James D Zoll

US Patent:

6772877, Aug 10, 2004

Filed:

Aug 8, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/064706

Inventors:

Yuen H. Lam - Morris Plains NJ
James F. Zoll - Flanders NJ
Kwok L. Cheung - New York NY
Yash Sinha - Trenton NJ
Timothy Woo - Flushing NY

Assignee:

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC

International Classification:

F42B 3900

US Classification:

206 3, 206521

Abstract:

A composite monopack container for mortar ammunition is lightweight, universally adaptable to all existing ammunition types, is capable of fully protecting ammunition without the need of a metal overpack, and is relatively inexpensive to produce, maintain and dispose. The container is also fully back-compatible enables a quicker ammunition re-supply and greater ammunition availability on the battlefield. The monopack container comprises a cap, a main body, a latch assembly that locks the cap and the main body, a pair of alignment features that mate with two corresponding alignment channels on the main body, and three stacking indices that prevent the container from rolling, and that make it stackable with other composite containers.

US Patent:

6865977, Mar 15, 2005

Filed:

Jul 10, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/604320

Inventors:

Robert M. Kim - Lyndhurst NJ, US
Stephan P. Kaiser - Oberahr, DE
Michael W. Selk - Rockaway NJ, US
James F. Zoll - Flanders NJ, US

Assignee:

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC

International Classification:

F42B033/00

US Classification:

86 50, 206 3, 109 495

Abstract:

A protective packaging device provides mitigation of the blast effect and fragmentation of a hand grenade when the grenade is detonated. The device includes at least one protective housing assembly, formed by inner and outer nested housing members, in which the hand grenade is received, and which, in response to detonation of the grenade, retains fragments of the grenade while providing controlled release, through the mesh material, of gases formed upon detonation. A cushioning container includes a cushioning material having a plurality of open compartments therein in which a corresponding plurality of the protective housing assemblies are received.