Patents by Inventor Manfred Thape

Manfred Thape 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).

  • MUNITION OR PROJECTILE FOR BATTLEFIELD ILLUMINATION
    Publication number: 20150241181
    Abstract: A projectile with several flare bodies, which are eccentrically housed in the body of the projectile and are ignited by at least one delay element for each flare body. The expulsion gases are conveyed from the ogive of the projectile to the delay elements through filler elements that form a channel in the center of the projectile for the expulsion gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
    Inventors: Ole Dau, Alfons Sackarndt, Uwe Naderhoff, Michael Schwenzer, Ralf Aumund-Kopp, Manfred Thape, Sebastian Münzner, Martin Rybol
  • Munition or projectile for battlefield illumination
    Publication number: 20090151590
    Abstract: A projectile with several flare bodies, which are eccentrically housed in the body of the projectile and are ignited by at least one delay element for each flare body. The expulsion gases are conveyed from the ogive of the projectile to the delay elements through filler elements that form a channel in the center of the projectile for the expulsion gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Ole Dau, Alfons Sackarndt, Uwe Naderhoff, Michael Schwenzer, Ralf Aumund-Kopp, Manfred Thape, Sebastian Munzner, Martin Rybol