Patents by Inventor Jack L. Cutting

Jack L. Cutting 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).

  • Insensitive fuze train for high explosives
    Patent number: 5275106
    Abstract: A generic insensitive fuze train to initiate insensitive high explosives, such as PBXW-124. The insensitive fuze train uses a slapper foil to initiate sub-gram quantities of an explosive, such as HNS-IV or PETN. This small amount of explosive drives a larger metal slapper onto a booster charge of an insensitive explosive, such as UF-TATB. The booster charge initiates a larger charge of an explosive, such as LX-17, which in turn, initiates the insensitive high explosive, such as PBXW-124.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Jack L. Cutting, Ronald S. Lee, William G. Von Holle