Patents by Inventor Karl Raupp

Karl Raupp 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: 10422609
    Abstract: A smoke munition or smoke grenade which can be fired from a launcher, for example a grenade launcher, and has at least one active charge for producing smoke as a protection for ships. To achieve the effect that the active charge of the smoke grenade can be delivered quickly and safely for the ship's crew and the active compound thereof can be converted completely into smoke even after hitting the water, the invention proposes providing the active charge with a floating aid, which can be deployed before the active charge hits the water and prevents the active charge from sinking and prevents the active compound that produces the smoke from becoming wet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Raupp, Lothar-Georg Kopp, Stefan Lauer
  • Publication number: 20180100725
    Abstract: A smoke munition or smoke grenade which can be fired from a launcher, for example a grenade launcher, and has at least one active charge for producing smoke as a protection for ships. To achieve the effect that the active charge of the smoke grenade can be delivered quickly and safely for the ship's crew and the active compound thereof can be converted completely into smoke even after hitting the water, the invention proposes providing the active charge with a floating aid, which can be deployed before the active charge hits the water and prevents the active charge from sinking and prevents the active compound that produces the smoke from becoming wet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION GMBH
    Inventors: Karl RAUPP, Lothar-Georg KOPP, Stefan LAUER
  • Patent number: 6612242
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cartridge for smoke generation for the protection of combat vehicles, wherein the shell has the form of an integral two-chamber double can (2) including a partition wall shared by both chambers (10), the wall thickness of the partition wall (10) being greater than the wall thickness of the double can outer wall (22), and the front end of the double can (2) being closed gas-tight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Buck Neue Technologien GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Raupp, Werner Brand, Hansjörg Lang, Wolfgang Kukla
  • Publication number: 20030097950
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cartridge for smoke generation for the protection of combat vehicles, wherein the shell has the form of an integral two-chamber double can (2) including a partition wall shared by both chambers (10), the wall thickness of the partition wall (10) being greater than the wall thickness of the double can outer wall (22), and the front end of the double can (2) being closed gas-tight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Karl Raupp, Werner Brand, Hansjorg Lang, Wolfgang Kukla
  • Patent number: 5700971
    Abstract: A rapid-release smoke hand grenade comprising a manually actuatable igniter head (A) and an active mass member (B), wherein the striker located on the igniter head to initiate the chain of pyrotechnical activity is loaded by means of a safety clip so as to be safe to handle, the smoke-forming means located in the active mass member is in the form of combustible disc-shaped or disc sector-shaped thin leaves (flares) coated with smoke-forming agent based on red phosphorus which practically fill the canister of the active mass member around a capsule for the ignition/bursting unit located therein, the heavy components of this rapid-release smoke hand grenade are held together by connecting elements which are stable when it bursts, and the essential components of the grenade preferably consist of aluminium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: Buck Werke GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Peter Rayer, Norbert Wardecki, Karl Raupp