Patents by Inventor Patrick M. McInnis

Patrick M. McInnis 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: 4795857
    Abstract: A waterproof housing which is intended to be buried in the ground, and which serves to protect the splices of buried electrical cables such as are used, for example, in irrigation control systems. The housing is formed of two identical half-sections configured to snap together around the crimped splice of two or more cables. Each half-section is pre-filled with a plastic insulating gel which becomes adhesively attached to the crimping sleeve of the splice and which forms a perimeter seal around the splice. Troughs are provided at one end of each section as a means of entry for wires to be spliced. Thin frangible dams are molded onto the outer ends of the troughs to maintain the gel in the half-sections during filling, and which are crushed by the cables when the two half-sections are pressed together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1989
    Assignee: GardenAmerica Corporation
    Inventor: Patrick M. McInnis
  • Patent number: 4411199
    Abstract: An improved booster construction having a metallic covering with a plural of apertures therein encases a booster charge which, in turn, is encased in a nonmetallic cup having a low temperature melting characteristic permitting the booster charge to expand during thermal cook-off to prevent reaching critical temperature pressure relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1983
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Patrick A. Yates, Patrick M. McInnis
  • Patent number: 4022130
    Abstract: A warhead fuze is attached within the warhead casing in such a manner that ressure buildup will cause the fuze mechanism to be ejected from its housing. The fuze and its associated booster is contained in a cup attached to an end cap which may be threaded to receive a closure cap. The joint between the booster cup and the end cap is made in such a manner that pressure buildup within the cup will case the joint to fail with a resultant expulsion of said booster cup away from the main explosive cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1977
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Clifford T. Johnson, Melvin J. McCubbin, Patrick M. McInnis, Joseph F. Mattis