Patents by Inventor Stephen N. Schomotolocha

Stephen N. Schomotolocha 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).

  • Surrogate weapon for weapons effects signatures
    Patent number: 4664631
    Abstract: The invention comprises a surrogate weapon for simulating the sound and flash of gunfire having a combustion chamber system in which a primary chamber is an elongated cavity, having a proximal end closed with a head and an open distal end. A combustible mixture is injected via electronically timed hydrocarbon fuel and oxidizer pulses into the combustion chamber near the closed end through an annular injector having a plurality of spaced apart fuel and oxidizer nozzles. The fuel nozzles are axially spaced from the oxidizer nozzles and are closer to the head. Thus the injected fuel/oxidizer charge is stratified with a fuel concentration distribution preferentially being richer at an ignition source near the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1987
    Assignee: Loral Electro-Optical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Pederson, Lawrence J. Gallagher, Jack V. Miller, Lauren B. Althaus, Benjamin Rubinstein, Stephen N. Schomotolocha