Patents by Inventor John P. Tipton

John P. Tipton 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).

  • Lightweight blast shield
    Patent number: 5003883
    Abstract: A tandem warhead missile arrangement that has a composite material housing structure with a first warhead mounted at one end and a second warhead mounted near another end of the composite structure with a dome shaped composite material blast shield mounted between the warheads to protect the second warhead from the blast of the first warhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1991
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Larry C. Mixon, George W. Snyder, Scott D. Hill, Gregory L. Johnson, J. Frank Wlodarski, Alexis P. von Spakovsky, John D. Emerson, James M. Cole, John P. Tipton
  • Method and apparatus for removing material from a surface
    Patent number: 4377736
    Abstract: The relative position of a plurality of holes through a surface of a member, the holes having been generated by high energy means, such as a laser, which vaporizes material of the member to produce a light flash, is inspected and controlled as the holes are being generated using a light sensing means which is responsive to the light flash and which observes the relative positions of the holes being produced. The light sensing means signals a hole pattern comparison means which compares the actual hole pattern with a preselected hole pattern. Adjustment can then be made to reposition the high energy beam if required to correct undesirable error in the actual hole pattern during generation of the holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1983
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John E. Daunt, John P. Tipton, John E. Adair