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6364975 Ammonium nitrate propellants  
The present invention is directed to an age-stabilized and/or strengthened ammonium nitrate propellant composition wherein the strengthening agent is selected from the group consisting of...
6361630 Cool burning gas generating composition  
An apparatus ( 10 ) comprises an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device ( 16 ) and a gas generating composition which when ignited produces gas to inflate the inflatable vehicle occupant...
6340401 Gas generating composition  
An improved thermally stable, storage stable gas generating composition characterized by both an increased burning rate and a decreased pressure exponent for producing a clean, nontoxic,...
6334917 Propellant compositions for gas generating apparatus  
A gas generating apparatus for outputting a gas is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus is an inflator having a propellant for supplying inflation gas(es) to an inflatable located in a...
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...
6312537 Low-smoke pyrotechnic compositions  
A low-smoke producing pyrotechnic composition including a high-nitrogen content, low-carbon content energetic material, an oxidant and a colorant is disclosed together with the use of selected...
6302978 Coated oxidizing agent  
An oxidizer coated with inorganic particles is provided. A method for reducing the mechanical energy sensitivity of an oxidizer is also provided, which comprises coating the oxidizer with inorganic...
6299711 Gas-generating liquid compositions (OXSOL 3)  
A family of water-based gas-generating liquid compositions is described. A composition of the present invention includes: a first compound which may be hydrazinium mononitrate or methylhydrazinium...
6296724 Gas generating composition for an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device  
An apparatus comprises an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (20) and a gas generating composition (16). The gas generating composition (16), when ignited, produces gas to inflate the...
6261393 Water resistant explosive composition  
A dry water resistant ANFO-explosive, containing one or more organic fuels, one or more inorganic salts, one or more water thickening agents, and a gas generating substance which develops a gas...
6231701 Vehicle occupant protection device and solid solution gas generating composition therefor  
An apparatus (12) for inflating an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (20) comprises a gas generating material (16) which when ignited produces gas to inflate the inflatable vehicle...
6231702 Cool burning ammonium nitrate based gas generating composition  
A gas generating composition comprises an organic fuel and an ammonium nitrate oxidizer which is phase stabilized with an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt. The composition also comprises...
6228191 Gas-generating preparation with iron and/or copper carbonate  
A gas-generating preparation suitable for being used in an air bag includes ammonium nitrate, a derivative of guanidine and one or more metal carbonates as a deflagration catalyst. By using one or...
6214140 Development of new high energy blasting products using demilitarized ammonium picrate  
As has been established, the use of energetic materials, generated by manufacturer's excess and/or demilitarization projects, as ingredients in commercial blasting explosives is a feasible and...
6210505 High gas yield non-azide gas generants  
High nitrogen nonazide gas compositions, useful in inflating passenger restraint gas inflator bags, comprise a nonmetal salt of triazole or tetrazole fuel, phase stabilized ammonium nitrate (PSAN)...
6200398 Emulsion explosive compositions  
Water in oil emulsion explosive compositions comprises a discontinuous aqueous phase comprising at least one oxygen-supplying component, a continuous organic phase, an emulsifying amount of an...
6176517 Gas generating apparatus  
A gas generating apparatus for outputting a gas is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus is an inflator having a propellant for supplying inflation gas(es) to an inflatable located in a...
6176950 Ammonium nitrate and paraffinic material based gas generating propellants  
An ammonium nitrate and paraffinic material based gas generating composition is provided. The gas generating composition includes ammonium nitrate as a oxidizer, mixed with a paraffinic material as...
6149746 Ammonium nitrate gas generating composition  
A gas generating composition, when ignited, produces gas to inflate an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device. The gas generating composition comprises ammonium nitrate phase stabilized with...
6149193 Variable output inflator  
This invention relates to a multi-stage gas bag inflator, operable initially, when activated, to cause the gas bag to deploy slowly and then, after a delay, to deploy rapidly, includes a housing...
6143103 Gas generating material for vehicle occupant protection device  
A body of gas generating material for a vehicle occupant protection device comprises about 40 to about 85 weight percent ammonium nitrate. The body of gas generating material also comprises an...
6139054 Reduced smoke gas generant with improved temperature stability  
An apparatus (10) comprises an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (20) and a gas generating composition (16) which when ignited produces gas to inflate the inflatable vehicle occupant...
6136112 Smokeless gas generating composition for an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device  
An apparatus comprises an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (20) and a gas generating composition (16). The gas generating composition (16), when ignited, produces gas to inflate the...
6132538 High gas yield generant compositions  
Gas generant compositions, such as may be suited for use in inflating automotive inflatable restraint airbag cushions, are provided. Such gas generant compositions generally contain a mixture of...
6113714 Ammonium nitrate fuel oil blasting composition having improved water resistance  
A water resistant blasting explosive comprises an organic carbonaceous fuel, an inorganic oxidizing salt, and particulate filler material, wherein prior to exposing the particulate filler material...
6110308 Explosives produced from salvaged explosive materials  
In a process for the manufacture of explosives from old explosive materials, especially from cyclonite or mixtures containing cyclonite, wherein the old explosive materials are wetted with an...
6077372 Ignition enhanced gas generant and method  
An ignition enhanced gas generant material and method of making the same utilizing a solvent effective to partially solubilize at least one component of each of a selected ignition composition and,...
6074502 Smokeless gas generant compositions  
Thermally stable gas generant compositions incorporate a combination of one or more primary nonazide high-nitrogen fuels selected from a group including tetrazoles, bitetrazoles, and triazoles, and...
6071364 Gas generating compositions containing mica  
Gas generating compositions are formed from a fuel, one or more oxidizers and mica. The gas generant composition of this invention yields solid combustion products and inflating gases having a...
6059906 Methods for preparing age-stabilized propellant compositions  
The present invention is directed to an age-stabilized and/or strengthened ammonium nitrate propellant composition wherein the strengthening agent is selected from the group consisting of...
6051086 Buffered emulsion blasting agent  
A buffered emulsion blasting agent is disclosed, particularly suited for use in connection with sulfide and pyrite ores. The buffered emulsion blasting agent comprises an emulsifier, an organic...
6033500 Airbag explosive composition and process for producing said composition  
The present invention is directed to an airbag explosive composition comprising a fuel ingredient, an oxidizing agent and a binder for binding them, said binder being hydrotalcite group expressed...
6027588 Method of manufacture of emulsion explosives  
Water in oil emulsion explosives are prepared by a process in which diazonium salts are incorporated into the explosives matrix and decomposed in-situ.
6024811 Pyrotechnic composition generating clean gases with low levels of nitrogen oxides, and pellets of such a composition  
The present invention relates to gas-generating pyrotechnic compositions. The compositions according to the invention contain a small amount of epoxy binder, stabilized ammonium nitrate, optionally...
6024812 Pyrotechnic mixture as propellant or a gas charge with carbon monoxide-reduced vapors  
The invention pertains to propellants that have a substantially reduced CO concentration in the gas vapors compared to NC propellants. These propellants contain nitroaminoguanidines as main...
6019861 Gas generating compositions containing phase stabilized ammonium nitrate  
Gas generating compositions contain a non-azide fuel, phase stabilized ammonium nitrate (PSAN) and silicon. These gas generant compositions yield inflation gases having a reduced content of...
6001197 Liquid monopropellant  
A liquid monopropellant having (1) from about 10 to about 80 weight percent of an substituted ammonium nate which is methylammonium nitrate, dimethylammonium nitrate, trimethylammonium nitrate,...
5996501 Blast and fragmentation enhancing explosive  
A dual explosive charge is described that simultaneously enhances blast and fragmentation characteristics of the charge, including an inner driven charge of a non-ideal explosive surrounded by an...
5976283 Residue wax coated nitrate salt  
Solvent is extracted by distillation from a residue filtrate generated in producing aluminium paste by filtering a slurry of aluminium particles, at least one fatty acid and a solvent. The...
5972136 Liquid propellant  
A liquid oxidizer for propellants or explosives comprising nitric acid (Hsub.3), ammonium nitrate (NH 4 NO 3 ), and water.
5972137 Explosives  
The invention provides a method of sensitizing a base emulsion of the water-in-oil type, and the invention provides also a sensitized emulsion explosive comprising an emulsion of the water-in-oil...
5962808 Gas generant complex oxidizers  
Nonazide gas generant compositions, useful for inflating passenger restraint gas inflator bags, comprise a multimetallic coordination complex oxidizer selected from coordination complexes comprised...
5936195 Gas generating composition with exploded aluminum powder  
A gas generating composition, particularly for inflating devices such as air bag inflators, includes an effective amount of an exploded aluminum powder to both increase the burning rate and lower...
5925846 Method for the production of an ammonium nitrate fuel oil blasting composition having improved water resistance  
A method of increasing the water resistance of a blasting explosive comprising an organic carbonaceous fuel, an inorganic oxidizing salt having a particular particle size distribution and a gelling...
5920031 Water-in-oil emulsions  
This invention is directed to water-in-oil emulsions which are useful as explosives. These emulsions comprise: a discontinuous aqueous phase comprising at least one oxygen-supplying component; a...
5917146 High-nitrogen energetic material based pyrotechnic compositions  
A low-smoke producing pyrotechnic composition including a high-nitrogen content, low-carbon content energetic material; an oxidizing agent; and, a colorant is disclosed.
5898126 Air bag gas generating composition  
The air bag gas generating composition of this invention comprises a nitrogen-containing organic compound and at least one oxidizing agent selected from the group consisting of oxo halogen acid...
5872329 Nonazide gas generant compositions  
High nitrogen nonazide gas compositions, useful in inflating passenger restraint gas inflator bags, comprise an amine salt of triazole or tetrazole fuel, and phase stabilized ammonium nitrate...
5866842 Low temperature autoigniting propellant composition  
A low temperature autoigniting composition for use in a mobile occupant restraint system comprising, a low temperature melting oxidizer and a fuel, wherein the low temperature autoigniting...
H001768 Oxidizing agent  
Liquid oxidizer comprising an aqueous solution of hydroxyl ammonium nitrate nd a nitrate salt that is ammonium nitrate or hydrazine mononitrate.