Patents by Inventor Joachim Kuhnle

Joachim Kuhnle 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).

  • Patent number: 7475625
    Abstract: A separating device is integrated in ammunition, with which a line is separated at the earliest possible time during a firing process. The separating device is composed mainly of a piston, which preferably has a sharp edge, is guided in a rigidly mounted cylinder, and, in the unloaded state, is positioned by a shear flange. The cable is preferably securely supported in a protective tube which is connected with a propellant charge primer, and in which the cable is guided as far as the tip of the propellant charge primer and is then further guided to the rear end of the projectile. In the upper area of the cylinder, the cable is guided through a bore, which preferably lies transversely to the direction of acceleration of the piston, so that when the piston moves forward, the cable is separated by the sharp edge of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Niemeyer, Joachim Kuhnle, Rainer Himmert, Wolfgang Mosig
  • Publication number: 20080314235
    Abstract: A separating device is integrated in ammunition, with which a line is separated at the earliest possible time during a firing process. The separating device is composed mainly of a piston, which preferably has a sharp edge, is guided in a rigidly mounted cylinder, and, in the unloaded state, is positioned by a shear flange. The cable is preferably securely supported in a protective tube which is connected with a propellant charge primer, and in which the cable is guided as far as the tip of the propellant charge primer and is then further guided to the rear end of the projectile. In the upper area of the cylinder, the cable is guided through a bore, which preferably lies transversely to the direction of acceleration of the piston, so that when the piston moves forward, the cable is separated by the sharp edge of the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Torsten Niemeyer, Joachim Kuhnle, Rainer Himmert, Wolfgang Mosig
  • Patent number: 6314886
    Abstract: A projectile to be fired from a weapon barrel includes a projectile body and a plurality of stabilizing wings circumferentially distributed about a rearward portion of the projectile body. A pin pivotally attaches each stabilizing wing to the projectile body for pivotal motion about a pivot axis to assume a folded state and an outwardly pivoted, deployed state. In the folded state of the stabilizing wings the center of gravity of the respective stabilizing wings is at a greater radial distance from the longitudinal axis of the projectile body than the pivot axis. A gliding body is releasably mounted on each stabilizing wing. Each gliding body has a wing-shaped extension for contacting an inner surface of the barrel in the folded state of the stabilizing wings as the projectile travels in the barrel upon firing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Rheinmetall W & M GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Kuhnle, Thomas Heitmann, Torsten Niemeyer, Norbert Arendt
  • Patent number: 5515431
    Abstract: A speakerphone for a telephone circuit includes an output stage that comprises a loudspeaker amplifier coupled to a loudspeaker through a coupling capacitor. An auxiliary circuit includes a reference input element that provides first and second reference voltages which are used to charge the coupling capacitor to a given level prior to the input signal being coupled to the loudspeaker through the coupling capacitor to insure a click-free switch-on of the loudspeaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: TEMIC TELEFUNKEN microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Kuhnle, Wolfgang Roper, Jurgen Schnabel