Patents by Inventor Kip Hess

Kip Hess 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).

  • Long rod penetrator concept for small caliber munitions
    Patent number: 9677863
    Abstract: A kinetic energy penetrator for use in small caliber ammunition, which penetrator can utilize composite material small sabots. A large shear area in the sabot having a small number of decreasingly sized buttress grooves, mate to the penetrator shaft making use of composite material sabots feasible. Lightening of the penetrator through substitution of composite material sabots results in greater velocity with higher kinetic energy on lethal impact. The fewer grooves aerodynamically lessen drag and likewise tend to boost velocity plus lethal impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Mohan J. Palathingal, Kip Hess, Gregory M. Kolasa, Sung Chung, Marco Duca