Patents by Inventor John Shupe

John Shupe 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).

  • Ceramic tile design improvement for conformal personal armor
    Patent number: 12000680
    Abstract: A tile to be used in an arrangement of identical tiles of an armor, the tile including an obverse face, a reverse face opposite the obverse face, and an endless edge between the obverse face and the reverse face, the endless edge being defined by a plurality of peripheral boundaries connected by curved sections, wherein the obverse face includes a first region and a second region each configured to be overlapped by a corresponding region of a reverse face of another tile, and a strike face region that is not overlapped by another tile, the first region and the second region being adjacent to the non-overlapped strike face region, the strike face region including a Y-shaped raised portion and no other raised portion or recessed portion, and the reverse face including a Y-shaped depression at a location corresponding to the location of the Y-shaped raised portion, and no other depression or raised portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: VERCO MATERIALS, LLC
    Inventors: Samuel Shackelford, John Shupe, Gabriel Todd, Robert F. Speyer
  • CERAMIC TILE DESIGN IMPROVEMENT FOR CONFORMAL PERSONAL ARMOR
    Publication number: 20230228535
    Abstract: A tile to be used in an arrangement of identical tiles of an armor, the tile including an obverse face, a reverse face opposite the obverse face, and an endless edge between the obverse face and the reverse face, the endless edge being defined by a plurality of peripheral boundaries connected by curved sections, wherein the obverse face includes a first region and a second region each configured to be overlapped by a corresponding region of a reverse face of another tile, and a strike face region that is not overlapped by another tile, the first region and the second region being adjacent to the non-overlapped strike face region, the strike face region including a Y-shaped raised portion and no other raised portion or recessed portion, and the reverse face including a Y-shaped depression at a location corresponding to the location of the Y-shaped raised portion, and no other depression or raised portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Samuel SHACKELFORD, John SHUPE, Gabriel TODD, Robert F. SPEYER
  • Armor component and method of making the armor component
    Patent number: 11585641
    Abstract: An armor component that includes a ballistic tile made of, for example, boron carbide or silicon carbide, a plurality of wraps made of ballistic fibers such as carbon fiber, and a metal plate, for example, a steel plate, the metal plate being positioned behind the reverse side of the tile and the wraps being wrapped around the tile and the metal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: VERCO MATERIALS, LLC
    Inventors: Robert F. Speyer, John Shupe
  • ARMOR COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE ARMOR COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20210341263
    Abstract: An armor component that includes a ballistic tile made of, for example, boron carbide or silicon carbide, a plurality of wraps made of ballistic fibers such as carbon fiber, and a metal plate, for example, a steel plate, the metal plate being positioned behind the reverse side of the tile and the wraps being wrapped around the tile and the metal plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Robert F. SPEYER, John Shupe
  • Armor component and method of making the armor component
    Patent number: 11047651
    Abstract: An armor component that includes a ballistic tile made of, for example, boron carbide or silicon carbide, a plurality of wraps made of ballistic fibers such as carbon fiber, and a metal plate, for example, a steel plate, the metal plate being positioned behind the reverse side of the tile and the wraps being wrapped around the tile and the metal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: VERCO MATERIALS, LLC
    Inventors: Robert F. Speyer, John Shupe
  • ARMOR COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE ARMOR COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20190390940
    Abstract: An armor component that includes a ballistic tile made of, for example, boron carbide or silicon carbide, a plurality of wraps made of ballistic fibers such as carbon fiber, and a metal plate, for example, a steel plate, the metal plate being positioned behind the reverse side of the tile and the wraps being wrapped around the tile and the metal plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Robert F. Speyer, John Shupe