Patents by Inventor Peter N. Jones

Peter N. Jones 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).

  • Shaped charges and their manufacture
    Patent number: 5331895
    Abstract: A shaped charge liner formed of a solid metallic material having a fine grain size of the order of 25 microns or less. The material can be, for example, copper, uranium, tantalum or an alloy showing superplasticity and having a density greater than about 5 gm/cm.sup.3. The liner can be made by subjecting the material to repeated cycles of cold working, annealing at just above the recrystallization temperature, and quenching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britanic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdon of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventors: Brian Bourne, Peter N. Jones, Roger H. Warren
  • Long rod penetrator
    Patent number: H382
    Abstract: An improved penetrator rod for a kinetic energy projectile is disclosed. edded as a central core within said penetrator rod is a lubricating rod, comprising metal alloys such as tin zinc, aluminum, or lead, which will continue to follow as it erodes upon penetration despite the heat and pressures of impact to an armor target. A new, lubricating, front end surface constantly re-appears as the front end of the penetrator erodes upon impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1987
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: William P. Keown, Peter N. Jones