Patents by Inventor Ian B. Vabnick

Ian B. Vabnick 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).

  • Publication number: 20200173761
    Abstract: Provided herein are penetrator projectiles for use with explosive ordnance disposal disrupters, and related methods of making and using. The penetrator projectile has a tip, neck, shaft and base, wherein the geometry and composition of the different elements are selected to ensure the projectile is ballistically stable after firing to provide improved free-flight characteristics and corresponding explosive ordnance disruption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: The United States of America as represented by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Dept. of Justice
    Inventor: Ian B. VABNICK
  • Publication number: 20200056858
    Abstract: Provided herein are fluid jet enhancement adapters for use with a propellant driven disrupter. The adapter may comprise: a first end operably connected to a muzzle end of a propellant driven disrupter barrel and a second end, wherein a longitudinal region extends between the first end and the second end. The longitudinal region has: a longitudinal region inner surface that defines a longitudinal region lumen; a longitudinal region outer surface opposably facing the longitudinal region inner surface, with a longitudinal region wall having a wall thickness that separates the longitudinal region inner surface from the longitudinal region outer surface. The longitudinal region lumen has a first end inner diameter that is substantially equivalent to a muzzle inner diameter. The longitudinal region wall forms a continuous surface that radially isolates the longitudinal region lumen from a surrounding environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: The United States of America as represented by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Dept. of Justice
    Inventor: Ian B. VABNICK
  • Publication number: 20200025508
    Abstract: Provided herein are fluid jet enhancement adapters for use with a propellant driven disrupter, and more particularly muzzle blast suppresser. The fluid jet enhancement muzzle blast suppresser may comprise a suppresser bore extending between the proximal end and the distal end with an inner suppresser surface that defines the suppresser bore. An outer suppresser surface opposably faces the inner suppresser surface, with a suppresser chamber positioned between the inner and outer suppresser surfaces. A plurality of passages connect the suppresser bore with the suppresser chamber, wherein the plurality of passages are sized to allow gas to move from the suppresser bore to the suppresser chamber and minimize liquid movement from the suppresser bore to the suppresser chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventor: Ian B. VABNICK
  • Patent number: 10451378
    Abstract: Provided herein are fluid jet enhancement adapters for use with a propellant driven disrupter. The adapter may comprise: a first end operably connected to a muzzle end of a propellant driven disrupter barrel and a second end, wherein a longitudinal region extends between the first end and the second end. The longitudinal region has: a longitudinal region inner surface that defines a longitudinal region lumen; a longitudinal region outer surface opposably facing the longitudinal region inner surface, with a longitudinal region wall having a wall thickness that separates the longitudinal region inner surface from the longitudinal region outer surface. The longitudinal region lumen has a first end inner diameter that is substantially equivalent to a muzzle inner diameter. The longitudinal region wall forms a continuous surface that radially isolates the longitudinal region lumen from a surrounding environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
    Inventors: Ian B. Vabnick, Thomas A. Sharkey, Joseph Santiso
  • Publication number: 20190249944
    Abstract: Provided herein are fluid jet enhancement adapters for use with a propellant driven disrupter. The adapter may comprise: a first end operably connected to a muzzle end of a propellant driven disrupter barrel and a second end, wherein a longitudinal region extends between the first end and the second end. The longitudinal region has: a longitudinal region inner surface that defines a longitudinal region lumen; a longitudinal region outer surface opposably facing the longitudinal region inner surface, with a longitudinal region wall having a wall thickness that separates the longitudinal region inner surface from the longitudinal region outer surface. The longitudinal region lumen has a first end inner diameter that is substantially equivalent to a muzzle inner diameter. The longitudinal region wall forms a continuous surface that radially isolates the longitudinal region lumen from a surrounding environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: The United States of America as represented by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Dept. of Justice
    Inventors: Ian B. VABNICK, Thomas A. SHARKEY, Joseph SANTISO
  • Patent number: 9470490
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hot-wire detonator emulator that has the capability of monitoring switching in a simulated, mock, or inert improvised explosive device (IED) powered by direct current. One purpose of the inventive emulator is to function as an energetic witness substitute by replacing the detonator in an actual IED, thus enabling bomb technicians to conduct bench top and field analyses of IEDs, and to assess the effectiveness of render-safe procedures by, for example, illustrating how a detonator would react in a render-safe procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Dept. of Justice
    Inventors: Ian B. Vabnick, Jeffrey T. Curtis
  • Publication number: 20160223304
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hot-wire detonator emulator that has the capability of monitoring switching in a simulated, mock, or inert improvised explosive device (IED) powered by direct current. One purpose of the inventive emulator is to function as an energetic witness substitute by replacing the detonator in an actual IED, thus enabling bomb technicians to conduct bench top and field analyses of IEDs, and to assess the effectiveness of render-safe procedures by, for example, illustrating how a detonator would react in a render-safe procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicants: The United States of America as represented by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Ju, Federal Bureau of Investigation
    Inventors: Ian B. Vabnick, Jeffrey T. Curtis