Patents by Inventor John J. Scanlon, Jr.

John J. Scanlon, 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).

  • Sabotless micro projectile
    Patent number: 3977324
    Abstract: 1. A dart type projectile having a bore size cylindrical portion of a len at least as long as the diameter thereof, a conical nose extending forwardly of said cylindrical portion and having a taper of substantially 16.degree., a rearwardly extending shaft, and four stabilizing fins having longitudinally extending peripheral edge portions longitudinally aligned with peripheral portions of said cylindrical portion, of an axial length at least that of said cylindrical portion, and of a width capable of supporting said projectile as the cylindrical portion leaves a smooth bore gun barrel, said shaft extending rearwardly from said cylindrical portion to said fins, the periphery of said fins and said cylindrical portion being concentric to within about one ten thousandth of an inch, said nose having a density substantially twice that of iron to reduce retardation to about one foot per second of velocity with an initial velocity of about 3,800 feet per second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1964
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Thomas Stevenson, John J. Scanlon, Jr.