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8172966 Non-lethal payloads  
Non-lethal payloads may be customized for particular uses and desired visual and audible incapacitation based upon the selection of igniter/activators and illuminants used with the non-lethal...
8172964 Pyrophoric metal-carbon foam composites and methods of making the same  
A method for creating a pyrophoric material according to one embodiment includes thermally activating a carbon foam for creating micropores therein; contacting the activated carbon foam with a...
8172963 Laminated energetic device  
A laminated energetic device is disclosed. The laminated energetic device includes a low-gas generating energetic mixture, a first film on which the low-gas generating energetic mixture is located,...
8147628 Method for producing cryogenic, solid monopropellants and solid propellants produced according to said method  
The invention relates to a method for producing (cryogenic) solid monopropellants which are cooled to below room temperature and are used for rocket drives, especially using heterogeneous...
8123878 Gas generating system  
A gas generating system includes a gas generant material for generating gases upon combustion thereof, and an amount of liquid coolant for cooling the generated gases.
8123879 Energetic composition of adjacent layers of an explosive and a combustible fuel and making of same  
The invention generally relates to an energetic composition including adjacent layers of an explosive and a combustible fuel, and making of the energetic composition. Specifically, making the...
8114229 Self-extinguishable solid propellant  
Solid composite propellant compositions include at least one oxidizing agent, at least one binder, and at least one surfactant. The surfactant provides the solid propellant the property of being...
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...
8092622 Degradation of TATP, TNT, and RDX using mechanically alloyed metals  
Bimetallic alloys prepared in a ball milling process, such as iron nickel (FeNi), iron palladium (FePd), and magnesium palladium (MgPd) provide in situ catalyst system for remediating and degrading...
8075715 Reactive compositions including metal  
A precursor composition of a reactive material that comprises a metal material and an energetic material, such as at least one oxidizer or at least one class 1.1 explosive. The metal material...
8066831 Shock wave and power generation using on-chip nanoenergetic material  
A method of generating power uses a nanoenergetic material. The nanoenergetic material comprising thermite is obtained and deposited on a substrate. An igniter is placed on the nanoenergetic...
8062442 Safe, in situ methodologies for the destruction of triacetone triperoxide and other explosive peroxides  
Triacetone triperoxide (TATP) and other explosives of the peroxide family are safely degraded in situ. Nano and micron size metal particles in an elemental state include pure iron and magnesium or...
8057609 Portable fuel cell device  
A fuel cell device comprising: (a) a catalytic oxidizer; (b) means for delivering gaseous fuel and oxidizer to the catalytic oxidizer; and (c) a fuel cell assembly located in the vicinity of the...
8057611 Multi-composition pyrotechnic grain  
A multi-composition pyrotechnic material is provided for an inflatable restraint device (for example, an airbag system or pretensioner for a vehicle). The multi-composition pyrotechnic material can...
8057612 Methods of forming a multi-composition pyrotechnic grain  
A multi-composition pyrotechnic material is provided for an inflatable restraint device (for example, an airbag system or pretensioner for a vehicle). The multi-composition pyrotechnic material can...
8057610 Monolithic gas generant grains  
A gas generant for an inflatable restraint device (for example, an airbag system for a vehicle) is a monolithic compressed solid that has a linear burn rate of greater than or equal to about 1.6...
8007607 Combustible structural composites and methods of forming combustible structural composites  
Combustible structural composites and methods of forming same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a combustible structural composite includes combustible material comprising a fuel metal and a metal...
7998290 Enhanced blast explosive  
A thermobaric munition including a composite explosive material, the composite explosive material having a high-explosive composition, and a detonable energetic material dispersed within the...
7993475 Firing agent for gas generating device  
A firing agent which is used in a gas generating device of a vehicle occupant protection device together with a non-azide gas generating agent, for firing the non-azide gas generating agent,...
7985308 Multimodal explosive  
A multimodal explosive, in particular for blast charges, which has, for increasing the power, a powder additive which is formed by a hydrogen-terminated monocrystalline silicon powder of at least...
7985310 Metal and metal oxide granules, forming process and granule containing explosives  
This invention relates to granules comprising a homogenous mixture of metal flakes and/or metal powder and metal oxide powder, and a binder. The invention also relates to a process for producing...
7976653 Ammonium dinitrimide based liquid monopropelants exhibiting improved combustion stability and storage life  
Ammonium dinitramide based liquid monopropellants exhibiting stabilised combustion characteristics and improved storage life, containing ammonia, a base weaker than ammonia, or a base which is...
7976654 High explosive fills for very small volume applications  
High explosives suitable for filling very small volume loading holes in micro-electric initiators for micro-electro-mechanical mechanisms, used as safe and arm devices, are prepared from slurries...
7972453 Enhanced blast explosive  
A thermobaric munition including a composite explosive material, the composite explosive material having a high-explosive composition, and a detonable energetic material dispersed within the...
7955451 Energetic thin-film based reactive fragmentation weapons  
A munition is described including a reactive fragment having an energetic material having a least one layer of a reducing metal or metal hydride and at least one layer of a metal oxide dispersed in...
7955453 Gradient thermosetting plastic-bonded explosive composition, and method thereof  
A process for manufacturing gradient structures uses multiple jet-spraying mechanisms to form layers of distinct precursors into a gradient composition.
7942989 Porous silicon-based explosive  
An initiator explosive for detonating a second explosive that includes nanocrystalline silicon containing a plurality of pores and a solid state oxidant disposed within said pores.
7942988 Shaped, flexible fuel and energetic system therefrom  
A shaped, flexible fuel and energetic system is presented. The shaped, flexible fuel comprises at least one polymeric binding material and porous silicon particles dispersed throughout the...
7942990 Hybrid inflator  
The present invention provides a hybrid inflator including: a pressurized gas and a solid gas generating agent that generates a combustion gas as a gas source,the solid gas generating agent...
7931761 Micro thruster, micro thruster array and polymer gas generator  
Disclosed is a gas generating polymer compound that when irradiated with light or other radiation sources makes a solid to gas phase transition due to chemically catylized degradation, irradiative...
7927439 Shock compression sensitivity change on command of explosives containing SMART materials  
The invention is a method and a composition where, on command, a distributed number of micron size voids are created in an energetic material. The voids are hot spots, which change the shock...
7927437 Ordered nanoenergetic composites and synthesis method  
A structured, self-assembled nanoenergetic material is disclosed that includes a nanostructure comprising at least one of the group consisting of a fuel and an oxidizer and a plurality of...
7896989 Cross-sectional functionally graded propellants and method of manufacture  
Methods of making cross sectional, functionally-graded munitions propellants exhibiting various distributions of particle concentrations and burn rate, including having a fast burning core and...
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...
7887650 Gas generating composition  
The present invention provides a gas generating composition comprising a fuel and an oxidizing agent and further a copper powder.
7883593 Non-toxic pyrotechnic delay compositions  
A novel pyrotechnic delay composition for use in metal delay fuse cartridges, including as its primary constituent Si—Al—Fe3O4 prepared from powdered form. The delay composition yields a pro...
7879166 Single walled carbon nanotubes activated with hydrazoic acid  
The present invention relates generally to carbon nanotubes, and more particularly to the interaction of single wall carbon nanotubes with hydrazoic acid to introduce energetic azide groups into...
7857921 Nontoxic, noncorrosive phosphorus-based primer compositions  
A primer composition that includes stabilized, encapsulated red phosphorus, at least one oxidizer, at least one secondary explosive composition, at least one light metal, and at least one acid...
7837813 Stimulated emission release of chemical energy stored in stone-wales defect pairs in carbon nanostructures  
Stone Wales defect pairs in a carbon nanostructure are used to store energy. Energy is released by a chain reaction of phonons disrupting the defect pairs to generate more phonons until the lattice...
7833366 Method for making single walled carbon nanotubes by activation with hydrazoic acid  
The present invention relates generally to methods of making carbon nanotubes, and more particularly to the interaction of single wall carbon nanotubes with hydrazoic acid to introduce energetic...
7806999 Metal and metal oxide granules and forming process  
This invention relates to granules comprising a homogenous mixture of metal flakes and/or metal powder and metal oxide powder, and a binder. The invention also relates to a process for producing...
7789982 Flexible dilute explosive device  
A flexible dilute explosive device is provided that includes an explosive material, such as pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), combined with a non-reactive matrix material, such as light-weight...
7789984 Method for supplying pyrotechnic material slurry  
A method for supplying a pyrotechnic material slurry to a container, includes, taking out a pyrotechnic material slurry, stored inside a storage container, from the bottom portion of the storage...
7758709 Monolithic gas generant grains  
A gas generant for an inflatable restraint device (for example, an airbag system for a vehicle) is a monolithic compressed solid that has a linear burn rate of greater than or equal to about 1.6...
7749345 Method of generating fluorine gas using coruscative reaction  
A fluorine gas generating material composition comprises a fluorine bearing material, the fluorine bearing material releasing fluorine gas at a first temperature, and a coruscative material, a...
7722782 Portable heating apparatus and metal fuel composite for use with same  
A particulate composite fuel of metal preferably of aluminum for a portable heater. The fuel reacts with oxygen in the air, producing heat. The composite fuel may also be flaked aluminum or iron...
7645351 Explosive material composition and method for preparing the same  
An explosive material composition containing, as an active ingredient, particles of a water-soluble reactive ingredient having an uniform particle size. Each particle is coated with an oil...
7638006 Method of generating fluorine gas using coruscative reaction  
A fluorine gas generating material composition comprises a fluorine bearing material, the fluorine bearing material releasing fluorine gas at a first temperature, and a coruscative material, a...
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...
7544260 Micro thruster, micro thruster array and polymer gas generator  
Disclosed is a gas generating polymer compound that when irradiated with light or other radiation sources makes a solid to gas phase transition due to chemically catylized degradation, irradiative...