Patents by Inventor Frederick J. Borrell

Frederick J. Borrell 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).

  • Mechanism for deploying cylindrical objects from a spinning container
    Patent number: 6668814
    Abstract: A mechanism for deploying cylindrical objects from a spinning container includes a dispenser that uses rotation around the axis of symmetry of the dispenser to eject several cylindrical objects in any of many regular, predictable patterns. The dispenser rigidly holds the cylinders within a carrier vehicle as the vehicle accelerates to high velocity. The dispenser is spinning about the axis of the dispenser at a high rate. Then on signal, the dispenser releases all of the cylinders simultaneously. Each one of the cylinders leaves the vehicle with the cylinder's axis parallel to that of the dispenser and at each cylinder's own tangential velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Frederick J. Borrell