Patents by Inventor Edwin Gaunt

Edwin Gaunt 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).

  • Thermosensitive pop-out device
    Patent number: 5035181
    Abstract: A device mounting a fuze in the casing of an ordanance item and providing r pop-out of the fuze to reduce cook-off hazard when the casing is heated. The device has an outer sleeve fixed to the casing, an inner sleeve slideably mounted in the outer sleeve and receiving the fuze, and a resilient element urging the inner sleeve and the fuze from the casing. The sleeves are retained together at normal temperature by a layer therebetween of material which melts at a higher temperature to release the inner sleeve and fuze.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Donald J. Jacks, Clayton E. Panlaqui, Raymond E. Boss, Edwin Gaunt