Patents by Inventor Ethan W. Brigham

Ethan W. Brigham 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).

  • Mobile tactical high energy laser weapon system and method for generating a high energy laser beam
    Patent number: 6785315
    Abstract: A laser weapon system using a high energy deuterium fluoride (DF) or hydrogen fluoride (HF) laser, for which all necessary reactants and other materials are carried on an easily movable vehicle. Reactant gases are stored mixed with a diluent gas, such as helium, for ease of handling and to provide nearly ideal gas behavior. Cooling water for the laser is also employed in a high pressure steam generator that uses diesel fuel and oxygen to produce heat. Apart from a fluorine generator, the system uses only four storage tanks for reactant gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Dale L. Hook, Josef Shwartz, Jeffery L. Sollee, Ethan W. Brigham, Milton H. Gran