Patents by Inventor Vic N. Makximenko

Vic N. Makximenko 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).

  • Igniter for exothermic torch rod
    Patent number: 7117796
    Abstract: An igniter's housing is bored continuously there through to define, in succession, several bore regions. A firing pin, slidingly fit in the first bore region, terminates in a tip that protrudes into a primer-filled second bore region when the firing pin is fully seated in the first bore region. An air-filled third bore region follows the second bore region. An open-ended cup is fitted substantially in and sealed to the fourth bore region with the cup's closed end being structurally weakened at a portion thereof. A bored out slug of pyrotechnic material is fitted in the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Kurt D. Bogle, Allen M. Bryant, Steve P. D'Arche, Michael H. Jones, Vic N. Makximenko, Frank L. Soltis, Brent T. Voigtschild