Patents by Inventor John B. Dexter

John B. Dexter 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).

  • Bomb fuze arming clip
    Patent number: 4083304
    Abstract: A bomb fuze arming clip made of spring steel and having a substantially triangular or loop shape. A first side of the triangle extends for some distance through a hook in which the end of the third side is formed. The clip is made of spring steel. Downward force on an apex of the triangle forces the extending portion of the first side of the triangle downward through the hook, thereby opening the clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1978
    Inventor: John B. Dexter
  • Omni-directional weapon arming wire connection
    Patent number: 3939754
    Abstract: A weapon arming wire connector for safely extracting the arming wire from e arming solenoid independent of the weapon position in the bomb rack of the aircraft. The improvement in the connector making it omni-directional includes the addition of one or more legs acting as fulcrums allowing the extraction or release of the connector from the solenoid regardless of angular displacement of the pull with approximately the same force independent of weapon position in order that the weapon may be safely jettisoned in an unarmed condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: John B. Dexter
  • Timepiece dial
    Patent number: D359704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Inventor: John B. Dexter