Patents by Inventor Robert W. Halprin

Robert W. Halprin 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).

  • Wrapper, structural shielding device
    Patent number: 4041872
    Abstract: A shield for shielding against radiation from a nuclear blast. The shield comprised of an aluminum body structure, a tin sheet bonded to the outer surface of the aluminum body structure, a glass filament reinforced epoxy resin matrix composite plastic material wrapped about the tin material and an outer layer of external thermal ablative insulation. The glass filament wrapping of the tin material causes the tin material to act as an effective shielding material by maintaining integrity of the tin when exposed to radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1971
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1977
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Thomas E. McCown, Ken A. McClymonds, Robert W. Halprin