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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8062563 | Method of manufacturing explosives A method of manufacturing explosives from a raw explosive material by gelatinizing the raw explosive, characterized in that the raw explosive is subjected to isostatic pressing prior to the gelatinization step. ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7254936 | Simple solid propellant rocket engine and super-staged rocket A solid propellant rocket engine includes: a propellant formed into a predetermined shape having a combustion cavity and capable of deflagrating into hot, high-pressure gas upon ignition; and a nozzle configured and positioned to expand the hot, high-pressure gas in... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7163584 | Apparatus for applying liquid liner to rocket tube An apparatus for applying liquid liner to the interior of a rocket motor tube includes a horizontal surface; a rail mounted on the horizontal surface; a carriage that is movable along the rail; cartridge saddles and a bearing block mounted on the carriage; a cartrid... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7073448 | Shaped charge tubing cutter A shaped charge tubing cutter includes a minimal contact suspension to isolate the cutter explosive from the housing and sub structure. A charge detonation booster main-cavity is located on the juncture of the charge truncation planes. Explosive in the booster main-... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063810 | Co-extrusion of energetic materials using multiple twin screw extruders The invention comprises a continuous, integrated process to produce a multiple layered energetic material where the layers comprise energetic materials having, at least, two different burning rates. The process uses at least two twin-screw extruders to process at le... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7029534 | Apparatus for spreading liquid liner in rocket tube An apparatus for spreading liquid liner in the interior of a rocket motor tube, the rocket motor tube having masks attached at both ends of the rocket motor tube, the apparatus including a generally vertical support plate with an opening there through; a flange with... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7022196 | Propellant system for solid fuel rocket An oxidizer package for use in a solid fuel propellant system. The oxidizer package comprises a solid oxidizer in the form of discrete pellets of predetermined geometric shape. The pellets are arranged in an array with spaces amongst the pellets. A holder is provide... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6997996 | High energy thermoplastic elastomer propellant A high energy propellant, comprising an oxetane thermoplastic elastomer energetic binder admixed with a high energy explosive filler. The oxetane thermoplastic elastomer energetic binder preferably comprises from about five percent to about thirty percent by weight ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6969435 | Metal complexes for use as gas generants Gas generating compositions and methods for their use are provided. Metal complexes are used as gas-generating compositions. These complexes are comprised of a metal cation template, a neutral ligand containing hydrogen and nitrogen, and sufficient oxidizing anion t... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6789485 | Gas generator and method of assembly Assembly of a gas generator 10 includes the step of adding uncured silicone to a propellant cup 25. Granulated oxidizer is then added over the top of the silicone and allowed to disperse therein. Afterwards, the silicone is cured to provide flush commu... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6635197 | Method and apparatus for casting molten materials using phase-change material A method and apparatus for casting a molten material using a phase-change material. A funnel means is provided that includes a reservoir containing a phase-change material. The funnel means is used in conjunction with a mold. The phase-change material is ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6592778 | Method for producing propellant compacts The invention relates to a method for producing propellant compacts for use in gas generators for safety devices in motor vehicles by extrusion, comprising the following steps: mixing the constituents of the propellant and stirring the mixture into a past... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6527535 | Manual die set for pressing explosive powder into hollow cylindrical pellets A manual die set includes a ram, the ram defining a bore therethrough; a die, the die defining a bore therethrough for reciprocably receiving the ram; a baseplate having an upper portion and a lower portion and defining a bore therethrough, the upper port... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6416601 | Method of recovery for nitramines from aluminized energetic materials Nitramines are one of the more expensive and often the more plentiful ingredients found in energetic materials, such as solid rocket motor propellants, explosives, and pyrotechnics. By treating aluminized energetic material with an aqueous nitric acid sol... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6408760 | Method of manufacturing solid rocket motors The method for manufacturing solid rocket motors of the present invention comprises placing a mandrel having at least one easily disintegrative solid slot former positioned thereon substantially centrally along the axis of a rocket case, casting uncured s... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6315930 | Method for making a propellant having a relatively low burn rate exponent and high gas yield for use in a vehicle inflator A method for making a propellant composition that results in a desirable gas output when combusted. The propellant can be part of an inflator used in a vehicle for inflating an air bag. The propellant has a relatively low burn rate exponent of no greater ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6241506 | Compression mold A compression mold apparatus for compressing a segment has a base having an elongated and substantially semi-circular mold cavity and an end plate including a blade mounted thereon. The mold cavity has a top opening. A ram is aligned with the top opening.... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6238501 | TNAZ compositions and articles, processes of preparation, TNAZ solutions and uses thereof The invention is a composition containing high loadings of TNAZ that are made by crash precipitation with water as the precipitation agent. The compositions are in the form of powders, which can be formed and shaped by presseing, extrusion, etc. The TNAZ ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6217799 | Method for making high performance explosive formulations containing CL-20 A water slurry method of making high performance explosive compositions and ordnances using the explosive compositions as an explosive ingredient for high performance, low sensitivity explosive applications is disclosed. The method involves combining an a... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6183574 | Processing procedure for isocyanate cured propellants containing some bismuth compounds A processing procedure for incorporating bismuth compounds into isocyanate cured hydroxy terminated binder propellants has been discovered. When added to the propellant formulation in ballistic modifier amounts (ࣙ0.25%), bismuth salicylate and bismuth &... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6177033 | Nitration of organics in carbon dioxide Liquid or supercritical carbon dioxide is used to create an environment for forming nitrating agents and energetic materials.... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6110307 | Compacting process and compacting means and device suitable for the compacting of materials with a pyrophoric tendency The present invention relates to a compacting process suitable particularly for the compacting of materials with a pyrophoric tendency and especially for the compacting of scrap metal generated in the nuclear industry: and compacting means (4), and a comp... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6101948 | Method of manufacturing solid rocket motors A method for manufacturing solid rocket motors comprises placing a mandrel having at least one collapsible solid slot former positioned thereon substantially centrally along the axis of a rocket case, casting uncured solid rocket propellant about the mand... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6071444 | Process for manufacture of perforated slab propellant A method of producing a perforation pattern in a slab of thermoplastic propellant material and the material produced includes subjecting the slab to a perforating press operation in which the press has a patterned array of fixed perforating members arrang... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6048419 | Compacting means and device suitable for the compacting of materials with a pyrophoric tendency The present invention relates to a compacting process suitable particularly for the compacting of materials with a pyrophoric tendency and especially for the compacting of scrap metal generated in the nuclear industry; and compacting means (4), and a comp... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6036894 | Manufacture of propellant compositions and propellant charges This invention relates to the manufacture of composite propellants containing rubbery binders and particulate non-binder ingredients. The process consists of curing a mixture of a functionally-terminated hydro-carbon prepolymer and a cross-linking agent t... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5942720 | Processing and curing aid for composite propellants The processing and cure of high solids (>85%) composite propellants at ambient temperature and pressure is accomplished by using a small amount (ࣘ0.1 weight percent) of a liquid dialkyl tin catalyst, such as dibutyltindiacetate and dibutyltindilaurate. ... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5888559 | Press for compacting plastic explosive material A press for compacting plastic explosive materials comprises a base plate, support column upstanding from the base plate, a tubular housing mounted on an upper end of the column and extending widthwise of the column, a slide member slidably moveable in th... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5831339 | Continuous process for solvent-free manufacture of heat-curable composite pyrotechnic products The present invention relates to the field of the continuous manufacture of composite pyrotechnic products. A heat-curable liquid binder (3) is mixed with a thickening filler (4) in a mixer (1) so as to obtain a viscous premix (2) which is unreactive at a... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5801453 | Process for preparing spherical energetic compounds A method for producing substantially spherical energetic compounds such as ammonium dinitramide (ADN) which minimizes the time during which the ADN is melted involves providing solid ADN, feeding the ADN at a controlled continuous rate to a heating means,... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5747730 | Pyrotechnic method of generating a particulate-free, non-toxic odorless and colorless gas An essentially particulate-free, non-toxic, odorless and colorless gas is generated in a pyrotechnic inflator device by using a eutectic solution of ammonium nitrate, guanidine nitrate and/or aminoguanidine nitrate, and minor amounts of polyvinyl alcohol ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5716557 | Method of making high energy explosives and propellants A method of formulating high energy explosives and propellants, including e steps of melting the explosive at a temperature just above its melting temperature, admixing and dissolving or plasticizing a binder, and extruding or casting the resultant soluti... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5714714 | Process for preparing ammonium dinitramide A process for preparing ammonium dinitramide by: (1) nitrating either ethyl carbamate or methyl carbamate to form the corronding mononitrate compound, ethyl N-nitrocarbamate or methyl N-nitrocarbamate; (2) reacting the N-nitrocarbamate with ammonia under anhy... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5714081 | Dismountable mechanical core and procedure for implementing it A dismountable mechanical core (1) includes a counterform (2) attached to a central mandrel (3,8), the counterform components being able to be handled remotely and with complete safety. These components of the counterform are connected and attached to the... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5690867 | Process for the manufacture of an explosive ammunition component with controlled fragmentation The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of an explosive ammunition component with controlled fragmentation, comprising a charge of solid explosive contained in a metal casing internally clad with a sleeve externally provided with indentatio... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5690868 | Multi-layer high energy propellants A multi-layer propellant and a method for making the same is provided, in ich the propellant has at least one slow burning formulation and at least one fast burning formulation, such that the ratio of these burning rates is at least 2:1. The propellant pr... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5670735 | Propellant igniting system and method of making the same An igniting system for a projectile propellant includes a combustible support tube having an outer surface and an inner surface; a plurality of throughgoing apertures provided in the support tube; a free igniting channel coaxially surrounded by the suppor... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5665276 | Process for the production of a pyrotechnic or explosive device The invention provides an improved process for the production of a pyrotechnic or explosive device containing encased hazardous solid material wherein the material is dispersed in an inert liquid, the dispersion is formed into droplets and the droplets ar... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5659147 | Method of assembly of compacted fibers and explosive charge for effective dissemination A millimeter wave screening cloud-forming product is made by forming comped hollow disks of carbon fiber cut to a desired length. The handleable disks are stacked inside a grenade body forming a hollow cylindrical shape. A high explosive mass is inserted... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5640054 | Sabot segment molding apparatus and method for molding a sabot segment A sabot segment molding apparatus and a method for molding a sabot segment therein, are provided in which wedge-shaped sections of carbon-fiber plies, impregnated with B-stage epoxy or thermoplastic resin, are stacked in a heated arcuate channel. Pressure... | 06/17/1997 |
