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Assignee: General Dynamics Corporation Space Systems Division


Location: SanDiego, CA
No. of patents: 8

NumberTitleIssue Date
5370343Arrangement for attachment and quick disconnect and jettison of rocket booster from space vehicle
An arrangement for attaching and quickly disconnecting and jettisoning a rocket booster from a core space vehicle. The arrangement includes a housing connected at one end to the booster and a segmented nut carried within the housing that threadedly engage...
12/06/1994
5350137Multiple application paraboloid spacecraft structure
A combined application paraboloid spacecraft structure that is adapted to serve as a structural element for space transportation vehicles, and in additional applications, as a separated spacecraft. The primary structure of the combined application parabol...
09/27/1994
5323950Flexible, adjustable welding backup mandrel
A backup mandrel apparatus to engage the inner surface of a metal tube being welded to support the weld bead and to keep a molten weld puddle from sagging and falling through the tube wall during welding. The apparatus includes a flexible inflatable bladd...
06/28/1994
5322248Methods and arrangements tailoring aerodynamic forces afforded by a payload to reduce flight loads and to assist flight control for the coupled system
An arrangement for controlling the flight of a launch vehicle and a coupled payload, such a spaceplane, from launch to the separation of the payload from the vehicle. The launch vehicle is provided with controllable gimballed rocket engines and optionally...
06/21/1994
5269370Thermal cycling device
A thermal cycling apparatus having an upper heat chamber and a lower cold chamber positioned vertically beneath the upper heat chamber and vertically coaxial therewith whereby a material to the thermal cycle tested can be transferred between the upper hea...
12/14/1993
5228351Arrangement for measuring the field angle of a magnetic field as a function of axial position within a magnet bore tube
An arrangement for measuring the field angle of a magnetic field as a function of axial position within a magnet bore tube of a magnet such as is used with the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC). The arrangement includes a magnetic field alignment gauge...
07/20/1993
5226616Multi-position support structure connecting a payload to a booster rocket
The support structure takes the form of a load isolating payload support strut assembly whose length can be selectively shortened between fully extended and fully compressed to vary the spacing between the payload and the booster rocket during different s...
07/13/1993
4953058Modular segment adapted to provide a passively cooled housing for heat generating electronic modules
A modular segment that is adapted to receive heat generating electronic assemblies therewithin. The modular segments may be joined together to form a housing and the electronic assemblies are electrically interconnected through a hollow channel provided i...
08/28/1990
 
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