Patents by Inventor Will Carey Jr.

Will Carey Jr. 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).

  • Metal augmented charge
    Patent number: 8894783
    Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for explosively dispersing particles of reactive metals into the atmosphere to form a fuel-air explosive. Also, this invention relates to a composition, which enhances the performance of metal augmented charge (MAC) devices. The metal augmented charge (MAC) includes flaked aluminum powder and polytetrafluorethylene. The MAC is pressed into solid billets. A preferred embodiment of the present invention involves a system with heavy-walled warhead, which comprises a canister and a cylinder of MAC disposed in the canister, so that said cylinder is in contact with the interior wall of the canister. Further, a high explosive is disposed in the cylinder with a fuze in direct contact with the high explosive, in such a way that the fuze detonates the high explosive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: George P. Dixon, Eddie R. Celestine, Will Carey, Jr., Henry J. John, Jr.
  • Metal augumented charge
    Publication number: 20140182473
    Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for explosively dispersing particles of reactive metals into the atmosphere to form a fuel-air explosive. Also, this invention relates to a composition, which enhances the performance of metal augmented charge (MAC) devices. The metal augmented charge (MAC) includes flaked aluminum powder and polytetrafluorethylene. The MAC is pressed into solid billets. A preferred embodiment of the present invention involves a system with heavy-walled warhead, which comprises a canister and a cylinder of MAC disposed in the canister, so that said cylinder is in contact with the interior wall of the canister. Further, a high explosive is disposed in the cylinder with a fuze in direct contact with the high explosive, in such a way that the fuze detonates the high explosive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: George P. Dixon, Eddie R. Celestine, Will Carey Jr., Henry J. John Jr.