Patents by Inventor Ricardo Augusto Mendes

Ricardo Augusto Mendes 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).

  • Hand grenade, a hand-grenade actuator, and a method of manufacturing a hand-grenade actuator
    Patent number: 8943973
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hand grenade comprising a main body (10), an actuator (14) releasably fixed to the main body (10), an actuator-ejection mechanism, and a charge to be released, which includes an automatic-identification device (34) embedded in the actuator. The invention further relates to a grenade actuator of the EOT-type (Espoleta de Ogiva de Tempo, time fuse point), which comprises an automatic-identification device (34) embedded therein. The present invention can also materialize in the form of a method of manufacturing a hand-grenade actuator, according to which it is provided a housing for an automatic-identification device in the actuator body. Indeed, the method of manufacturing the actuator further includes providing said housing with a cylindrical shape and then inserting an equally cylindrical automatic-identification device into said housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Condor S.A. Industria Quimica
    Inventors: Ricardo Augusto Mendes, Rogério Borges Da Cunha
  • HAND GRENADE, A HAND-GRENADE ACTUATOR, AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A HAND-GRENADE ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20140013986
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hand grenade comprising a main body (10), an actuator (14) releasably fixed to the main body (10), an actuator-ejection mechanism, and a charge to be released, which includes an automatic-identification device (34) embedded in the actuator. The invention further relates to a grenade actuator of the EOT-type (Espoleta de Ogiva de Tempo, time fuse point), which comprises an automatic-identification device (34) embedded therein. The present invention can also materialize in the form of a method of manufacturing a handgrenade actuator, according to which it is provided a housing for an automatic-identification device in the actuator body. Indeed, the method of manufacturing the actuator further includes providing said housing with a cylindrical shape and then inserting an equally cylindrical automatic-identification device into said housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: CONDOR S.A. INDUSTRIA QUIMICA
    Inventors: Ricardo Augusto Mendes, Rogerio Borges da Cunha