Patents by Inventor Mark H. Pond

Mark H. Pond 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).

  • Igniter assembly actuated by parachute deployment, and flare containing the same
    Patent number: 6412417
    Abstract: This parachute flare igniter assembly has a novel slider for attaining high reliability in firing efficiency. The slider moves along a raceway of an igniter assembly housing. Also disposed in the housing is a cartridge retained in a stationary state relative to the housing. The cartridge includes a stationary primer and a spring. A striker arm connected to the cartridge is movable into a cocked state in which the spring urges the striker arm towards the primer. The slider has an igniter composition chamber and a cocking wall portion, and is movable in tandem with the igniter composition chamber along at least a portion of the length of said raceway from a loaded position to a firing position. In the loaded position, the striker arm is maintained in the cocked state by the cocking wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Alliant Techsystems Inc.
    Inventors: Derek C. Anderson, Mark H. Pond, Ryan D. Osterhout