Patents by Inventor Samuel R. Hardy

Samuel R. Hardy 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: 5464173
    Abstract: Improved collapsible roll or spin-stabilizing fin subassembly means of reively lightweight molded construction for missile means and the like that is generally made up of base or hub means, a series of four interconnecting fork means and a series of four fin means. The base means is suitably affixed in concentric fashion to the trailing end of the missile means. Each one of the interconnecting means is hingedly connected to its associated radially aligned bifurcated means of the series of four bifurcated means. At the same time, each fork means is biasingly interconnected to its associated bifurcated means so that any fork means is biasingly urged in a trailing or rearward direction, once the missile means is launched, to an outward and inward extended partially rotated position as limited by stop means provided on the base means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Joseph F. Sharrow, Samuel R. Hardy