Patents by Inventor Stephen R. Fuller

Stephen R. Fuller 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).

  • Two part ammunition round
    Patent number: 5400715
    Abstract: Ammunition round comprising a forward cartridge 1 including a projectile 6 and a propellant charge 8, a rearward cartridge 2 including a propellant charge 8 and a propellant ignition system 3, 10, 14, and a propellant charge igniter 16 located so as to lie positioned between the first and second propellant charges when the round is loaded, wherein the propellant ignition system includes ignition transfer means 14 for transferring ignition from the rear of the rearward cartridge to the propellant charge igniter and the propellant charge igniter 16 includes ignition propagation means, preferably in the form of igniter cord 26, for spreading ignition laterally to facilitate rapid simultaneous ignition of the two charges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventors: Graham R. Roach, Stephen R. Fuller, Charles D. G. Edwards, Steven Gilbert