Patents by Inventor Steven R. Norris

Steven R. Norris 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).

  • Out-of-line igniter
    Patent number: 4155306
    Abstract: An out-of-line igniter assembly having a primer located out-of-line of an nition train and movable to an in-line position for ignition of a main pyrotechnic charge. A housing has a raceway connected with a gas expansion chamber and a pellet chamber, and a slider having a primer and a striker assembly is movable in the raceway. Premature detonation of the primer causes the primer to fire into the gas expansion chamber but, in normal operation, the slider is moved so that the primer is fired into the pellet chamber. Movement of the slider causes the striker assembly to actuate when the slider is in an in-line position with the pellet chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1979
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Stanley J. Herold, Donald E. LaGrange, Steven R. Norris, David K. Sanders, John E. Wildridge