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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370565 | Apparatus for mixing explosive materials and for filling of ordnance Described herein is apparatus for the mixing of explosive materials utilising a static mixer (26) for combining pre-mix explosive material and hardener prior to introducing the combined mixture into any ordnance (38). ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7348100 | Product and method for the processing of precursors for lithium phosphate active materials Methods for producing an electrode active material precursor, comprising: a) producing a mixture comprising particles of lithium hydrogen phosphate, having a first average particle size, and a metal hydroxide, having a second avera... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7288648 | High temperature crystallization of 2,4,6,8,10,12-hexanitro-2,4,6,8,10,12-hexaazatetracyclo[5.5.0.05,903,11]-dodecane A method of crystallizing an epsilon-polymorph of 2,4,6,8,10,12-hexanitro-2,4,6,8,10,12-hexaazatetracyclo[5.5.0.05,903,11]-dodecane (CL-20). The method comprises combining the CL-20, at least one organic solvent, and at least one nonsolvent to ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7212043 | Line regulator with high bandwidth (BW) and high power supply rejection ration (PSRR) and wide range of output current Aspects of a method and system for a linear regulator with high bandwidth, PSRR, and a wide range of output current are provided. A method for isolating voltages in a circuit may comprise applying a reference voltage to an isolation resistor based on a supply voltag... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7179441 | Method for preparing barium-titanate based powder The present invention relates to a method for preparing barium titanate based powder. More particularly, the present invention provides a method for preparing barium titanate powder comprising the following steps of precipitation of barium titanyl oxalate (BaTiO(C | 02/20/2007 |
| 7056454 | Ion generator and its manufacturing method An ion generator with increased generation of negative ions and its method of manufacture are disclosed. For an ion generator of the present invention, a titanium oxide powder is added to an ion generator that generates negative ions. ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6992185 | Crystallization of 2,4,6,8,10,12-hexanitro-2,4,6,8,10,12-hexaazatetracyclo[5.5.0.05,903,11]-dodecane A method is provided in which 2,4,6,8,10,12-hexanitro-2,4,6,8,10,12-hexaazatetracyclo[5.5.0.05,903,11]-dodecane (CL-20 or HNIW) is crystallized to its ε-polymorph by an inverse precipitation technique. A dry CL-20 solvent solution containing a... | 01/31/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6949236 | Aminosulfonate product-treated nitrogen-containing salt particles Addition of an aminosulfonate product to an inorganic nitrogen-containing salt provides a composition of matter with improved properties. In particular, 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid and its derivatives can be added to ammonium nitrate to provide improve... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6939389 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing fine powders The manufacture of pure, fine spherical powders has always been a problem for many materials, particularly for high-melting and highly reactive materials such as titanium, tantalum, vanadium and zirconium. The present invention provides a process and apparatus for p... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6896752 | Method for producing compacted free-flowing raw materials for varnish A process for producing compacted free-flowing nitrocellulose based lacquer raw materials is described. The process involves pressing a nitrocellulose based lacquer feed material, which is moistened with alcohol or water, through the holes of a die. The pressing ste... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6692655 | Method of making multi-base propellants from pelletized nitrocellulose In this method for making multi-base propellants, pelletized nitrocellulose is coated with an electrostatically insensitive liquid elastomer precursor or non-plasticizer while wetted in a non-solvent diluent, preferably in the absence of plasticizers. The... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6610157 | Prilled energetic particles, and process for making the same A process for producing prills containing an energetic material other than ammonium dinitramide (ADN) or ammonium nitrate (AN), is performed in a prilling column having at least one heated zone and at least one cooling zone. Solid particulate feedstock of... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6547993 | Process for making polytetrafluoroethylene-aluminum composite and product made A process for making a Teflon/aluminum composite includes providing Teflon powder and aluminum powder wherein a size of Teflon particles is about 7 to 12 times a size of aluminum particles; mixing the Teflon powder with the aluminum powder on about a 3 to... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6547900 | Method of stabilizing the density of gas generant pellets containing nitroguanidine A non azide gas generant composition of nitroguanidine and phase stabilized ammonium nitrate is provided. This gas generant composition has many desirable characteristics such as little production of ash and the production of essentially toxic free exhaus... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6464019 | Perforating charge case A perforating charge case is made by a process that includes cold forming a material into a shape for the perforating charge case. The cold forming produces additional recrystallization nucleation sites in the material. After the cold forming, the materia... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6428724 | Granulation process A process for forming granules (e.g., alpha-HMX containing granules) from at least one particulate material comprises the steps of: (a) selecting particulates (e.g., alpha-HMX particulates) having a particle size distribution; and (b) fluidizing the particulat... | 08/06/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6416600 | Process for the production of an exothermically reacting composition A process for the production of an exothermically reacting composition, such as a propellant or explosive, containing at least one normally solid reactive constituent comprises the steps of: forming a uniform dispersion of the ingredients of the said compositi... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6361719 | Method for manufacturing of black powder and black powder substitute Processes are disclosed for making black powder and black powder substitutes without requiring binder-effective amounts of a binder and lacquers.... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6319341 | Process for preparing a gas generating composition A process for preparing a gas generating composition (62) for a vehicle occupant protection apparatus (110) comprises the following steps. Desired quantities of ingredients of the gas generating composition (62) measured in predetermined amounts according... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6312625 | Extrudable black body decoy flare compositions and methods of use In this process for producing a black body decoy flare, a composition which, when combusted, provides black body radiation is extruded. The compositions generally include from about 40% to about 70% metal such as magnesium or aluminum, from about 10% to a... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6261082 | Self-aligning manual die set for pressing explosive powder into pellets A manual die set for pressing explosive powder into pellets includes a ram, the ram having a head, a large diameter portion, a tapered portion, a small diameter portion and a pressing portion; a die defining an opening therethrough for receiving the ram, ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6171530 | Process for the manufacture of high performance gun propellants A process for manufacturing a high performance gun propellant containing an energetic thermoplastic elastomeric binder and a high-energy oxidizer is disclosed. The process includes preparing or obtaining a molding powder of the high-energy oxidizer partic... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6136115 | Thermally-stabilized prilled ammonium dinitramide particles, and process for making the same A process is disclosed for producing prills comprised of ammonium dinitramide The prills can include, if desired, one or more thermal stabilizers, and processing aid(s). Solid particulate ADN is introduced into the top of a melting column, allowed to melt... | 10/24/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6030473 | Method for manufacturing a granular material for producing ignition nuclei in propellants and fuels Surface reactors for propellants operate with a copper/tin alloy and convert unsaturated hydrocarbons at low concentration into tin organics that are extremely highly ignitable and therefore act as ignition nuclei in the combustion of propellants. However... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5993578 | Method of drying pyrotechnic compositions Disclosed is an improved method of drying a slurry of adhesive particles and counter-solvent such as a slurry of pyrotechnic particles and counter-solvent produced by the precipitation method, wherein the counter-solvent is evaporated from the slurry for ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5939661 | Method of manufacturing an explosive carrier material, and articles containing the same An explosive particle-containing carrier material (24b) and a fully jacketed finished explosive material (33, 33') containing it, e.g., detonating cord, are produced in a high-speed continuous process by impregnating an absorbent carrier material such as ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5859090 | Injection-modulable, polycaprolactone-based, biodegradable plastic articles such as shotshell components, and method of manufacturing same Nontoxic, biodegradable injection-molded, plastic shotshell components, and method of manufacturing same, the components having a fused degradation composition comprising as its active ingredients polycaprolactone, amide stearate and vegetable oil, the la... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5837924 | Signal transmission tube using reclaim material and method of manufacture The manufacture of a signal transmission tube (10a) comprising a polymeric tube (12) having an interior surface (14) with a thin layer of reactive material (18) disposed on the interior surface (14) is rendered more efficient and less costly by the use of... | 11/17/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5783773 | Low-residue azide-free gas generant composition Gas generant compositions without highly toxic azides are provided which, upon combustion, are converted into gaseous products with only small amounts of solid combustion products thereby minimizing the gas filtration problem. Gas generants having ammoniu... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5750057 | Insensitive binary explosive production process The present invention provides a multi-component explosive composition coising 2-ethylhexyl nitrate and a granular solid oxidizer. An optional additional component is a second fuel, e.g., aluminum. An optional component in the absence of the second fuel ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5716565 | Process for making ultra-fine stabilized zirconia particles A process for producing ultra-fine particles of calcia-stabilized zirconia in which a precursor mixture (which contains from about 80 to about 96 mole percent of zirconium ion, from about 20 to about 4 mole percent of calcium ion, a nitrogen-containing fu... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5712511 | Preparation of fine particulate CL-20 A high energy shock-insensitive explosive composition for use in deformable warheads. This high energy shock-insensitive explosive composition is comprised of a shock-insensitive explosive and hexa-nitro-hexa-aza-isowurtzitane constituting about 35-45 wt.... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5696407 | Process for the production of spherulitic particles In the production of spherulitic nitroguanidine having a high bulk and tap ensity nitroguanidine is dissolved in dipolar, aprotic solvents, e.g. DMF, DMSO, NMP, etc., by heating to above the saturation temperature ts and the supersaturated solut... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5682004 | Apparatus for reduction of the grain size of crystalline explosive A method and an apparatus for reducing the grain size of crystalline explosive provide for, first of all, dissolving the coarse crystalline explosive in an organic solvent. Subsequently, the dissolved explosive is brought together with ice water in a prec... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5670098 | Black powder processing on twin-screw extruder A continuous process of manufacturing black powder and black powder substitute using a twin screw extruder is disclosed. Guar gum mixed with the composition at a concentration in the range from 0.05% to 0.5%, by weight, dramatically reduced the friction i... | 09/23/1997 |
