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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7896988 | Charge system for destroying chips on a circuit board and method for destroying chips on a circuit board A charge system for destroying chips on a circuit board is provided. The charge system has a first substrate having a number of recesses formed therein with each of the recesses having a housing disposed therein. A high density charge is disposed within the housing.... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7473330 | Method for producing a functional, high-energetic material The method for producing a propellant powder (TLP) with a layered grain structure starts with a green powder, which is impregnated in a watery emulsion with an energetic plasticizer and a polymeric deterrent. Propellant powders (TLP) can be produced in industrial qu... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7347906 | Variable output and dial-a-yield explosive charges The invention, as embodied herein, comprises a variable yield warhead comprising an inner core of cylindrically-shaped, explosive material surrounded by an outer annulus of a different explosive material. The inner core explosive material has a heat of combustion co... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7150855 | Pelletized nitrocellulose (PNC) manufacture and long term storage A method of making pelletized nitrocellulose (PNC) includes preparing a lacquer, the lacquer comprising nitrocellulose (NC), ethyl acetate and ethyl centralite, the NC having a nitrogen content of at least about 12.2%; mixing the lacquer with an antisolvent to there... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7134492 | Mapping fracture dimensions Hydraulic fracture dimensions and, optionally, fracture closure pressure and time are determined by adding particulate matter that discharges to create an acoustic signal to the proppant, allowing the particulate matter to discharge, and detecting the acoustic signa... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6984274 | Explosive composition and its use An explosive composition comprises a porous fuel and an oxidizer. The porous fuel is a solid with a structure size measuring between about 2 nm and 1000 nm and has a porosity that lies between 10% and 98%. The oxidizer is solid or liquid at room temperature and is i... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6913661 | Ammonium nitrate propellants and methods for preparing the same The present invention is directed to an age-stabilized and/or strengthened ammonium nitrate propellant composition wherein the strengthening agent is selected from the group consisting of azodicarbonamide, dicyandiamide, oxamide and mixtures thereof and wherein the ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6276276 | Thin-film optical initiator A thin-film optical initiator having an inert, transparent substrate, a reactive thin film, which can be either an explosive or a pyrotechnic, and a reflective thin film. The resultant thin-film optical initiator system also comprises a fiber-optic cable ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6270836 | Gel-coated microcapsules The invention relates to gel-coated microcapsules which have improved mechanical stress- and flame-resistance. A method for making the gel coated microcapsules is also provided. Phase change materials can be included in the microcapsules to provide therma... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6165307 | Multi-component 3-dimensional energetics method and construction A multi-component three dimensional energetic device and the method of maacturing it. The method includes the steps of forming a quantity of an energetic material into a plurality of sheets having relatively no appreciable thickness, and then cutting at ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5682013 | Gas generant body having pressed-on burn inhibitor layer A pyrotechnic grain or body of a gas generant having a consolidated or pressed-on, particulate inert burn inhibitor layer thereon. The inhibitor may be a metal oxide, metal sulfide, silica, silicate compound or mixtures thereof. The metal oxide is prefera... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5540793 | Porous prilled ammonium nitrate A porous prilled product, particularly ammonium nitrate, and its method of preparation, which includes encapsulated microspheres, particularly polymer microballoons, which serve to reduce the density of the product. The invention also extends to an explosives ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5534090 | Dosimeter capsule indicating service life of a rocket motor A novel dosimeter capsule for indicating the condition of the solid propellant contained within a rocket motor to provide a measure of the remaining service life of the motor is described, which comprises a sealed expandable container and a portion of the... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5507890 | Multiple layered gas generating disk for use in gas generators The present invention resides in a body of material which is ignitable to generate a gas for inflating an air bag. The body of material comprises at least two layers of ignitable gas generating material which are pressed together. One of the layers compri... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5501751 | Pyrophoic material and method for making the same The present invention is directed to the encapsulation of pyrophoric materials in a high temperature resistant membrane having at least one perforation which allows air to contact the pyrophoric material. By controlling the accessibility of the pyrophoric... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5467714 | Enhanced performance, high reaction temperature explosive High reaction temperature explosive compositions which provide enhanced air blast and extended reaction times are disclosed. The explosive compositions include a separate acceptor phase and a separate explosive phase. The acceptor phase contains a halogen... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5413048 | Shaped charge liner including bismuth A shaped charge includes a case, an explosive material packed against the inner wall of the case, and a liner for lining the explosive material, where the liner includes Bismuth and Copper powders as constituent elements. The Bismuth element replaces a Le... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5403035 | Preparing air bag vehicle restraint device having cellulose containing sheet propellant The present invention provides a cellulose-based propellant for generating gas to inflate an air bag in a vehicle occupant restraint system. In one embodiment, the propellant includes cellulose in combination with an alkali nitrate oxidizer, such a potass... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5054399 | Bomb or ordnance with internal shock attenuation barrier An ordnance or munition casing is described which comprises a hollow outer casing having a shock attenuating inner liner made from successive layers of material of inwardly decreasing acoustic impedance. The inner liner reduces the sensitivity of the muni... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5049212 | High energy explosive yield enhancer using microencapsulation The invention consists of a class of high energy explosive yield enhancers reated through the use of microencapsulation techniques. The microcapsules consist of combinations of highly reactive oxidizers that are encapsulated in either passivated inorganic ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4875948 | Combustible delay barriers A combustible delay barrier for providing a delay to intrusion into an object. The delay barrier comprises a combustible layer containing a source of fuel such as a metal and/or a polymer and a source of oxygen such as an oxidizer. The combustible layer o... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4697521 | Method for opaquing visible and infrared radiance and smoke-producing ammunition which implements this method The invention concerns a method and a smoke-producing pyrotechnical ammunition to shield the visible and infrared radiance in a wave length included between 0.4 and 14 μm emitted by a target. First we produce instantly a first hot aerosol with a fast pyr... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4693181 | Linear cutting charge The application discloses improvements in hollow charges for linear cutting or demolition purposes wherein a bar formed from a composite of explosive material and a first pliant material has a V-shaped groove with a liner formed from a composite of partic... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4604248 | Chemical case bond system with azido compound bonding A method of bonding propellant to a rocket motor casing using the nitrene insertion reaction is disclosed.... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4557771 | Charge liner for hollow explosive charges The invention relates to lining material for a hollow explosive charge with increased effectiveness mainly for the perforation of pipes of hydrocarbon-producing wells. The lining material according to the invention consists of alloy with bismuth content a... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4547234 | Explosive composition An explosive composition containing micro-voids consisting of thermoplastic resin hollow microspheres coated with a thermosetting resin has a remarkably excellent low temperature detonability in a small diameter cartridge after lapse of a long period of t... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4441428 | Conical shaped charge liner of depleted uranium This invention relates to a new Blasting Device especially adapted to drilling oil and gas wells, characterized by a shaped charge of explosives, having a liner of depleted uranium.... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4407200 | Detonator such as an electrical mechanical or flame-sensitive detonator Detonators, such as electrical, mechanical and flame-sensitive detonators, and the production thereof, for utilization at low and high temperatures through the use of explosives with high temperature-resistant, thermoplastic materials as binder mediums. T... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4389264 | Process for the manufacture of insulated propellant sets and of propelling sets provided with an insulating envelope Process for the manufacture of insulated propellant sets for base-bleed gas generators, said propellant set consisting of a propellant containing one or more solid substances, at least one of which is an oxidant, and a binder being a thermoplastically def... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4388126 | Multi-component propellant charges A multi-component propellant charge is disclosed wherein one component is energetic high-strength composite resin, which is plasticized by an energetic plasticizer and supports the other components during the high-acceleration stage of the propellant's p... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4381270 | Method of producing a flash suppressed pressed rocket propellant A method of producing pressed rocket propellant with good flash suppression and a high burning velocity, i.e. containing optimal quantities of flash reducing agent and catalysts. The meethod is characterized by the entire quantity of flash reducing agent ... | 04/26/1983 |
| 4068589 | Method for the production of combustible ammunition containers and product thereof A unitary combustible or explosive munitions container of uniform cross-section but of non-uniform linear composition is provided by depositing under suction two different fluid aqueous suspensions of fibrous propellant material and cellulose papermaking ... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4050347 | Method for producing explosive trains A method for mass producing and loading explosive charges in detonators, ds, relays, primers, etc., utilizing the explosive charges each in sheet form. Sheets corresponding to the various increments, each containing the finely divided high explosive and ... | 09/27/1977 |
| 3985592 | Surface-inhibited propellent charge 1. A surface-inhibited propellent charge comprising a charge of propellent composition having bonded to at least part of its surface an inhibiting layer comprising silicone rubber supported on biaxially-stretchable glass fabric.... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3960088 | Case bonding composite for double base propellants A two layer composite for case bonding double base propellants. The layer xt to the case and internal components comprises a neoprene or vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer formulation which includes triphenylmethane triisocyanate and the propellant ad... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3948697 | Gum propellant grains with inhibitor coating Propellant inhibitors are provided for cellulose-containing particulate solid propellants, and particularly for nitrocellulose-containing gun propellants, in which the inhibitor is the reaction product of a polyfunctional isocyanate such as polymethylene ... | 04/06/1976 |
