Patents by Inventor Matthew P. Evangelisti

Matthew P. Evangelisti 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: 10317182
    Abstract: A safety fuze for use in military and commercial applications, includes a fuze body that is attached to a trigger mechanism, an energetic train contained within the fuze body, and a non-energetic fuze delay mixture that is formed in a rod form so that it can dropped inside the fuze body, without modification to the other components of the safety fuze. Preferably, the non-energetic fuze delay mixture is made of foamed celluloid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Mohamed Elalem, Philip Abbate, Vincent Gonsalves, Matthew P. Evangelisti, John W. Grassia, Steve Kotefski, Nikola Kotefski, Ming-Wan Young, Fei Shen, Chong Peng, Linjie Zhu, Viral Panchal
  • Patent number: 9010250
    Abstract: A grenade fuze assembly includes a fuze body and a striker lever fixed to the fuze body with a pull pin. A circular pull ring is attached to the pull pin. A detent device is disposed on a top portion of the fuze body and a top portion of the striker lever. The detent device includes four sides with a boss formed on an exterior of one of the four sides. The boss includes a curved slot for receiving and holding the pull ring. A pair of opposed locking tabs on opposite interior sides of the detent device engage the top portion of the fuze body. The detent device secures the pull ring to prevent accidental removal of the pull pin when the grenade is dropped and to prevent undesired noise cause by movement of the pull pin and pull ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Matthew P. Evangelisti, Steve Kotefski, Lidija Kotevska
  • Patent number: 8025011
    Abstract: A stun grenade includes a housing having at least a portion that is not opaque; a light output section disposed in the housing, the light output section comprising a pyrotechnic material; a fuze coupled to the housing, the fuze including a time delay column inserted into the housing; and a noise output section comprising a lower portion of the time delay column and a pyrotechnic material disposed in the lower portion of the time delay column. The light output section and the noise output section are initiated at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Yusif Yafai, Matthew P. Evangelisti, Lidija Kotevska, Stojan Kotevski