Patents by Inventor Glenn P. Livingston

Glenn P. Livingston 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 and apparatus for storing and handling propellant charge units
    Patent number: 6170380
    Abstract: A system and method for selectively transferring storable units, particularly artillery propellant charge units, between a storage space and a location outside of the storage space, the system including a storage magazine having a plurality of parallel, axially elongated chambers opening at an end of the storage magazine, a shuttle having a transfer mechanism tube movable relative to the storage magazine between positions of axial alignment with each of the plurality of elongated chambers and the location outside of the storage space, and a feed mechanism to move the units between the transfer tube and the elongated chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: General Dynamics Armament Sys., Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph F. Bender-Zanoni, Anthony R. Steward, Ned S. Ashton, Derek A. Rodriguez, Glenn P. Livingston