Patents by Inventor Robert L. Gilmore

Robert L. Gilmore 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: 4649733
    Abstract: A punch for setting a rivet has features to prevent swelling of the rivet between the two members being secured together. The punch has an elongated, solid blow transmitting member with a blow receiving surface and a shank. A sleeve is slidingly carried by the shank and movable from a position protruding past the lower end of the shank. The sleeve has a sidewall with at least one elongated slot extending therethrough. A pin is secured in the shank and extends laterally outward from the shank into the slot to retain the sleeve. A spring urges the sleeve downwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1987
    Assignee: General Dynamics Corporation
    Inventor: Robert L. Gilmore
  • Patent number: 4603515
    Abstract: A vacuum blast adapter for removing corrosion from the booster wells of bombs and the like which includes a cylindrical body portion having a vacuum tight seal at its forward end for engaging the outer surface of the bomb. An air/abrasive carrying line is sealably inserted through the rearward end of the body portion to guide the abrasive into the bomb booster well. An observation window is provided at the top of the adapter and a funnel collector is positioned at the bottom to collect the used abrasive which is carried away by a vacuum line. An overhead spring suspension system facilitates the movement of the adapter to successive aligned bombs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1986
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Robert L. Gilmore, George E. Lander
  • Patent number: D282930
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1986
    Inventors: Charles C. Gilmore, David M. Gilmore, Robert L. Gilmore