Patents by Inventor Robert Knepper

Robert Knepper 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).

  • Explosive device comprising an explosive material having controlled explosive properties
    Patent number: 11673844
    Abstract: An explosive device is described herein, wherein the explosive device includes a substrate that has a surface, wherein surface energy of a portion of the surface of the substrate has been modified in a vacuum chamber from a first surface energy to a second surface energy. The explosive device additionally includes explosive material that has been deposited on the surface of the substrate in the vacuum chamber by way of physical vapor deposition (PVD), wherein the explosive material is deposited on the portion of the surface of the substrate subsequent to the surface energy of the portion of the surface of the substrate being modified from the first surface energy to the second surface energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Christopher Forrest, Robert Knepper, Alexander S. Tappan, Michael P. Marquez
  • EXPLOSIVE DEVICE COMPRISING AN EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL HAVING CONTROLLED EXPLOSIVE PROPERTIES
    Publication number: 20220289642
    Abstract: An explosive device is described herein, wherein the explosive device includes a substrate that has a surface, wherein surface energy of a portion of the surface of the substrate has been modified in a vacuum chamber from a first surface energy to a second surface energy. The explosive device additionally includes explosive material that has been deposited on the surface of the substrate in the vacuum chamber by way of physical vapor deposition (PVD), wherein the explosive material is deposited on the portion of the surface of the substrate subsequent to the surface energy of the portion of the surface of the substrate being modified from the first surface energy to the second surface energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Eric Christopher Forrest, Robert Knepper, Alexander S. Tappan, Michael P. Marquez
  • Explosive device comprising an explosive material having controlled explosive properties
    Patent number: 11358910
    Abstract: An explosive device is described herein, wherein the explosive device includes a substrate that has a surface, wherein surface energy of a portion of the surface of the substrate has been modified in a vacuum chamber from a first surface energy to a second surface energy. The explosive device additionally includes explosive material that has been deposited on the surface of the substrate in the vacuum chamber by way of physical vapor deposition (PVD), wherein the explosive material is deposited on the portion of the surface of the substrate subsequent to the surface energy of the portion of the surface of the substrate being modified from the first surface energy to the second surface energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Christopher Forrest, Robert Knepper, Alexander S. Tappan, Michael P. Marquez
  • Skateboard
    Patent number: D728048
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Inventors: David Monroe Stover, Kevin John Ahearn, Jr., Ben Robert Kneppers