Patents by Inventor Leonard Macon Smith

Leonard Macon Smith 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).

  • Low energy fuse
    Patent number: 6601516
    Abstract: Low energy fuse for use in transmitting shock waves. The fuse consists of a hollow plastic tube fabricated of an ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene terpolymer, with a coating of reactive powder on an inner wall of the tube. The terpolymer contains a third polymer which enhances adhesion of the powder to the tube, and in the disclosed embodiment, the third polymer is hexafluoroisobutylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: David Lee Harrington, Steven William McDonald, Michael Howard Tolson, Leonard Macon Smith
  • Low energy fuse
    Publication number: 20020170454
    Abstract: Low energy fuse for use in transmitting shock waves. The fuse consists of a hollow plastic tube fabricated of an ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene terpolymer, with a coating of reactive powder on an inner wall of the tube. The terpolymer contains a third polymer which enhances adhesion of the powder to the tube, and in the disclosed embodiment, the third polymer is hexafluoroisobutylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Applicant: The B. F. Goodrich Company
    Inventors: David Lee Harrington, Steven William McDonald, Michael Howard Tolson, Leonard Macon Smith