Patents by Inventor Marion E. Fines

Marion E. Fines 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).

  • Submunition fuzing and self-destruct using MEMS arm fire and safe and arm devices
    Patent number: 6622629
    Abstract: A fuze for a submunition is miniaturized in size by forming the fuze of a micro-electromechanical systems (“MEMS”) velocity sensor (38, 32, 34 and 36), a MEMs shock detector (31), a DC power supply (30) and one of the MEMs arm-fire device (2, FIG. 1) or MEMs safe and arm device (2, FIG. 5). Multiple fuzes may be incorporated in a fuze to ensure detonation of the explosive charge, should one fuze fail. A millimeter-microwave (“MMW”) receiver-decoder may be included to permit remote detonation on command from a remote transmitter (52) and/or a microprocessor (54) may be included to time the detonation to the physical characteristics of the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Kathleen F. Hodge, David K. Hoffmaster, William W. Mogan, Marion E. Fines, Daniel V. Haun
  • Submunition fuzing and self-destruct using MEMS arm fire and safe and arm devices
    Publication number: 20030070571
    Abstract: A fuze for a submunition is miniaturized in size by forming the fuze of a micro-electromechanical systems (“MEMS”) velocity sensor (38, 32, 34 and 36), a MEMs shock detector (31), a DC power supply (30) and one of the MEMs arm-fire device (2, FIG. 1) or MEMs safe and arm device (2, FIG. 5). Multiple fuzes may be incorporated in a fuze to ensure detonation of the explosive charge, should one fuze fail. A MMW receiver-decoder may be included to permit remote detonation on command from a remote transmitter (52) and/or a microprocessor (54) may be included to time the detonation to the physical characteristics of the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Kathleen F. Hodge, David K. Hoffmaster, William W. Mogan, Marion E. Fines, Daniel V. Haun