Patents by Inventor Manfred Kastenhuber

Manfred Kastenhuber 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).

  • Pivoting guidance mechanism for small-calibered projectiles
    Patent number: 4600167
    Abstract: A pivoting guidance mechanism for small-calibered projectiles, missiles or small bombs with fins, which are form-fittingly fixed and axially oriented within a housing, are pivotable transverse to the longitudinal axis and guided in longitudinal slots in the housing, and which include a slider for extending the fins which is actuatable through a pretensioned, central coil spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1986
    Assignee: Diehl GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Manfred Kastenhuber, Alfred Eckel, Erich Bock
  • Clustered ammunition ejectable from canisters
    Patent number: 4480552
    Abstract: Clustered ammunition which is ejectable from canisters for the combating of ground targets, which includes a central body which is encompassed by the ammunition with a member for clustering the ammunition. The clustered ammunition is retained by a clamping band and is fixed in position through the intermediary of formed-fitted components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1984
    Assignee: Diehl GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Alfred Eckel, Manfred Kastenhuber, Erich Bock