Patents by Inventor Stefan Knapper

Stefan Knapper 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: 5824941
    Abstract: An arrangement for protection from attack by projectiles, especially from hollow-charge projectiles or the like, consisting of a wall which is constituted of explosives and is arranged obliquely relative to the firing direction below a wall facing towards the projectile and which is constituted from an inert material. A foil consisting of an explosive for the formation of a reactive sandwiched or composite armoring is equipped with a steel plate on one side thereof and with a glass plate or a glass fiber-reinforced plastic material plate on its other side, wherein the composite armorings form chambers within a box structure such that, within any one chamber, a steel plate is always located opposite a glass plate, and the collective foils of explosive are connected along their bottom sides with a transmission or transfer foil which is similarly constituted from an explosive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Diehl Stiftung & Co.
    Inventor: Stefan Knapper