Pre-1945 Rocket Patents

From The Space Library

American Patents

• Patent No. 976,732. “Gyroscopic Rocket"; granted to Nicolas Gherassimoff, of St. Petersburg, Russia.
• Patent No. 957,210. "Rocket"; granted to Thomas G. Hitt, of Seattle, Wash.
• Patent No. 947,904. “Floating and Luminous Line-Carrying Rocket"; granted to Henrie. A. Guerard, of Graville Ste. Honorine, France.
• Patent No. 918,336. “Aerial Navigation"; granted to Christopher John Lake, of Bridgeport, Conn.
• Patent No. 87,371. “Improvement in War and Signal-Rockets"; granted to Taliaferro P. Shaffner, of Louisville, Kentucky.
• Patent No. 847,198. "Rocket Apparatus"; granted to Alfred Maul, of Dresden, Germany.
• Patent No. 79,963. “Improvement in Rocket Signal Device"; granted to Jacob J. Detwiller, of Greenville, N.C.
• Patent No. 791,408. "Rocket"; granted to Harrison P. Diehl, of Lawrenceburg, Ind.
• Patent No. 757,825. “Rocket Apparatus for Taking Photographs"; granted to Alfred Maul, of Dresden, Germany.
• Patent No. 59,487. “Improvement in War-rockets"; granted to J. J. B. Walbach, of Baltimore, Maryland.
• Patent No. 58,646. “Improvement in Rockets"; granted to E. S. Hunt, of Weymouth, Muss.
• Patent No. 585,805. "Rocket"; granted to Otto Wilhelmi, of Dusseldorf, Germany.
• Patent No. 53,933. "Improvement in Rockets"; granted to William Hale, of London, Eng.
• Patent No. 534.651. “Rocket-Holder"; granted to Henry Knicker, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Patent No. 51,176. “Improvement in Sky-Rockets"; granted to John W. Hadfield, ofNewtown, N. Y.
• Patent No. 508,753. “Airship"; granted to Edwin Pynchon, of Chicago, Illinois.
• Patent No. 502,168. "Aerial Machine"; granted to Sumter B. Battey, of New York, N. Y.
• Patent No. 499,790. "Rocket-Stand"; granted to William H. Meadowcroft, of New York, N. Y.
• Patent No. 479,738. "Dynamite Rocket"; granted to Patrick Cunningham, of New Redford, Mass.
• Patent No. 455,279. “Combined Carrying Box and Firing-Chute for Rockets"; granted to Patrick Cunningham, of New Bedford, Mass.
• Patent No. 455,278. “Rocket-Primer"; granted to Patrick Cunningham, of New Bedford, Mass.
• Patent No. 41,689. “Improvement in Rockets"; granted to Isaac Edge, of Jersey City, N. J.
• Patent No. 40,041. "Improvement in War-Rockets"; granted to J. Burrows Hyde, of Newark, N. 1.
• Patent No. 395,881. “Line-Carrying Rocket"; granted to Patrick Cunningham, of New Bedford, Mass.
• Patent No. 379,970. “Rocket"; granted to Wilhelm Meissel, of Bremerhaven, Germany.
• Patent No. 37,940. “Improvement in War-Rockets"; granted to Pascal Plant, of Washington, D. C.
• Patent No. 35,977. “Improvement in War-Rockets"; granted to Thomas W. Roys and Gustavus A. Lilliendahl, of New York, N. Y.
• Patent No. 303,839. "Rocket"; granted to John T. Hadfield, of Middletown, Conn.
• Patent No. 276,007. “Rocket"; granted to Jacob J. Detwiller, of Jersey City, N. J.
• Patent No. 266,437. “Rocket"; granted to Patrick Cunningham, of New Bedford, Mass.
• Patent No. 24,468. "Improvement in Exhibition Rocket"; granted to Andrew Lanergan, of Boston, Mass.
• Patent No. 2,307,125. “Rocket Launching Device"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
• Patent No. 2,286,909. “Combustion Chamber"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
• Patent No. 2,286,908. “Auxiliary Turbine for No. 2,286,909, |Combustion Chamber"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
• Patent No. 2,283,863. "Rocket Engine"; granted to Ernest Acterman, of Westfield, N. J.
• Patent No. 2,271,224. "Parachute Attachment for Aircraft"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
• Patent No. 2,256,198. “Aircraft Power Plant|: granted to Max Hahn, of Seestadt Rostock, Germany.
• Patent No. 2,217,649. "Combustion Chamber for Rocket Apparatus"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
• Patent No. 2,206,809. “Projectile"; granted to Paul E. JA Denoix, of Paris, France.
• Patent No. 2,206,057. "Bocket Projectile"; granted to Leslie A. Skinner, of the United States Army, Berkeley, Calif.
• Patent No. 2,191,841. “Rocket"; granted to Rudolf Zwerina, of Vienna, Austria.
• Patent No. 218,394. “Improvement in Rockets"; granted to Charles Morris, of Chicago, III.
• Patent No. 2,183,314. "Gyroscopic Apparatus for Directing Flight"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
• Patent No. 2,183,313. "Combustion Chamber for Aircraft"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
• Patent No. 2,183,312 "Fuel Storage and Discharge Apparatus"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
• Patent No. 2,183,311. "Means for Steering Aircraft' ; granted to Robert 14: Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
• Patent No. 2,158,180. “Gyroscopic Steering Apparatus"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
• Patent No. 2,124,462 "Rocket Engine"; granted to Charles R. Cummings, of Fernwood, Pa.
• Patent No. 2,122,521. "Cooling Jacket Construction"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
• Patent No. 2,090,039. "Igniter"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
• Patent No. 2,086,618. "Rocket"; granted to Thos. Hitt, of Seattle, Wash.
• Patent No. 2,085,800. "Combustion Apparatus"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
• Patent No. 2,085,761. "Aircraft Power Plant"; granted to Alf Lysholm, of Stockholm, Sweden.
• Patent No. 2,043,268. "Rocket"; granted to Leslie A. Skinner, of the United States Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.
• Patent No. 2,041,081 "Rocket Engine"; granted to Walter R. Menzies, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
• Patent No. 2,026,885. "Aircraft"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New
• Patent No. 2,024,274. "Reaction-propulsion Method and Plant"; granted to Secondo Campini, of Milan, Italy.
• Patent No. 2,016,921. "Means for Cooling Combustion Chambers"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Worcester, Mass.
• Patent No. 1,994,490. “Rocket Projectile"; granted to Leslie A. Skinner, of the United States Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.
• Patent No. 1,983,405. “Method of Producing Motive Forces an Aircraft, by the Explosion of Inflammable Mixtures of Substances"; granted to Paul Schmidt, of Munich, Germany.
• Patent No. 1,982,666. “Apparatus for Charging Explosion Chambers"; granted to Hans Holzwarth, of Dusseldorf, Germany.
• Patent No. 1,982,665. “Explosion Turbine"; granted to Hans Holzwarth, of Dusseldorf, Germany.
• Patent No. 1,980,266. "Propulsion Apparatus"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Worcester, Mass.
• Patent No. 1,979,757. “Liquid Fuel Burner"; granted to Henri F. Melot, of Montrouge, France.
• Patent No. 1,903,303. "Flying Rocket"; granted to Reinhold Tiling, of Osnabruck, Germany.
• Patent No. 1,901.852. "Rocket"; granted to Hermann Stolfa and Rudolf Zwerina, of Vienna, Austria.
• Patent No. 1,880,586. “Flying Rocket"; granted to Reinhold Tiling, of Osnabruck, Germany.
• Patent No. 1,880,579. “Method of Producing Rockets, especially for Aeronautic Purposes"; granted to Reinhold Tiling, of Osnabruck, Germany.
• Patent No. 1,879,579. "Rocket"; granted to Hermann Stolfa and Rudolf Zwerina, of Vienna, Austria.
• Patent No. 1,879,187. "Mechanism for Directing Flight"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Worcester, Mass.
• Patent No. 1,856,552. “Carbide Rocket"; granted to Frank Hadamik and Nick Liberatore, of Union, N. Y.
• Patent No. 1,838,984. "Rocket Motor Aeroplane"; granted to Louis Berkowitz, of New York, N. Y.
• Patent No. 1,834,149. “Means for Decelerating Aircraft"; granted to Robert 1-1. Goddard, of Worcester, Mass.
• Patent No. 1,823,378. “Rocket"; granted to Chas. Scardone, of Elkton, Md.
• Patent No. 1,809.271. “Propulsion of Aircraft"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Worcester, Mass.
• Patent No. 1,803,366. “Signal Rocket"; granted to Charles C. Stetson, of St. Paul, Minn.
• Patent No. 1,666,598. “Rocket"; granted to Thos. G. Hitt, of Seattle, Wach.
• Patent No. 1,666,534. "Revolving Rocket"; granted to Thomas G. Hitt, of Seattle, Wash.
• Patent No. 1,653,178. "Rocket"; granted to Thomas G. Hitt, of Seattle, Wash.
• Patent No. 1,645,427. "Rotary-Balanced Rocket"; granted to Thomas G. Hitt, of Seattle, Washington.
• Patent No. 148,553. “Improvement in Sky-Rockets"; granted to Jacob J. Detwiller, of Jersey City, N. J.
• Patent No. 1,440,175. “Rocket"; granted to Dmitri Riabouchinski, of Guethary, France.
• Patent No. 1,376,797. "Rocket"; granted to Wm. W. Case, of Frenchtown, N. J.
• Patent No. 1,362,997. "Propelling Apparatus"; granted to Boris Koleroff, of New York, N. Y.
• Patent No. 1,341,053. “Magazine Rocket"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Worcester, Mass.
• Patent No. 1,326,494, ' Signal-Rocket"; granted to Robert C. Gowdy, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Patent No. 1,326.493. “Signal-Rocket"; granted to Robert C. Gowdy, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Patent No. 1,299,217. “Rocket"; granted to Henry J. Pain, of New York, N. Y.
• Patent No. 1,297,898. “Rocket"; granted to Henry J. Pain, of New York, N. Y.
• Patent No. 1,206,837. "Rocket Apparatus"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Worcester, Mass.
• Patent No. 119,630. “Improvement in Rockets"; granted to Cornelius E. Masten, of Boston, Mass.
• Patent No. 1,194,496. “Rocket Apparatus"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Worcester, Mass.
• Patent No. 1,191,299. “Rocket Apparatus"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Worcester, Mass.
• Patent No. 1,103,503. “Rocket Apparatus"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Worcester, Mass.
• Patent No. 1,102,653. “Rocket Apparatus"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Worcester, Mass.
• Patent No. 1,003,411. “Pyrotechnical Auxiliary Mechanism for Aerostructures"; granted to Haden H. Bales, of Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada.

British Patents

• Patent GB No. 484,405, “Improvements in Aircraft” Fedden, A. H. R. and Owner F. M., Bristol, England, Nov. 2, 1936.
• Patent GB No. 472,850, “Improvements in Propulsion Units for Aircraft” Tennant, W. J., Stockholm,Sweden, April 21, 1936.
• Patent GB No. 471,368, “Improvements Relating to the Propulsion of Aircraft” Whittle, F., London, England, March 4, 1936.
• Patent GB No. 439,805, “Improvements in Jet Propulsion Apparatus for Aircraft, Projectiles, and Turbine Apparatus” Leduc, R, Seine-et-Oise,France, June 6, 1934.
• Patent GB No. 431,646, “Improvements in or Relating to the Propulsion of Solid Bodies in Fluid Media” Coanda, H., Seine, France,Jan. 8, 1934.
• Patent GB No. 425,046, “Improvements in and Relating to Propulsion of Aircraft” Stenning, G. A., Brighton,England, Sept. 5, 1933.
• Patent GB No. 424,546, “Improvements in or Relating to Fluid-Reaction Propelling Apparatus” Endres, H., Solingen, Germany, April 15, 1934.
• Patent GB No. 413,184, “Improvements in or Relating to Rotatable Supporting Wing Arrangements for Aircraft” Dornier, C., Friedrichshafen,Germany, Nov. 24, 1933.
• Patent GB No. 406,713, “Improvements in or relating to a Method for the Propulsion of Aircraft” Campini, S., Milan, Italy, July 30, 1932.
• Patent GB No. 402,429, “Improvements in or Relating to Means for Propelling a Moving Body through a Fluid Medium” Mainguet, H., Paris, France, June 1, 1932.
• Patent GB No. 387,617, “Improvements in Apparatus for Generating Combustion Gases Under Pressure” Cernoch, J., Prague, Czechoslovakia, Sept. 3, 1932.
• Patent GB No. 374,247, “Flying Rocket” Tiling, R., Osnabrueck, Germany, May 22, 1931.
• Patent GB No. 368,564, “Improved Method of Producing Motive Forces for the Propulsion of Vehicles and Aircraft” Schmidt, P., Munich, Germany, April 15, 1931.
• Patent GB No. 366,450, “An Improved Internal Combustion Turbine and Turbo-Propeller” Howard, F. A., Elisabeth, N. J., July 30, 1930.
• Patent GB No. 347,206, “Improvements Related to the Propulsion of Aircraft and Other Vehicles” Whittle, F., London, England, Jan. 16, 1930.
• Patent GB No. 291,263, “A Device for Propelling Aircraft at High Altitudes by Direct Fluid Reaction” Hallowell, E., Aug. 19, 1927.
• Patent GB No. 256,684, “A Method of and Means for Driving Power Operated Vehicles particularly Gliders and Aircraft” Helfenstein, A., May 12,1925.
• Patent GB No. 157,781, “Internal Combustion Unit for use as a Propeller or Tractor” Guaita, A., Nov. 27, 1920.
• Patent GB No. 145,441, “Improvements in and Relating to the Propulsion of Bodies by Jets” Silva, R. R. da, and Maderios e Albuquerque, J. de, Nov. 5, 1918.
• Patent GB No. 124,736, “Improved Means for Effecting Propulsion of Vehicles, Ships, Aeroplanes and the Like” Morize, O., July ,26, 1917.
• Patent GB No. 118,123, “Improvements in or Relating to Engines or Motors” Harris, H. S., Aug. 16, 1917.