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7381459 |
Toughened uni-piece, fibrous, reinforced, oxidization-resistant composite
A composite thermal protection structure, for applications such as atmospheric re-entry vehicles, that can withstand temperatures as high as 3600° F. The structure includes an exposed surface cap...
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7377469 |
Heat shield
The invention discloses systems for mounting heat shields onto a spacecraft. It shows a number of ways to attach heat shield tiles in a way that allows for and accommodates the thermal expansion...
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7281688 |
Materials for self-transpiring hot skins for hypersonic vehicles or reusable space vehicles
A self-transpiring hot skin for a hypersonic or reusable space vehicle that can provide protection to the vehicle during short periods of abnormally high heat flux (either planned in the flight...
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7267303 |
Method and system for providing cruciform steered, bent biconic and plasma suppression for maximum accuracy
A system for reducing plasma induced communication disruption is disclosed. The system utilizes an electrophilic gas injectant, bent reentry vehicle nose shaping and a number of flaps configured to...
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7237752 |
System and method for reducing plasma induced communication disruption utilizing electrophilic injectant and sharp reentry vehicle nose shaping
The present invention discloses a system and a method for reducing plasma induced communication disruption utilizing electrophilic injectant and sharp reentry vehicle nose shaping. Injecting...
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7229048 |
Aerodynamic control of a hypersonic entry vehicle
A hypersonic vehicle having in one or more embodiments a control surface that is movable to a deployed position. The control surface is movable in a pivotal manner that establishes a gap between...
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7219859 |
Multipurpose modular spacecraft
A reentry vehicle includes a nose section, a modular section comprised of two or more connected modules, a flared section. The nose section is connected to a first end of the modular section, and...
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7198231 |
Method of applying ablative insulation coatings and articles obtained therefrom
A method of forming ablative insulation coatings on aerospace structures and articles produced thereby. The method includes forming a mold having a cavity configured to complementarily receive at...
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7195207 |
Winged spacecraft
A rocket-powered spacecraft having a wing which has hinged aft portions which can be elevated about a hinge line. Tail booms extend rearwardly from the outer ends of the aft wing portions, and...
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6886790 |
Stand-off for fixing thermal protection panels
In order to accommodate differential expansion between thermal protection panels and a structure to be protected, the present invention provides a stand-off for holding the panels, the stand-off...
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6844057 |
Method for secondarily bonding a ceramic matrix composite layer to a flexible insulation blanket and an insulation blanket produced thereby
A flexible insulation blanket having a smoothly surfaced, secondarily bonded, ceramic matrix composite (CMC) outer layer, and a method of producing a flexible insulation blanket having a...
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6827312 |
Method and system of thermal protection
A method and system for assembly and attachment of high temperature materials used as thermal protection systems (TPS) for applications such as re-entry or hypersonic vehicles are disclosed. The...
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6607851 |
Multi-layer ceramic fiber insulation tile
A multi-layer tile material produced from layers of alumina enhanced thermal barrier material having different densities. The insulation layers are bound together by a high strength, high...
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6592981 |
Oxidation resistant insulating sandwich tiles
A lightweight insulating sandwich tile ( 110 ) having applications such as spacecraft and reusable launch vehicle thermal protection is disclosed. In one embodiment, the lightweight insulating...
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6530543 |
Hypersonic and orbital vehicles system
A method for developing and utilizing a Space Cruiser vehicle efficiently combines resources from relevant end users in industry and the military. The preferred vehicle has an elongated conical...
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6505794 |
Large thermal protection system panel
A protective panel for a reusable launch vehicle provides enhanced moisture protection, simplified maintenance, and increased temperature resistance. The protective panel includes an outer ceramic...
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6467731 |
Integrated sample return capsule
An integrated sample return capsule for use in returning materials to Earth from space, such as core samples from other celestial bodies and experiments from orbiting platforms. The sample return...
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6257527 |
Hypersonic and orbital vehicles system
A method for developing and utilizing a Space Cruiser vehicle efficiently combines resources from relevant end users in industry and the military. The preferred vehicle has an elongated conical...
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6241184 |
Vehicle having a ceramic radome joined thereto by an actively brazed compliant metallic transition element
A missile has a body with a substantially circular nose opening therein, and a ceramic radome sized to cover the nose opening. A compliant metallic circular transition element is disposed...
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6136418 |
Rapidly removable thermal protection system for reusable launch vehicle
A thermal protection system is composed of multiple panels, each of which has an ablative layer of cork thermal protection which is adhesively bonded to a flexible film. The rear surface of the...
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5882765 |
Element made of a reinforced low density heat protective material and method to obtain said element
An element made of a reinforced low density heat protective material including an elastomer and/or a silicon resin matrix loaded with organic and/or inorganic components, wherein the reinforcement...
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5772154 |
Leading edge heat shield for wings of spacecraft
A heat shield for thermally insulating the leading edge of a wing of a spacecraft during ascent and reentry includes a plurality of rigid tiles. Each tile is formed with a pie-shaped element which...
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5649488 |
Non-explosive target directed reentry projectile
The non-explosive core of a reentry projectile is fixedly positioned within hollow casing of the projectile at a location maximizing conversion and transfer of kinetic energy to an earth bound...
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5560569 |
Aircraft thermal protection system
A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing an aircraft thermal protection system for hypersonic cruise and space launch vehicles. A flexible outer skin formed from a metal super alloy is...
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5511747 |
Arrangement for thermal protection of an object, such as a thermal shield
Arrangement for the thermal protection of an object, particularly a space vehicle, such as a space missile, including a frame structure covered with thermal insulating material, wherein the...
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5489074 |
Thermal protection device, in particular for an aerospace vehicle
The thermal protection device is made up of a plurality of juxtaposed unit modules each comprising a fairing element provided with fixing tabs and thermal insulation integrated in the fairing...
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5457471 |
Adaptively ablatable radome
A radome useful with high-speed guided missiles has an inner conical shell made of a strong, high temperature resistant material transparent to radiant energy in the operative frequency range of a...
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5452866 |
Transpiration cooling for a vehicle with low radius leading edge
A transpiration cooling system for avoiding overheating of an airfoil is provided. The airfoil is provided with a plurality of apertures and a source of pressurized fluid for providing a flow of...
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5413859 |
Sublimitable carbon-carbon structure for nose tip for re-entry space vehicle
A thermal protection system arrangement and method of manufacture for a carbon-carbon nose tip of a re-entry space vehicle that is expected to encounter very high heat fluxes upon re-entry into the...
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5340058 |
Projectile with cooled nose cone
A projectile, particularly a kinetic energy projectile, whose nose cone is cooled due to the provision of an ablation layer and a thermal insulation layer (8, 9) on the exterior of the metal hood...
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5330124 |
Thermal protection device using the vaporization and superheating of a rechargeable liquid
A device for thermal protection of a structure (22) is provided. In one embodiment the device comprises a retention layer (12) impregnated by a fluid substance that is normally in the liquid state....
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5312685 |
Atomic oxygen protective coating with resistance to undercutting at defect sites
Structures composed at least partially of an organic substrate may be protected from oxidation by applying a catalyst onto said substrate for promoting the combination of atomic oxygen to molecular...
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5310592 |
Fibrous ceramic aerobrake
An ablative fibrous ceramic article comprises a honeycomb core having a plurality of cells, fibrous ceramic insulation (including fibers, microballoons, microparticles, or mixtures thereof) at...
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5291830 |
Dual-mode semi-passive nosetip for a hypersonic weapon
A dual mode semi-passive nosetip cooling system for a hypersonic weapon. A cone shaped capsule or pressure vessel is positioned within the nosetip and it is filled with a sublimating material in...
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5265829 |
Tetrahedral lander
An apparatus and method is disclosed for decelerating and absorbing impact of a re-entry vehicle suitable for payloads that are relatively light as well as payloads weighing several tons or more....
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5257757 |
Advanced hypersonic nosecap
A hybrid active cooling system for hypersonic vehicle nosecaps and leading edges integrates a forced convection cooling system with a transpiration cooling system. A pair of concentric shells,...
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5254837 |
Thermally activated retainer means utilizing shape memory alloy
A retainer member (2) suitable for retaining a gap filler (1) placed in gaps (20) between adjacent tile members (21, 22). One edge of the retainer member (2) may be attached to the gap filler (1)...
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5236151 |
Thermal barrier structure
An insulative panel is attachable to a structure to thermally protect the structure. The insulative panel includes a piece of a compliant, porous material. A support base is bonded to a first side...
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5217185 |
Ablative shielding for hypervelocity projectiles
A hypervelocity projectile shield which includes a hollow semi-flexible housing fabricated from a plastic like, or otherwise transparent membrane which is filled with a fluid (gas or liquid). The...
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5209896 |
Heat shield
The heat shield according to the invention makes it possible to protect a structure from a very high thermal flux. It is mainly constituted by tiles (2) fixed to a support structure (4) by means of...
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5178922 |
Fringed thermal protection device
A thermal protection device for protecting walls of structures exposed to ablative flow at high temperatures in the presence of vibrations comprises, embedded in a thermally insulative matrix, a...
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5117606 |
Structural member
A structural member for use in a telescope or the like comprises an inner member of a structural material imparting rigidity and strength, an intermediate layer of a heat-insulating material, and...
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5108830 |
Shape-stable reentry body nose tip
A reentry body nose tip constructed from materials and produced by a proc such that shape stability is maintained under ablative erosion occurring during atmospheric reentry.
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4966229 |
Leading edge heat pipe arrangement
Heat pipe (10) includes an acute angle leading wedge shape form (38) with a radiused leading edge (26). Engine fuel supply (65) cools the trailing wedge shape form (40). The intense heat flux at...
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4961384 |
Hypervelocity penetrator for an electromagnetic accelerator
A hypervelocity penetrator for an electromagnetic accelerator that includes nosetip section that is made of a composite material that is ablative, an intermediate section of a heavy metal such as...
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4923146 |
Cooling system for surfaces of high speed operating flight craft
An improved means for convection cooling the skin surfaces of an atmospheric flight craft such as are subject to air friction-induced overheating when the craft operates at high speed, featuring...
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4919366 |
Heat resistive wall assembly for a space vehicle
A heat-resistive wall assembly for a space vehicle is disclosed herein comprising an inner wall formed from either wrought beryllium or aluminum for providing both structural support for the...
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4903918 |
Raked circular-cone aerobraking orbital transfer vehicle
An aerobraking orbital transfer vehicle (AOTV) (80) has aerobrake (82) with a blunted raked-off circular-cone configuration. The other components of the AOTV, including command/control module (95),...
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4896847 |
Aerodynamic braking system for recovering a space vehicle
An aerobrake for an orbital transfer vehicle that permits recovery of the vehicle for refurbishment and reuse after a payload has been deployed in a desired geo-synchronous earth orbit by slowing...
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4877689 |
High temperature insulation barrier composite
A composite material suitable for providing insulation for the nozzle structure of the Space Shuttle and other similar surfaces is disclosed which comprises an outer skin layer of nickel chromium...
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