Patents by Inventor Manfred Kusters

Manfred Kusters 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: 5857644
    Abstract: The invention describes a target approach procedure for a guided, mobile missile for use against ground targets, particularly bridges, roads, rail junctions, hangars, shelters, command posts, harbor installations as well as ships, in which the missile is released at a great distance from the target and flies automatically to the target, with guidance by parallel lines that characterize ground structures, and hits it from the most favorable approach direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Inventor: Manfred Kusters
  • Patent number: 5577431
    Abstract: In a method for the ejection and distribution of submunition bodies to be ejected from a submunition carrier for combatting targets in a line, such as vehicle columns, the submunition carrier (3) comprises vertical ejecting tubes (3a) for the submunition bodies, which vertical ejecting tubes (3a) are directed downward as well as upward. Submunition bodies (7) which are connected with a wind sock for stabilization are ejected downward. The submunition bodies (9) which are to be ejected in an upward direction are connected with a parachute which is provided with at least one eccentric slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG
    Inventor: Manfred Kusters