Patents by Inventor Tucker T. Yee

Tucker T. Yee 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).

  • Fire, temperature and shock resistant explosives
    Patent number: H969
    Abstract: A practical, castable plastic bonded explosive (PBX) is disclosed that is sistant to fire, aerodynamic heating, and mechanical stimuli-impact. The binder is composed of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, dioctylmaleate, N-vinyl pyrrolidone, Aerosol R-972, t-butyl perbenzoate, cobaltous acetylacetonate, and triethyleneglycoldimethylacrylate, utilizing RDX/HMX as an explosive filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1991
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Tucker T. Yee
  • Wire assault weapon warhead
    Patent number: H1367
    Abstract: A wire assault weapon warhead preferably for breaching barbed-wire barrics in a battlefield at standoff distances, has a cylindrical shaped projectile having a domed nose cone and a rear bulkhead sized so as to allow the warhead to be fired from a Shoulder-Fired Multi-Purpose Assault Weapon or a similar weapon. The warhead includes a fragmentation tube that fragments upon the detonation of an explosive charge and the fragments expelled into the wire of the barricade sever the wire and breach the barricade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Louie A. Allen, Jr., Tucker T. Yee