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US Patents

C. Walton Musser's US Patents

NO.

Patent NO.

Title of Invention

Inventor/s

Claims

Category

Date Issues

1

2,243,354

Speed Maintaining Control

Musser

16

M-SMC

27 May 1941

2

2,379,450

Primer Manufacture

Musser

5

M-Pr

3 Jul 1945

3

2,444,949

Recoilless Firearm

Musser

7

RR

13 Jul 1948

4

2,456,011

Apparatus for Aligning Preengraved Projectiles in Rifled Firearms

Musser

10

RR-A

14 Dec 1948

5

2,466714

Recoilless Firearm and Ammunition Therefor

Musser/Kroeger

25

RR

12 Apr 1949

6

2,472,111

Recoilless Firearm and Ammunition Therefor

Musser/Kroeger

15

RR

7 Jul 1949

7

2,516,902

Telescopic Gun for Aircraft Personnel Catapult and Other Uses

Musser

11

CAT

1 Aug 1950

8

2,529,504

Ammunition for Recoilless Firearms

Musser/Kroeger

3

RR-A

14 Nov 1950

9

2,537,062

Firing and Safety Mechanism for Recoilless Firearms

Musser/Kroeger

5

RR

9 Jan 1951

10

2,537,063

Breech and Firing Mechanism for Recoilless Firearms

Musser/Kroeger

3

RR

9 Jan 1951

11

2,541,025

Artillery Ammunition Training Round

Musser/Bluford

11

RR-A

13 Feb 1951

12

2,541,087

Safety Device for Catapulting Passengers form Aircraft

Musser

16

CAT

13 Feb 1951

13

2,578,728

Sealing and Testing of Tubes by Hydraulic or Pneumatic Means

Musser

7

M-TE

18 Dec 1951

14

2,580,454

Combination Drawing Die and Stripper

Musser

9

M-Pr

1 Jan 1952

15

2,627,998

Inflator for Pneumatic Lifesaving Devices

Musser/Benditt

10

PAD

10 Feb 1953

16

2,630,862

Apparatus for Perforating Hollow Cylindrical Objects

Musser/Fox

6

RR-A

10 Mar 1953

17

2,633,742

Kinetic Torsion Testing Machine

Musser/Stott/Dietsch

6

M-INS

7 Apr 1953

18

2,656,203

Cable and Housing Connector

Musser

8

M-ME

20 Oct 1953

19

2,667,837

Hermetically Sealed Explosive Cartridge

Musser/Turnbull

6

PAD-A

2 Feb 1954

20

2,690,736

Mechanical Pencil Employing Clip in Assembly

Musser

1

M-Pe

5 Oct 1954

21

2,693,645

Combination Caliper and Radius Measuring Instrument

Musser/Bishop

17

M-INS

9 Nov 1954

22

2,696,760

Recoil Compensating Device

Musser

4

RR

14 Dec 1954

23

2,699,094

Rifled Firearm which Automatically Indexes Preengraved Projectiles

Musser

7

RR

11 Jan 1955

24

2,703,070

Mechanical Pencil

Musser

24

M-Pe

1 Mar 1955

25

2,704,532

Collet Guiding for Mechanical Pencil

Musser

1

M-Pe

22 Mar 1955

26

2,726,055

Catapult for Aircraft and Other Uses

Musser

11

CAT

6 Dec 1955

27

2,726,576

Device for Releasing an Article from a Space Traversing Object

Musser

5

PAD

13 Dec 1955

28

2,732,897

Method and Apparatus for Perforating Hollow Objects

Musser

6

RR-A

31 Jan 1956

29

2,733,639

Breech Mechanism for Heavy Caliber Recoilless Gun

Musser

7

RR

7 Feb 1956

30

2,741,160

Heavy Caliber Recoilless Gun

Musser

7

RR

10 Apr 1956

31

2,741,161

Gun Firing Mechanism with Eccentric Safety

Musser

15

M-SA

10 Apr 1956

32

2,759,398

Dual Control Firing Mechanism

Musser/Benditt

9

RR

21 Aug 1956

33

2,775,052

Bipod and Face Shield for a Rifle

Musser/Dietsch

9

RR-M

25 Dec 1956

34

2,780,961

Devices for Moving Objects Such as Aircraft Canopies

Musser/Dietsch

11

PAD

12 Feb 1957

35

2,789,471

Lightweight Recoilless Artillery Weapon

Musser/Bluford

3

RR

23 Apr 1957

36

2,791,961

Recoilless Type Ammunition Having Self-contained Venturi

Musser

5

RR-A

14 May 1957

37

2,805,603

Gun Aiming Mechanism with Associated Trigger Release Mechanism and Supporting Mount

Musser

15

RR-M

10 Sep 1957

38

2,807,195

Cartridge Case Holder and Extractor and Breech Mechanism for Heavy Caliber Recoilless Gun

Musser

7

RR

24 Sep 1957

39

2,809,587

Reinforced-Fin Rotating Band

Musser

1

M-SA

15 Oct 1957

40

2,825,140

Gauge for Measuring Barrel Shape of Compression Specimens

Musser/Insetta

2

M-INS

4 Mar 1958

41

2,834,255

Recoilless Firearm and Ammunition Therefor

Musser

1

RR

13 May 1958

42

2,837,370

Releasable Coupling

Musser/Stott

5

LS

3 Jun 1958

43

2,842,686

Piezoelectric Gage

Musser/Insetta

4

M-INS

8 Jul 1958

44

2,844,905

Telescopic Unipod

Musser/Insetta/Benditt

6

RR-M

29 Jul 1958

45

2,848,814

Adjustable Support and Releasably Interlocking Member Supported Thereby

Musser

13

RR-FC

26 Aug 1958

46

2,849,962

Pump for Chemicals and the Like

Musser

3

HD-P

2 Sep 1958

47

2,852,982

Aerial Carry and Release Mechanism

Musser

3

RC

23 Sep 1958

48

2,864,634

Telescope Mount

Musser

4

RR-FC

16 Dec 1958

49

2,870,631

Positioning and Housing of Crusher Gauges

Musser/Insetta

7

M-INS

27 Jan 1959

50

2,873,648

Remote Control Fluid Pressure Responsive Actuator

Musser/Dietsch

2

PAD

17 Feb 1959

51

2,874,614

Recoilless Gun Having Radially Moveable Breech Sectors

Musser

3

RR

24 Feb 1959

52

2,879,679

Bias Mechanism for Matching the Trajectories of Guns

Musser/Dietsch

3

RR-FC

10 Mar 1959

53

2,822,797

Quick Detachable Connection Between a Gun and its Mount

Musser

5

RR-M

21 Apr 1959

54

2,883,150

Strain Wave Rotary Valve

Musser

5

HD-V

21 Apr 1959

55

2,883,909

Head for Cartridge Actuated Catapult

Musser/Stott/Benditt

2

CAT

28 Apr 1959

56

2,889,628

Combined Adjustable Support and Object Releasably Interlocked Therewith

Musser/Greenberg

8

RR-FC

9 Jun 1959

57

2,895,381

Trigger Release Mechanism for a Plurality of Guns

Musser

2

RR-M

21 Jul 1959

58

2,902,933

Subcaliber Training Cartridge

Musser/Stott/Moldofsky

2

RR-TA

9 Sep 1959

59

2,906,116

Tolerance Measurement on Small Bearings

Musser

3

M-INS

29 Sep 1959

60

2,906,143

Strain Wave Gearing

Musser

47

HD

29 Sep 1959

61

2,906,176

Quick Detachable Gun Supporting Tripod

Musser

3

RR-M

29 Sep 1959

62

2,910,006

Pump

Musser

12

HD-P

27 Oct 1959

63

2,920,533

Self-Ejecting Breech

Musser

2

RR

12 Jan 1960

64

2,924,149

Recoilless Gun with Reverse Gas Flow

Musser

1

RR

9 Feb 1960

65

2,925,011

Pressure Responsive Thruster Locking Means

Musser

1

CAT

16 Feb 1960

66

2,925,658

Self-Aligning Telescope Holder

Musser

9

RR-FC

23 Feb 1960

67

2,929,265

Strain Wave Gearing --- Multiple Tooth Differences

Musser

3

HD

22 Mar 1960

68

2,929,266

Strain-Wave Gearing -- Tubular Shaft

Musser

8

HD

22 Mar 1960

69

2,929,939

Electric Generator Control Means

Musser/Miller

6

LS

22 Mar 1960

70

2,930,253

Wave Generator

Musser

12

HD

29 Mar 1960

71

2,930,254

Harmonic Gearing with Extended Contact

Musser/Carlson

9

HD

29 Mar 1960

72

2,931,248

Strain Wave Gearing -- Strain Inducer Species

Musser

13

HD

5 Apr 1960

73

2,931,249

Strain Wave Gearing -- Bearing Variable Elements

Musser

4

HD

5 Apr 1960

74

2,931,310

Positive Displacement Pump

Musser

6

HD-P

5 Apr 1960

75

2,932,986

Strain Wave Gearing Species in Which Only One of the Gears is Input

Musser

7

HD

19 Apr 1960

76

2,941,835

Parachute Release Connection

Musser

1

LS

21 Jun 1960

77

2,943,465

Adjustable Spline

Musser

4

HD-AS

5 Jul 1960

78

2,943,495

Means for Producing Motion Through Sealed Walls

Musser

3

HD-HS

5 Jul 1960

79

2,943,508

Strain Wave Gearing -- Linear Motion

Musser

32

HD-L

5 Jul 1960

80

2,943,513

Dual Strain Wave Gearing

Musser

18

HD-D

5 Jul 1960

81

2,946,235

Thruster

Musser

15

LS

26 Jul 1960

82

2,949,061

Recoilless Rifle with Expanding Nozzle

Musser/Benditt

1

RR

16 Aug 1960

83

2,949,330

Post Landing Parachute Release

Musser

2

LS

16 Aug 1960

84

2,949,822

Bomb Release Mechanism

Musser

4

PAD

23 Aug 1960

85

2,949,825

Dual Weapon System Alignment Mechanism

Musser/Dietsch

3

RR-FC

23 Aug 1960

86

2,954,205

Strain Wave Axial Valve

Musser

35

HD-V

27 Sep 1960

87

2,954,724

Breech Construction for Recoilless Rifle

Musser

3

RR

4 Oct 1960

88

2,955,854

Monopod

Musser

3

RR

11 Oct 1960

89

2,956,479

Cascaded Gun Barrel

Musser

2

RR

18 Oct 1960

90

2,959,065

Spline and Rotary Table

Musser

25

HD-DS

8 Nov 1960

91

2,961,006

Four-Way Valve

Musser

6

HD-V

22 Nov 1960

92

2,961,897

Variable Gear Ratio Handwheel

Musser

1

RR-M

29 Nov 1960

93

2,963,975

Cloud Seeding Carbon Dioxide Bullet

Musser

4

M-SA

13 Dec 1960

94

2,965,002

Gun Training Control Mechanism

Musser/Benditt

5

RR-M

20 Dec 1960

95

2,967,070

Collar and Shaft

Musser

12

M-ME

3 Jan 1961

96

2,967,369

Rifle Barrel with Two Sets of Grooves of Different Depth and Twist

Musser

2

RR

10 Jan 1961

97

2,967,460

Cartridge Case Exterior as Inner Surface of Arcuate Gun Nozzles

Musser

1

RR

10 Jan 1961

98

2,970,519

Recoilless Rifle

Musser/Wadleigh

4

RR

7 Feb 1961

99

2,973,979

Key

Musser

9

M-Me

7 Mar 1961

100

2,979,964

Microlinear Actuator

Musser

7

HD-L

18 Apr 1961

101

2,983,162

Strain Wave Gearing -- Spring Preloading

Musser

3

HD

9 May 1961

102

2,985,074

Fluted Flash Hides

Musser

3

M-SA

23 May 1961

103

2,987,965

Self-Locking Cartridge Case for Fixed Ammunition

Musser

4

RR-A

13 Jun 1961

104

2,989,381

Non-Corrosive Gas Generator

Musser

1

PAD

20 June 1961

105

2,992,479

Method of Making Equal Temperature Press-Fit of Tubular Members

Musser/Kroeger

1

RR

18 Jul 1961

106

2,994,249

Recoilless Gun for Lightweight Propellant Charge

Musser/Schecter

1

RR-A

1 Aug 1961

107

2,996,849

Venturi Machining Apparatus

Musser

1

M-T

22 Aug 1961

108

2,998,160

Component Mounting Machines

Musser/Burke/Hanson

7

M-T

29 Aug 1961

109

3,001,840

Elliptical Bearing

Musser

3

HD-WG

26 Sep 1961

110

3,003,748

Cable Retractor

Musser

8

PAD

10 Oct 1961

111

3,005,358

Irreversible High Efficiency Transmission

Musser

7

HD

24 Oct 1961

112

3,005,386

Cartridge Case Ejecting Mechanism

Musser

4

RR

24 Oct 1961

113

3,006,215

Torque Equalizer

Musser

17

HD

31 Oct 1961

114

3,008,378

Powder Grain Baffle for Recoilless Rifle

Musser

1

RR

14 Nov 1961

115

3,010,369

Dual Firing Trigger and Gun Aiming Mechanism

Musser/Benditt

5

RR-M

28 Nov 1961

116

3,011,409

Firearm Supporting Means

Musser

5

RR

5 Dec 1961

117

3,013,394

Pumping Mechanism

Musser

2

M-Pu

19 Dec 1961

118

3,014,368

External Means of Measuring Pressure in Guns

Musser/Thomas

1

M-INS

26 Dec 1961

119

3,020,775

Antibacklash Devices

Musser

3

HD-A

13 Feb 1962

120

3,021,760

Sheet Metal Nozzle

Musser

1

RR

20 Feb 1962

121

3,026,775

Recoilless Rifle with a Vena Contracta Orifice

Musser

3

RR

27 Mar 1962

122

3,027,809

Recoilless Rifle

Musser

1

RR

3 Apr 1962

123

3,030,864

Self-Ejecting Breech

Musser

3

RR

24 Apr 1962

124

3,031,968

Piezo-Electric Fuze

Musser/Dowdell

3

M-F

1 May 1962

125

3,034,375

Multiple Wave Generators for Harmonic Drive

Musser

16

HD

15 May 1962

126

3,035,494

Recoil Adjusting Device

Musser

1

RR

22 May 1962

127

3,044,363

Propulsion Means for Projectiles

Musser

2

M-Art

17 July 1962

128

3,048,115

Double Action Pump and Engine

Musser

7

M-Pu

7 Aug 1962

129

3,056,311

Rotary-Linear Transducers

Musser

4

M-RL

2 Oct 1962

130

3,057,264

Projectile Broach

Musser

1

M-T

9 Oct 1962

131

3,065,645

Oscillating Motion Transmitting Device

Musser

13

M-ME

27 Nov 1962

132

3,070,892

Micrometric Rifle Aligner

Musser

3

M-INS

1 Jan 1963

133

3,073,250

Fluid Device

Musser

17

HD-P

15 Jan 1963

134

3,088,333

Fluid Wave Generator for Harmonic Drive

Musser

18

HD

7 May 1963

135

3,100,394

Piezoelectric Gage Mount

Musser/Moldofsky

1

M-INS

13 Aug 1963

136

3,101,009

Differential Control

Musser

14

HD

20 Aug 1963

137

3,111,882

Muzzle Velocity Compensating Device

Musser

3

M-SA

26 Nov 1963

138

3,113,415

Wave Energy Method and Apparatus for Time Determination

Musser

8

M-WE

10 Dec 1963

139

3,117,468

Infinitely Variable Transmission

Musser

18

HD

14 Jan 1964

140

3,117,763

Helical Harmonic Drive for a Rotary Plug Valve

Musser

6

HD-V

14 Jan 1964

141

3,128,641

Power Transmission

Musser

15

HD

14 Apr 1964

142

3,129,845

Timing Device and Dispenser

Musser

10

M-D

21 Apr 1964

143

3,139,770

Drive Mechanism Including Self Compensating Wave Generator

Musser

21

HD

7 Jul 1964

144

3,147,640

Wave Generator for Wave Converter

Musser

14

HD

8 Sep 1964

145

3,161,081

Rolling Wedge Drive

Musser

15

HD

15 Dec 1964

146

3,161,082

Wave Generator

Musser

20

HD

15 Dec 1964

147

3,162,041

Torque Indicator

Musser

15

HD

22 Dec 1964

148

3,172,299

Power Steering

Musser

9

HD

9 Mar 1965

149

3,178,963

Gear Mechanism

Musser

17

HD

20 Apr 1965

150

3,187,862

Clutch Mechanism with Flexspline

Musser

4

HD

8 Jun 1965

151

3,194,118

Recoilless Gun for Simultaneously Separately Loading Propellant and Projectile

Musser

4

RR

13 Jul 1965

152

3,203,141

Insistor

Musser

14

M-ME

31 Aug 1965

153

3,217,485

Wave Energy Method and Velocity Regulation Device

Musser/Ransom

12

M-WE

16 Nov 1965

154

3,331,280

Firing Mechanism

Musser

4

RR-M

18 Jul 1967

155

3,343,305

Mechanism for Shaping Cams

Musser/Benford/Wheeler

3

M-T

26 Sep 1967

156

3,368,454

Accessory Mounting Means

Musser/Peck

7

RR

13 Feb 1968

157

3,406,556

Spin Fastener Inserters

Musser

12

M-T

22 Oct 1968

158

3,407,902

Lubrication Systems

Musser

8

HD

29 Oct 1968

159

3,427,648

Missiles and Gun Barrels for Eliminating Sabots Therefrom

Musser/Manning

2

M-SA

11 Feb 1969

160

3,431,036

Submergible AntiFriction Bearings

Musser

11

HD

4 Mar 1969

161

3,435,705

Harmonic Drive Power Hinge Pins

Musser

4

HD

1 Apr 1969

162

3,511,079

Method and Apparatus for Testing Bearings

Musser

11

M-INS

12 May 1970

Total

1222