Jeffrey Stephen Kornblith

US Patent:

53985877, Mar 21, 1995

Filed:

Mar 23, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/216862

Inventors:

Jeffrey S. Kornblith - Mystic CT

Assignee:

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

International Classification:

F42B 1268

US Classification:

89 134

Abstract:

A gas propelled line deployment system includes a launch tube, and a bullshaped projectile. The launch tube has a closed end with a gas port formed therein and an open end having a plurality of radially extending threaded apertures. The projectile has two spaced, circumferential grooves adjacent the blunt end thereof, with an O-ring mounted in one of the grooves. The projectile is slidably received in the launch tube with the blunt end adjacent the open end of the tube, i. e. the rounded end facing the close end, so that O-ring forms a gas tight seal adjacent the open tube end. Nylon retainer screws are threadedly received in the threaded apertures so that they engage within the other circumferential groove in the projectile. The line to be deployed is attached to an elastic band which is attached to the blunt end of the projectile. A carbon dioxide gas canister communicates with the gas port to introduce a pressurized gas flow into the tube.

US Patent:

53968301, Mar 14, 1995

Filed:

Jun 17, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/266812

Inventors:

Jeffrey S. Kornblith - Mystic CT
Stephen Soszynski - Hingham MA

Assignee:

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

International Classification:

F41B 1106

US Classification:

89 134

Abstract:

A gas-propelled line deployment device is operable for orthogonally deplog two antenna lines to a distance of greater than one hundred feet. The device includes first, second and third tubes, closed at one end and open at one end, the first and second tubes being arranged perpendicular to each other and the third tube being arranged along the resulting vector of the axes of the perpendicular tubes. The first and second tubes have wire-carrying projectiles received therein and the third tube has a recoil piston received therein, said projectiles and piston making a gas tight seal with their respective tube. The recoil piston has a larger cross-sectional area than each of the first and second wire-carrying projectiles. The device further includes a retainer mechanism which is operable for retaining the wire-carrying projectiles and the recoil piston within their respective tubes until a predetermined gas pressure is achieved. The retainer mechanism is further operable for automatically, and simultaneously releasing the wire-carrying projectiles and the recoil piston when the predetermined gas pressure is achieved within the closed ended tubes.

US Patent:

50917323, Feb 25, 1992

Filed:

Sep 7, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/579455

Inventors:

Paul Mileski - Mystic CT
Jeffrey Kornblith - Mystic CT

Assignee:

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

International Classification:

H01Q 21260
H01Q 1340
H01Q 9160

US Classification:

343797

Abstract:

A deployable antenna assembly includes a canister providing an elongated chamber and an elongated hollow mast with a mounting member on its upper end. A coaxial cable extends into the hollow mast to provide radio signals to the antenna assembly and four antenna members of resiliently deflectable wire spaced at 90 degrees intervals about the periphery of the mounting plate comprise a generally helical coil and elongate arms extending downwardly along the inner wall of the canister, and each opposed pair comprises a dipoles. A pair of baluns are connected to the coaxial cable and disposed adjacent the mounting member, and a phase shifter are connected between the coaxial cable and one of the baluns. Connectors conductively connect the central conductor of the balun to the coil of one of the antenna members of a dipole, and the conductive shield to the coil of the other antenna member of a dipole. A sealing medium is provided about the baluns, and phase shifter.

US Patent:

54840279, Jan 16, 1996

Filed:

Jul 1, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/075692

Inventors:

Robert T. Greenlaw - Westerly RI
Jeffrey S. Kornblith - Mystic CT

Assignee:

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

International Classification:

F25C 504

US Classification:

175 18

Abstract:

A device for producing a small (approx. 1" diameter) penetration through quickly. The device is a penetrator having a conical shape. The penetrator includes a ceramic cone having spiral grooves that house a high resistance wire. The wire supplies heat upon being energized. A high thermal dielectric and a metallic shroud are placed over the cone and wire to provide uniform heating to the surrounding area and to prevent short-circuiting of the device.

US Patent:

61950572, Feb 27, 2001

Filed:

Aug 20, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/378114

Inventors:

Jeffrey S. Kornblith - Holly Springs NC
James E. Eninger - Torrance CA
James M. Zamel - Hermosa Beach CA
Samuel Kuo Kan - Rancho Palos Verdes CA

Assignee:

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

International Classification:

H01A 134

US Classification:

343709

Abstract:

A submarine antenna assembly comprises a tubular body having a removable end cap, a mast stowable in the body and extendible therefrom and having elements mounted thereon, a penetrator stowable in the body and movable therefrom by the mast upon removal of the end cap, the penetrator being adapted to bore through an ice layer, and an inflatable ring stowable in the body and movable therefrom by the mast upon the removal of the end cap. First and second capsules are in the body for retaining and releasing gas, the first capsule being adapted upon opening thereof to pressurize the body to blow off the end cap to permit movement of the mast, the ring, and penetrator out of body, and the second capsule being adapted to inflate the ring to hold the penetrator in engagement with an undersurface of the ice layer. An electronics assembly is disposed in the body and includes message retention and transmitting means in communication with the mast, and timer means in communication with the capsules. A spool is mounted in the mast and a tether is wound on the spool and is fixed at a first end to the spool and at a second end to the body.