Patents by Inventor Howard C. Mottin

Howard C. Mottin 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).

  • Carousel automatic ammunition loader system
    Patent number: 4442753
    Abstract: An ammunition handling system for use in a military tank to provide for sage of individual ammunition rounds and automatic transfer thereof to the tank main gun when necessary. The rounds are stored in protected positions within the hull remote from the gun. Transfer of individual rounds to the gun is effected through a rotary carousel located beneath the tank basket. The carousel moves independently of the basket to deliver rounds into the basket in any basket position; the gun can be reloaded without returning to a fixed load position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Theodore H. Pouri, Howard C. Mottin