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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4507165 | Elastomer insulation compositions for rocket motors Non-asbestos elastomeric insulation materials for rocket motors are disclosed. The insulation materials comprise 100 parts by weight of a crosslinked elastomer polymer and between about 10 and 100 (preferably 15-75) parts by weight of an organic fiber sel... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4495763 | Dual-thrust nozzle apparatus for rockets A housing is mounted to the convergent portion of a convergent-divergent thrust nozzle for rockets via legs that space the housing from the nozzle so that it will not obstruct the flow of propulsive gases therethrough. A cavity in the housing holds a seco... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4494373 | Fail safe rocket motor In a rocket motor having an insulative coating on selected portions of the xterior casing, one or more ribs are used to structurally strengthen portions of the casing and to reinforce thermal stress patterns which will cause failure venting at a predetermi... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4466352 | Dual-mode propellant charge with a trumpet-shaped channel possessing a star-shaped cross-section Propellant charge, the combustion of which takes place according to at least two thrust modes, and which makes it possible to obtain at least one acceleration phase and one cruising phase of the self-propelled device equipped with this charge. The propell... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4458595 | Ablative liner An improved rocket motor has a first layer of silicone rubber and a second ayer of an ablative lining placed between the rocket motor casing and the propellant grain. The ablative lining layer contains chopped novoloid fibers 14 microns in diameter and nom... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4458482 | Rocket motor A bare patch in an insulating coating on a cylinder is shaped to reinforce tress patterns to cause failure at a predetermined point as a cook-off safety feature.... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4458483 | Rocket motor end flap An end flap construction for a rocket motor prevents hot vapors from enteg the motor void and causing motor ignition.... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4452039 | Expendable infrared source and method therefor An IR source and method for generating IR radiation whereby a propellant is urned in a first chamber to produce a product gas which is exited through a critical exit, is accelerated to a supersonic velocity by expanding into a second chamber, is passed thr... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4442666 | Fuel fire resistant motor The invention describes a rocket motor having a thermal barrier around a sile casing with gaps along the side to permit initial burning on the outer portion of the grain at rupture of the casing and venting prior to burning over the inner bore to avoid e... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4432202 | Flow-through pyrotechnic delay A pyrotechnic delay system for controlling the time of events from initian of an initial ignition impulse to ignition of a secondary output.... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4355663 | Nozzle/valve device for a ducted rocket motor A nozzle/valve device for a ducted rocket motor is provided. The nozzle valve device employs a design in which a nozzle throat blockage element can be moved by translational motion into and out of the nozzle throat section of the device. The blockage elem... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4311005 | Rocket motor An improved rocket motor using a solid propellant is shown to include a perforate shield disposed between a combustion chamber and a nozzle to prevent any portion of the solid propellant from entering the nozzle during operation.... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4170875 | Caseless rocket design A "caseless" rocket having a solid propellant grain body which as a result of its shape and surface burning creates, in effect, an outer case or barrier formed by the surrounding airstream and the burning propellant. An exhaust "nozzle" is generated as an... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4127243 | Device for a missile or the like In a missile assembly (or the like) including a motor nozzle positioned in a central portion of a rear surface of the missile and a sustainer motor positioned a distance away from the rear surface of the missile, the invention comprising a blow pipe joini... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4124976 | Method for reducing the critical injection parameter in a solid fuel ramjet A method and system for reducing the critical injection parameter (h/D.su) in a solid fuel ramjet (SFRJ) by using a low h/Dp fuel within the recirculation region of the grain and a higher h/Dp fuel for the majority of the grain to r... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4118930 | Filter-cooler A filter-cooler is provided for use with a rocket motor to cool and filter ighly aluminized hot gases from around 5800° F. to around 2000° F. The cooled and filtered gases are then usable, for example, in thrust vector control or other mechanisms associa... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4099376 | Gas generator and solid propellant with a silicon-oxygen compound as a burning rate modifier, and method for making the same 2. An article of manufacture useful as a gas generator and comprising a container having an outlet and supported and adapted to burn within said container and adhered to the walls of said container a mixed, shaped and cured composition of matter character... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4084078 | Jet perforator device A device for perforating or cutting a target made of metal or other materials by means of a plasma jet. The device includes a cast grain of plasma producing pyrotechnic material that is coated over a major portion of its exterior surface with a combustion... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4054029 | Nuclear blast-resistant rocket motor cases An organometallic polymeric resin is used to impregnate glass filaments (or oron, graphite, carbon, etc.) which are employed in the fabrication of composite motor cases and inert components of a solid propulsion system. The resulting motor case or inert co... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4015427 | Fuel grain for spherical boost-sustain rocket motor A spherical solid rocket motor for delivering boost-sustain, thrust-time performance and having a fuel grain with eight slots, at the forward end of the fuel grain, and eight star point segments forming regressive burning surface configurations. The fuel ... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3999382 | Rocket motors 1. A case-bonded solid propellant rocket motor having a motor case, the motor case having an inner surface, a double-base propellant located in the motor case, the double-base propellant having an outer surface, and a layer of a polyvinyl acetal resin bon... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3988888 | Filter/cooler A filter-cooler is provided for use with a rocket motor to cool and filter ighly aluminized hot gases from around 5800° F to around 2000° F. The cooled and filtered gases are then usable, for example, in thrust vector control mechanisms. A decomposable c... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3973397 | Rocket motor with ablative insulating casing liner A solid propellant rocket motor is provided with a liner between the motor case and the propellant, the liner comprising a terpolymer of ethylene, propylene and a nonconjugated diene and inert fillers. Ablative fillers such as heavy metal halides, calcium... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3951072 | Propellant grain A hollow propellant grain with an aft end section having a greater web thness than the forward end to prevent damage to the aft end of the motor housing without the usual heavy insulation.... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3946557 | Rocket motor construction Stresses induced by differential expansion and contraction of the solid propellant grain and the rocket motor case to which it is conventionally bonded are obviated by bonding a special sheath to the propellant grain and attaching it to the rocket motor c... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3945202 | Rocket containing lead oxidizer salt-high density propellant A propellant including a binder, a curative for the binder (whenever necessary), an oxidizer and a fuel additive are provided. The oxidizer has a relatively high value of specific gravity or density and is stable even at relatively high temperatures and i... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3942319 | Water-free solid propellant exhaust gases This invention disclosure relates to the incorporation of a high nitrogenntaining compound selected from tetrazole and bitetrazole in the form of a doughnut forward of the nozzle throat or in the form of a toroidal ring attached to the aft end of the noz... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3940067 | Axisymmetrical annular plug nozzle An annular plug nozzle for a rocket propulsion unit, designed for the shost possible length, and contoured wall structure capable of withstanding exposure to motor chamber and exhaust environment for extended operating time.... | 02/24/1976 |
