Patents by Inventor Travis Walter

Travis Walter 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).

  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR WEAPON FUZE
    Publication number: 20110162548
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a weapon according to various aspects of the present invention comprise and/or operate in conjunction with a warhead case and a fuze system. The fuze system may comprise a fuze housing including a flange configured to be secured to the weapon. In one embodiment, the methods and apparatus operate in conjunction with a fuze well rigidly attached to the warhead case. In addition, the methods and apparatus may include a sensor mounted on the flange, and a booster attached to the fuze well adjacent the fuze housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: BRYAN BERLIN, Bradley Biggs, Travis Walter
  • Methods and apparatus for weapon fuze
    Patent number: 7971533
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a weapon according to various aspects of the present invention comprise and/or operate in conjunction with a warhead case and a fuze system. The fuze system may comprise a fuze housing including a flange configured to be secured to the weapon. In one embodiment, the methods and apparatus operate in conjunction with a fuze well rigidly attached to the warhead case. In addition, the methods and apparatus may include a sensor mounted on the flange, and a booster attached to the fuze well adjacent the fuze housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Bryan Berlin, Bradley Biggs, Travis Walter
  • High-lethality low collateral damage fragmentation warhead
    Patent number: 7971535
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-lethality low collateral damage fragmentation warhead. The case is formed of a material that is pulverized upon detonation of the explosive. As a result, the lethality radius of the pulverized case fragments is no greater than that of the gas blast, thus reducing potential collateral damage. Warhead lethality is improved by placing a pattern shaper between the fragment assembly and the explosive. The explosive and pattern shaper have a conformal non-planar interface that shapes the pressure wavefront as it propagates there through to expel metal fragments from the fragmentation assembly with a desired pattern density over a prescribed solid angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Henri Y. Kim, Travis Walter, Kim L. Christianson
  • HIGH-LETHALITY LOW COLLATERAL DAMAGE FRAGMENTATION WARHEAD
    Publication number: 20110146523
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-lethality low collateral damage fragmentation warhead. The case is formed of a material that is pulverized upon detonation of the explosive. As a result, the lethality radius of the pulverized case fragments is no greater than that of the gas blast, thus reducing potential collateral damage. Warhead lethality is improved by placing a pattern shaper between the fragment assembly and the explosive. The explosive and pattern shaper have a conformal non-planar interface that shapes the pressure wavefront as it propagates there through to expel metal fragments from the fragmentation assembly with a desired pattern density over a prescribed solid angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Henri Y. Kim, Travis Walter, Kim L. Christianson