Patents by Inventor Vladimir Gold

Vladimir Gold 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).

  • More safe insensitive munition for producing a controlled fragmentation pattern
    Patent number: 7886667
    Abstract: A warhead includes a body, a patterned liner made of plastic, and an explosive charge disposed within the liner. The liner pattern is formed of gaps and liner elements. The explosive charge includes a first set of sections that are disposed adjacent to the liner gaps and a second set of sections that are disposed adjacent to the liner elements. Upon detonation of the explosive charge and because of the temporal delay in transmitting the detonation energy between these two sets of sections, the warhead body is caused to shear and break into fragments with controlled size. The use of plastic as the liner material also provides a welcome safety feature for this warhead. In the event of unwanted heat ignition, the plastic (which is also low melt temperature material), would melt to seal the explosive and would also flow. Because of the plastic, neither sudden pressure nor heat/ignition inside the round, would therefore be as catastrophic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Ernest Baker, Chuck Chin, Arthur Daniels, Stanley DeFisher, Vladimir Gold, Jack Pincay, Irene Wu
  • Multifunctional explosive fragmentation airburst munition
    Patent number: 7451704
    Abstract: An explosive fragmentation munition having a longitudinal axis which includes a cylindrical shell portion having a thickness and an interior; a rounded shell portion having a thickness and an interior, the rounded shell portion being disposed at a front end of the cylindrical shell portion; an explosive disposed in the interiors of the cylindrical shell portion and the rounded shell portion; wherein the thickness of the rounded shell portion equals the thickness of the cylindrical shell portion where the rounded shell portion joins the cylindrical shell portion, and wherein the thickness of the rounded shell portion increases in a forward direction along the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Vladimir Gold, Ernest L. Baker, William J. Poulos
  • Explosive fragmentation munition
    Patent number: 6983699
    Abstract: An explosive fragmentation munition having a longitudinal axis which includes a cylindrical shell portion having a thickness and an interior; a rounded shell portion having a thickness and an interior, the rounded shell portion being disposed at a front end of the cylindrical shell portion; an explosive disposed in the interiors of the cylindrical shell portion and the rounded shell portion; wherein the thickness of the rounded shell portion equals the thickness of the cylindrical shell portion where the rounded shell portion joins the cylindrical shell portion, and wherein the thickness of the rounded shell portion increases in a forward direction along the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Vladimir Gold, Ernest L. Baker