Patents by Inventor Franklin B. Wells

Franklin B. Wells 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).

  • Flexible explosive composition comprising particulate RDX, HMX or PETN and a nitrostarch binder plasticized with TEGDN or TMETN
    Patent number: 4014719
    Abstract: Flexible, self-supporting explosive compositions composed essentially ently of a particulate high explosive RDX, HMX and/or PETN and a nitrostarch binder plasticized with trimethylolethane trinitrate and/or triethyleneglycol dinitrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1977
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Franklin B. Wells
  • Flexible explosive composition comprising particulate RDX, HMX, or PETN and a high viscosity introcellulose binder plasticized with TEGDN
    Patent number: 4014720
    Abstract: Flexible, self-supporting explosive compositions composed essentially ently of a particulate high explosive RDX, HMX and/or PETN and a high viscosity nitrocellulose binder plasticized with triethyleneglycol dinitrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1977
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Franklin B. Wells
  • Castable composite explosive compositions containing a mixture of trinitrobenzene and trinitroxylene
    Patent number: 3994756
    Abstract: Castable composite explosive compositions contain a fusible matrix of about 0 to 95% by weight of trinitrobenzene and about 5 to 20% by weight of trinitroxylene and a particulate explosive melting substantially higher than said mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: John R. Hendrickson, Sr., Franklin B. Wells
  • Explosive composition comprising HMX, RDX, or PETN and a high viscosity nitrocellulose binder plasticized with TMETN
    Patent number: 3943017
    Abstract: This invention relates to self-supporting, water-resistant explosive comptions composed essentially entirely of explosively active ingredients and methods for making same. The compositions consist essentially of a particulate high explosive and a high viscosity nitrocellulose binder plasticized with TMETN (trimethylolethane trinitrate) without the use of other plasticizers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Franklin B. Wells