Patents by Inventor Victor N. Kokodis

Victor N. Kokodis 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).

  • Disabling apparatus for road vehicles
    Patent number: 7988381
    Abstract: A vehicle disabling apparatus may include at least one plunger assembly having a plunger and a toggle operable to pivot inside the vehicle tire. The apparatus may include energetic material disposed adjacent the plunger and configured to force the plunger into a vehicle tire. A method of disabling a vehicle having a tire may include using the vehicle's tire to move the plunger and thereby activate the energetic material; and moving the plunger into the tire using gas produced by the energetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Albert Meyer-Pflug, Victor N. Kokodis, Frank Dindl, Warren G. Reiner, Jr., Michael Heayn
  • Dynamic barrier system
    Patent number: 7752952
    Abstract: A dynamic barrier system including a number of sensors that monitor a barrier area to determine specific types of objects approaching, within, or exiting the barrier area. Depending upon the type of object(s), the dynamic barrier system initiates an appropriate action, both lethal and non-lethal. The barrier system may advantageously deactivate after its intended period of operation eliminating difficult and/or dangerous removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Myron Hohil, Victor N. Kokodis, Mark Mellini, Brian Peltzer, Anthony Sebasto
  • Dual purpose munition
    Patent number: 7654458
    Abstract: A dual purpose munition includes a housing; a shaped warhead disposed in a front interior of the housing; a vertically orienting explosive disposed on a front end of the housing; a safe and arm device explosively connected to the shaped warhead for arming and detonating the shaped warhead; a dual sensor circuit comprising an E-field sensor board, a B-field sensor board and a processor board; and a power source connected to the dual sensor circuit and the safe and arm device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Victor N. Kokodis, Arnold S. Klein