Patents by Inventor Marc Radstake

Marc Radstake 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: 9074851
    Abstract: Lightly armored vehicles and stationary objects are often the target of attacks by hollow-charge projectiles. Numerous variants of armor plating have been developed to counter such attacks, which results in additional loads, and these require expensive production. A light protective layer (1) which is simple to produce contains rods (3) arranged in a matrix, which project out from the object to be protected. If a corresponding hollow-charge projectile hits such a protective layer (1), the front nose (101) thereof is damaged, so that in most cases the initiation of the hollow charge does not occur. Preferably the rods (3) are covered externally by polymer layers (9, 10) and additionally a crumple layer (8) is attached in front of the object to be protected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: RUAG Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Marc Radstake, Hanspeter Kaufmann
  • Patent number: 8701541
    Abstract: Lightly armored vehicles and stationary objects are often the target of attacks by hollow-charge projectiles. Numerous variants of armor plating have been developed to counter such attacks, which results in additional loads, and these require expensive production. A light protective layer (1) which is simple to produce contains rods (3) arranged in a matrix, which project out from the object to be protected. If a corresponding hollow-charge projectile hits such a protective layer (1), the front nose (101) thereof is damaged, so that in most cases the initiation of the hollow charge does not occur. Preferably the rods (3) are covered externally by polymer layers (9, 10) and additionally a crumple layer (8) is attached in front of the object to be protected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: RUAG Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Marc Radstake, Hanspeter Kaufmann
  • Patent number: 8578833
    Abstract: Lightly armored vehicles and stationary objects are often the target of attacks by means of hollow-charge projectiles. Numerous variants of armor plating have been developed to counter such attacks, which results in additional loads, and these require expensive production. A light protective layer (1) which is simple to produce contains rods (3) arranged in a matrix, which project out from the object to be protected. If a corresponding hollow-charge projectile hits such a protective layer (1), the front nose (101) thereof is damaged, so that in most cases the initiation of the hollow charge does not occur. Preferably the rods (3) are covered externally by polymer layers (9, 10) and additionally a crumple layer (8) is attached in front of the object to be protected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: RUAG Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Marc Radstake, Hanspeter Kaufmann
  • Publication number: 20110252955
    Abstract: Lightly armoured vehicles and stationary objects are often the target of attacks by means of hollow-charge projectiles. Numerous variants of armour plating have been developed to counter such attacks, which results in additional loads, and these require expensive production. A light protective layer (1) which is simple to produce contains rods (3) arranged in a matrix, which project out from the object to be protected. If a corresponding hollow-charge projectile hits such a protective layer (1), the front nose (101) thereof is damaged, so that in most cases the initiation of the hollow charge does not occur. Preferably the rods (3) are covered externally by polymer layers (9, 10) and additionally a crumple layer (8) is attached in front of the object to be protected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: RUAG Land Systems AG
    Inventors: Marc Radstake, Hanspeter Kaufmann