph G. Metzger
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Publication number: 20100282115Abstract: A munition includes a casing, the casing formed at least in part from a material comprising (i) a meltable or phase-changing material, and (ii) an energetic material; an explosive payload contained within the casing; and a fuze arrangement, the fuze arrangement comprising a main fuze configured and arranged to ignite the high explosive, and at least one secondary fuze configured and arranged to cause the casing material to melt or undergo a phase change.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2007Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Edward W. Sheridan, George D. Hugus, Joseph G. Metzger