Patents by Inventor James C. Hodges, Jr.

James C. Hodges, 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).

  • Portable and modular firearm target stand
    Patent number: 9528798
    Abstract: A portable modular target holding apparatus includes a base section, a pair of vertical support sections, each vertical support section of the pair of vertical support sections being connected to the base section, and a pair of target windows, each target window of the pair of target windows being connected to a respective vertical support section of the pair of vertical support sections. A target is removably connected to the each target window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Inventor: James C. Hodge, Jr.
  • Single cast rod-in-tube solid propellant rocket motor grain with a torispherical dome
    Patent number: 4578947
    Abstract: A single cast solid propellant rocket motor grain having a centrally positioned rod portion integrally connected to an outer cylindrical portion at a base portion and comprised of a unitary solid propellant rocket motor grain wherein the central rod portion is approximately twice the thickness of an outer cylindrical portion and having the geometric dimensions and shape to achieve substantially a simultaneous burnout of the propellant burning surfaces after maintaining a burning neutrality from ignition to completion of propellant burning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1986
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: James C. Hodges, Jr., Stephen E. Hecht