Robert E. Betts
37Patents
9h-index
13Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 28, 1974 → Jan 31, 2001
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4892037A | Self consumable initiator | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 31 | Expired |
| US4896609A | Planar shock wave generator and enhancer device | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 26 | Expired |
| US4092189A | High rate propellant | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Expired |
| US5144893A | Safe ordnance initiation system | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 14 | Expired |
| US4014262A | Blast simulator | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 13 | Expired |
| US4380958A | Electrostatic safe electric match | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 13 | Expired |
| US5179246A | Laser actuated thru-bulkhead initiator for detonable explosive material, pyrotechnic material and remotely located pyrotechnic or propellant material | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 12 | Expired |
| US4952254A | High impulse, non-detonable propellant | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 11 | Expired |
| US4068591A | Ignition system used in testing solid propellant compositions for smokelessness | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 10 | Expired |
| US4488490A | Percussion initiated spotting charge | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 8 | Expired |
| US4391196A | Add-on igniter for pyrogen type igniter | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 7 | Expired |
| US4208967A | Squib design | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 7 | Expired |
| US5099761A | Laser actuated thru-bulkhead initiator | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 7 | Expired |
| US4337702A | Electroexplosive and percussion safe and arm device | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 6 | Expired |
| US6597559B2 | Lightning rocket | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US4642983A | Chemical releasing flash suppressor | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 5 | Expired |
| US4672881A | Recoilless rocket launcher | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 5 | Expired |
| USH203H | Integral rocket motor-warhead | General | 4 | Active |
| US4488486A | Low brisance detonating cord | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 4 | Expired |
| US4356720A | Burst-pressure test fixture for pressure vessels dynamic rocket motors | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US3968646A | Noise controllable nozzle closure | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 4 | Expired |
| US4432202A | Flow-through pyrotechnic delay | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 3 | Expired |
| USH682H | Erosion rate determinator: rocket nozzle | General | 3 | Active |
| US4630539A | Device for flash suppression of a rocket motor | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 3 | Expired |
| US4672897A | Impactor cap | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 3 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.