Patents by Inventor Milton K. Burford

Milton K. Burford 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: 3968748
    Abstract: A target discriminating antipersonnel/antimaterial cluster weapon capable distinguishing between hard and soft targets. Upon striking a hard target such as armor or concrete, shear rivets are defeated causing a striker to plunge a firing pin into a stab detonator which through an explosive transfer train causes immediate detonation of the bomblet. Upon hitting a soft target such as sandy soil, the shear rivets will not be sheared, however, an inertia firing weight plunges a firing pin assembly into a stab primer which leads to a propellant charge causing the bomblet to pop back up into the air. The bomblet then is detonated through a pyrotechnic delay in the air. The bomblet is armed during its descent via a flutter plate giving oscillatory motion which is transferred into rotary motion. The rotary motion is employed to align the primer and detonator with the firing pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1973
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Milton K. Burford, Joseph F. Mattis, Peter D. Gratton, William J. Donahue, Michael A. Halling, Ken Pinkerton, Thomas A. Cammack, Rodney A. Bernardin, Lee Johnson, Art Lohmann, Ed Abt