Bizarre Patents
An armor with rollers is provided that enables a user to move in all positions by rolling on a hard and smooth surface while constantly varying his bearing points on the ground.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8114228 | Gas generating composition The present invention provides a liquid gas generating composition comprising the following (a) to (c) components, wherein the content ratio of (b) component is 0.5 mass % or more and less than 5.0 mass %: (a) hydroxyammonium nitra... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8101032 | Ethanol based gel fuel for a hybrid rocket engine A cost-effective, renewable ethanol-based solid fuel compound, and method of making the fuel for hybrid rocket engines. Gelling agents, preferably methylcellulose can be used in conjunction with calcium acetate or calcium acetate alone make a stiff plastic out of et... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7947137 | Nitrous oxide based explosives and methods for making same An explosive device and methods for forming same, the device comprising a portion of nitrous oxide and a portion of fuel. In one example, the explosive device may include a first storage area containing said portion of nitrous oxide, and a second storage area contai... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7896987 | High energy, low temperature gelled bi-propellant formulation The present invention is a bi-propellant system comprising a gelled liquid propane (GLP) fuel and a gelled MON-30 (70% N2O4+30% NO) oxidizer. The bi-propellant system is particularly well-suited for outer planet missions greater than 3 AU from ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7771549 | Energetic ionic liquids Provided are energetic materials of low vapor pressure in the form of ionic liquids having fuel and oxidizer ions including, substituted pyridinium or imidazolium cations paired with nitrato-, perchlorato-, or nitramido-based anions, to form such ionic liquids or sa... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7749344 | High performance, low toxicity hypergolic fuel Disclosed is a group of tertiary amine azides useful as hypergolic fuels for hypergolic bipropellant mixtures. The fuels provide higher density impulses than monomethyl hydrazine (MMH) but are less toxic and have lower vapor pressures that MMH. In addition, the fuel... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7585381 | Nitrous oxide based explosives and methods for making same An explosive device and methods for forming same, the device comprising a portion of nitrous oxide and a portion of fuel. In one example, the explosive device may include a first storage area containing said portion of nitrous oxide, and a second storage area contai... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7338540 | Decomposition of organic azides A method of decomposing an organic azide is provided and comprises allowing an organic azide to contact a catalytic metal halide, main group halide, mixed metal-main group halide, or mixture thereof. Organic azide fuel sources comprising an organic azide/catalyst co... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7163230 | Inflatable side curtain with fill tube Apparatus (10) for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (14) inflatable between the vehicle side structure (16) and a vehicle occupant. The device (14) defines an inflatable... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7022306 | Process for the production of hydrogen A process and apparatus are disclosed for the generation of hydrogen from hydrogen rich compounds. The process uses hydrogen peroxide as an oxidizer with a hydrogen rich compound forming a mixture such that when the mixture is exposed to a catalyst forming a hydroge... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6984273 | Premixed liquid monopropellant solutions and mixtures Nondetonable, or low detonation sensitivity, substantially nontoxic liquid monopropellants are provided. The liquid propellants are formed from aqueous solutions of solid oxidizers in liquid oxidizers and water soluble liquid fuels and formulated to have a freezing ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6962633 | Amine azide propellant A novel family of amine azides having a cyclic structure therein is disclosed. These compounds have attractive properties as rocket propellants. ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6949152 | Hypergolic azide fuels with hydrogen peroxide Hypergolic fuel propulsion systems contain a fuel composition and an oxidizer composition. The fuel composition contains an azide compound that has at least one tertiary nitrogen and at least one azide functional group, as well as a catalyst that contains at least o... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6942743 | Fluid extraction for airbag inflators Inflation apparatuses and methods are provided wherein a hydrocarbon-containing inflation gas-producing mixture is formed via the fluid extraction of the hydrocarbon from a substrate material. ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6695938 | Reduced toxicity hypergolic bipropellant fuels The reduced toxicity hypergolic bipropellant fuels of the present invention contain a hypergolic fuel and rocket grade hydrogen peroxide oxidizer, preferably HTP. The hypergolic fuel may be a reactive fuel or a catalytic fuel. The rocket grade hydrogen pe... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6607567 | Propellant gas for tools operated by combustion power A propellant gas is described for tools, operated by combustion power, especially for setting equipment for fastening elements, on the basis of combustible gases containing a mixture of (A) 40% to 70% by weight of dimethyl ether, nitrous oxide and/or nitr... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6419771 | Non-toxic hypergolic miscible fuel with stable storage characteristics The non toxic bipropellent of the present invention contains a non-toxic hypergolic miscible fuel (hereinafter referred to as "NHMF") and a rocket grade hydrogen peroxide. This NHMF has rapid ignition capability and minimizes the formation of precipitate,... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6361629 | Flowable solid propellant Provided is a method for preparing a flowable solid propellant wherein a) liquid oxidizer is added to a tank, b) pellets of cross-linked hydrogel polymer are added to the liquid oxidizer in the tank so that liquid oxidizer is absorbed into the pellets to ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6299654 | Amine azides used as monopropellants The subjects of this patent are three amine azide monopropellants, dimethylaminoethylazide (DMAZ), pyrollidinylethylazide (PYAZ) and diethylaminoethylazide (DEAZ). Amine azides decompose on an iridium catalyst at 400° F. and have very low freezing points... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6298789 | Gas generator A gas generator for air bags having a container holding a combustible gas mixture and fitted with a closure which opens into a combustion chamber fitted with a gas outlet in which the gas mixture is ignited by an ignition device. To provide a fast-reactin... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6254705 | Liquid propellant Liquid propellants for the purpose of generating hot gases are described, which propellants comprise solution of a dinitramide compound and a fuel, and are especially suited for space applications, and exhibit the following properties exhibit the followin... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6250072 | Multi-ignition controllable solid-propellant gas generator Batch-mode and continuous-mode decomposition of nitrous oxide is used to provide multiple ignitions of a solid-propellant gas generator and subsequently control its output gas temperature and flow rate, respectively. To reignite the solid-propellant gas g... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6238500 | Smokeless gas generating material An inflator (14) for inflating an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (12) comprises a pressurized container (20), a gas generating material stored under pressure in the container (20), and an igniter (36) for igniting the gas generating materia... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6221186 | Self-compensating airbag inflator and method An inflator apparatus and a method are provided using a quantity of a compensatory material to supplement a stored pressurized gas.... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6210504 | Tertiary amine azides in liquid or gel fuels in gas generator systems A liquid gas generator system supplies gas pressure only when it is needed. Hydrazine and hydrazine blends have been considered for liquid gas generators because of their ability to decompose at ambient conditions on an iridium catalyst to form warm (1000... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6110306 | Complexed liquid fuel compositions This invention relates to liquid propellant compositions containing an enetic material of organic nitrate esters. The organic nitrate esters of the present invention are complexed with a nitrate ester plasticizer, bismuth subsalicylate, and stabilizer to... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6013143 | Tertiary amine azides in hypergolic liquid or gel fuels propellant systems Inhibited Red Fuming Nitric Acid (IRFNA) type IIIB and monomethyl hydrazine (MMH) ignite when contacted with each other because of a hypergolic chemical reaction and are the preferred oxidizer and fuel for bipropellant rocket propulsion systems. These pro... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5932837 | Non-toxic hypergolic miscible bipropellant The non-toxic bipropellent of the present invention contains a non-toxic ergolic miscible fuel (NHMF) and a rocket grade hydrogen peroxide. This non-toxic hypergolic miscible fuel (NHMF) has rapid ignition capability. The non-toxic hypergolic miscible fu... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5847314 | Apparatus for inflating a vehicle occupant protection device A vehicle safety apparatus (10) for use in inflating an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (12) comprises a pressure vessel (14) for containing a combustible mixture of gases. A combustible mixture (18) of gases is contained within the pressure... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5804760 | Method for making and storing cryogenic monopropellant A method and assembly for manufacturing and storing a cryogenic monopropellant, such as cryogenic mixtures of liquid methane and liquid oxygen, and the components thereof. A fuel, such as liquid methane, is manufactured and stored safely and effectively w... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5705771 | Cryogenic propellants and method for producing cryogenic propellants An improved cryogenic propellant which can be utilized as an improved rocket fuel, hypersonic vehicle fuel, aircraft fuel, explosive, or coolant is described. The improved cryogenic propellant is illustrated by a mixture of liquid hydrogen and solid metha... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5693252 | Generation of chlorine dioxide in a non-aqueous medium A method of preparing chlorine dioxide in a non-aqueous liquid is disclosed. An aqueous solution of chlorine dioxide is mixed and agitated with a non-aqueous liquid. The chlorine dioxide is extracted into the non-aqueous liquid. In a preferred embodiment,... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5616882 | High energy rocket propellant A rocket propellant of improved Isp and thrust is provided by modifying a rocket fuel of RP-1 (a kerosene fraction). Such fuel is combined with an oxidizer (e.g. liquid oxygen, LOX) which defines a rocket propellant of the prior art. Such propellant is mo... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5571988 | Gas-producing material A gas-producing material for a gas generator, particularly, for an inflatable impact cushion for protecting motor vehicle passengers is made up of a combustible liquid gas mixture of one or several short-chain hydrocarbons and nitrogen monoxide. As a resu... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5466313 | Gas-producing material A gas-producing material for a gas generator, particularly for a belt tightener or for an inflatable impact cushion (airbag) to protect motor vehicle occupants, containing a liquefied gas mixture in which the liquefied gas components consist of a mixture ... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5305598 | Energy generated from volcanic groundstates A novel class of energy-generating chemical processes or reactions uses cryogenically Prepared and stored materials exhibiting volcanic ground states having lifetimes exceeding several seconds. Energy generation is provided through activation of cryogenic... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5188682 | Propellent medium for hybrid weapon A propellent medium for a barreled weapon with electrically-supported liquid propulsion, especially for chemical-electrical hybrid drives with regenerative propellent medium injection. Organic compounds of a combination of carbon and hydrogen are contempl... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5171385 | High energy-density N2 O2 compound An energetic compound having the structural formula O--O--N--N is disclosed. Routes for synthesizing the compound involving the reaction of oxygen atoms in the [1 D] electronic state with N2 O are also disclosed. The energetic compound is... | 12/15/1992 |
| 4698965 | Hot gas source and fuel therefor A method, apparatus and the fuel therefor for creating a hot gas jet hydrogen peroxide in a maximum aqueous solution of 55% to which is added a burnable substance. The mixture is passed through a permeable mass of catalytic material such as manganese diox... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4653380 | Bipropellant gun and method of firing same A bipropellant gun in which an immiscible hydrocarbon fuel and oxidizer are combined in the gun's combustion chamber just prior to, or simultaneous with, ignition thereof. The oxidizer consists of hydrogen peroxide having a concentration of less than 73 p... | 03/31/1987 |
