Patents by Inventor Paul VON Malottki

Paul VON Malottki 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).

  • Apparatus for braking a free piston, which is driven at high acceleration within a tube
    Patent number: 4148244
    Abstract: An apparatus for braking a free piston which is driven at a high acceleran within a tube and, particularly, in a recoilless firearm, comprises a tube which has a first portion of a first diameter and a second portion of a second diameter greater than the first portion with a transition portion therebetween. A free piston is freely movable in the first portion and it has substantially the same diameter as the first portion. A braking sleeve is secured to the interior wall of the tube in the second portion thereof and it has an edge facing the piston which is beveled inwardly to a knife edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1979
    Assignee: Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Werner Schnabele, Paul VON Malottki