Patents by Inventor Lothar-Georg KOPP

Lothar-Georg KOPP 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