Patents by Inventor Fred Menz

Fred Menz 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).

  • Method for reclaiming and recycling plastic bonded energetic material
    Patent number: 3968723
    Abstract: The plastic bonded explosive in obsolete or otherwise rejected warheads is xplosively shocked out of the warheads so that materials from which the explosive is made can be recycled. The process involves placing detonating cord in a cavity left by the removal of the warhead's safe and arm mechanism and/or communications hole, pouring water into the cavity around the detonating cord and detonating the detonating cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Charles W. Flaterman, Fred Menz, Wallace E. Silver, Pearsie S. Wiggins