Patents by Inventor H. Joseph Jones, Jr.

H. Joseph Jones, Jr. 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).

  • Launched torpedo decoy
    Patent number: 5341718
    Abstract: An acoustic decoy round ejected by a launcher for flight above water from a ea-going vessel, impacts at the water surface to cause separation of a payload from a forward section of the round that is also separated from a flotation anchor tethered to the payload and fins which stabilized launched flight of the round prior to impact. The separated payload submerges from the flotation anchor at the water surface location to a tethered depth within the water from which a decoy signal is emitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Robert C. Woodall, Jr., S. Kyle Jones, H. Joseph Jones, Jr.