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

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