Patents by Inventor William Donovan

William Donovan 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).

  • Patent number: 4469027
    Abstract: An ammunition round for an artillery gun comprises, as an armor piercing nd, an outer tubular disposable sabot and an inner projectile which are joined by interlocking means to join them until exiting from the gun muzzle and separates them in ballistic flight. The interlocking means comprises left-handed threads and right-handed threads; both directions of threads being on both the inner wall of the sabot and the outer wall of the projectile. In one embodiment the two directions of threads are on axially tandem sections and in another embodiment they are on the same section, to form a herringbone pattern with raised diamond-shaped protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1984
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Bruce Burns, William Donovan
  • Patent number: 4045684
    Abstract: An information transfer bus circuit useful in metal oxide semiconductor integrated circuits employs a network to compensate for signal losses arising from capacitance associated with gating devices in the circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1977
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: William Donovan Eads, David Steven Maitland