Leon Manole
25Patents
11h-index
39Co-inventors
71Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 27, 1997 → Sep 30, 2015
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6990905B1 | Marker projectile | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 44 | Expired |
| US6497181B1 | Flameless tracer ammunition | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 36 | Expired |
| US8115149B1 | Gun launched hybrid projectile | Physics | 32 | Active |
| US8887641B1 | 40 mm low drag extended range projectile | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 31 | Active |
| US6931993B1 | System and method for a flameless tracer / marker for ammunition housing multiple projectiles utilizing chemlucent chemicals | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 28 | Expired |
| US7055438B1 | System and method for a flameless tracer/marker utilizing heat marking chemicals | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 24 | Expired |
| US9194675B1 | Training (reuseable), and tactical (guidance adaptable), 40 mm projectile | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 14 | Active |
| US5841062A | Tank cartridge | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US7036434B1 | Kinetic energy projectile with in-flight extended length | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 12 | Expired |
| US8250987B1 | Frangible kinetic energy projectile for air defense | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 12 | Active |
| US6123289A | Training projectile | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 12 | Expired |
| US6371030B1 | Training projectile using shape memory alloy members | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 11 | Expired |
| US9021961B1 | Enhanced stability extended range (guidance adaptable) 40 mm projectile | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 8 | Active |
| US5874691A | Kinetic energy collapsible training projectile | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 7 | Expired |
| US6626113B1 | Long range training cartridge | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 7 | Expired |
| US7013811B1 | Sabot for reducing the parasitic weight of a kinetic energy projectile | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 6 | Expired |
| US6575097B1 | Large caliber case telescoped ammunition | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 5 | Expired |
| US7150234B2 | Finless training projectile with improved flight stability over an extended range | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 5 | Expired |
| US7270060B1 | Sleeve for structurally supporting a penetrator of a kinetic energy projectile | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 5 | Expired |
| US7543534B1 | Land mine, and hand thrown, weapon which dispenses marking chemicals | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 4 | Active |
| US7896989B1 | Cross-sectional functionally graded propellants and method of manufacture | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 1 | Expired |
| US9010248B1 | 40 mm gun sleeve cartridge case for M320 grenade launcher ammunition | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1 | Active |
| US6688233B1 | System and method for effecting mechanical translation of projectiles in cased telescoped ammunition using smart material | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1 | Expired |
| US9746295B1 | 40 mm extended range high performance projectile with rocket and guidance navigation control capability and decoupling device | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1 | Active |
| US9939239B1 | Stackable collaborative engagement munition | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.