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7578122 Rocket motor case using plank sections and method of manufacture  
A rocket motor case includes a plurality of plank sections which provide a structural key for locking metal and/or composite end enclosures in place as part of the motor case. The plank sections...
7461503 Low-cost, low-density, ablative rubber insulation for rocket motors  
An insulation material comprising a low-density EPDM polymer, at least one flame-retardant, and an organic filler. The insulation material is used in an insulation layer of a rocket motor. The...
7360355 Long range artillery shell  
A long range artillery shell having a rocket motor which comprises a combustion chamber (shown filled with solid propellant 9 , burn inhibitor 10 , igniter material 13 and propellant support ...
7210282 Case burning rocket  
A case-burning rocket booster includes a combustible case containing a solid rocket fuel, a combustion chamber adjustably coupled to the case for burning the case and the solid rocket fuel, a...
7117797 Pyrotechnic charge structure  
A pyrotechnic charge structure, in particular for use as propellant in a rocket motor, is disclosed. The charge structure has a predetermined longitudinal extension and cross sectional area adapted...
7012107 Elastomeric rocket motor insulation  
A rocket motor insulation including an elastomer-based polymer is improved in its processability by the addition of silica particles treated with a hydrophobic coating. The insulation also...
6904749 Polyoxymethylene as structural support member and propellant  
A vehicle includes at least one polyoxymethylene structural support member. The polyoxymethylene structural support member includes a polyoxymethylene component that is a propellant that provides...
6873945 Rocket motor propellant temperature simulator  
The present invention comprises a device which is inert and “thermally-equivalent” to actual ordnance. The device can travel with live ordnance and track the propellant temperatures in order to...
6607617 Double-base rocket propellants, and rocket assemblies comprising the same  
This rocket motor propellant includes a combustible double-base propellant and non-carbonized, non-graphitized polymeric fibers dispersed in the double-base propellant. The double-base propellant...
6606852 Rocket motor insulation containing hydrophobic particles  
A rocket motor insulation including an elastomer base polymer is improved in its processability by the addition of silica particles treated with a hydrophobic coating. The insulation also...
6554936 Method of constructing insulated metal dome structure for a rocket motor  
An elastomerized phenolic resin ablative insulation particularly suitable for use in connection with the thermal insulation of selected components of rocket motors. A composition for making the...
6494035 Towing rocket motor assembly  
A towing rocket motor assembly has a tubular solid propellant grain defined by exterior surface area and interior surface area. The exterior surface area is inhibited from ignition within a tubular...
6430920 Nozzleless rocket motor  
A solid rocket motor for accelerating a payload comprises a motor casing and a solid propellant matrix, utilizing a high burn-rate fuel. The use of a high burn rate fuel allows the rocket motor to...
6421999 Modular solid-fuel rocket charges with rigid support casings  
A modular solid-fuel rocket propellent charge has a combustion-chamber wall, a plurality of separate elements including frozen fuel or oxidizer, and respective rigid casings completely surrounding...
6354075 Vented rocket motor spacer  
The present invention comprises a direct replacement for a charge support spacer currently used in rocket motors. The present invention comprises a vented spacer that cools combustion gases through...
6311479 Modular cryogenic solid fuel rocket drive sets  
Modular, cryogenic, solid rocket propellants of different fuel components, such as fuels, oxidizers, energy-increasing admixtures, binders, additives, etc., for all applications of solid rockets...
6230626 Flashless MK 66 rocket motor  
A flashless rocket propellent has a continuous potassium sulfate rod extending though the length of the propellent component. The flashless rocket propellent is particularly useful in the MK 66...
6148606 Low-vulnerability solid-propellant motor  
The present invention relates to a low-vulnerability solid-propellant motor (1) comprising a charge (11) of solid propellant, a heat shield (2) covering the inside of a metal structure with a front...
6054521 Erosion resistant-low signature liner for solid propellant rocket motors  
The present invention concerns an erosion resistant, low signature liner for solid propellant rocket motors and rocket motors having such a low signature liner. The liner combustion products in the...
6036144 Mass producible launch system  
The disclosed launch systems are formed from mass producible elements that integrate propulsion, pneumatics and structural systems. In one embodiment, a launch system (10) includes multiple stages...
6035631 Safety in solid fuel rocket motors  
A solid fuel propellant motor casing is described, the casing comprising a body portion for containing the propellant, the body portion also including at least one detachable end closure portion,...
5564272 Slotted hybrid pressure vessel  
The present invention is directed to a novel pressure vessel and process for manufacturing the pressure vessel. In one embodiment, the invention includes a case for a rocket motor which includes a...
5513489 Rotary valve multiple combustor pulse detonation engine  
A pulse detonation engine is provided with at least one detonation combustor selectively coupled to an air inlet and fuel source. The detonation combustors are equipped with either active or...
5402720 Booster-missile self-aligning adapter  
A self-aligning adapter used for attaching a booster to a missile includes a hollow tapered receptacle positioned on the missile. A tapered member sized and shaped to fit into and mate with the...
5388399 Rocket motor having unitary case, insulation and propellant  
An improved rocket motor and a method for its manufacture are characterized by the provision of a thermoplastic elastomer binder in the outer casing, the insulation layer, and the propellant. When...
5380570 Thermoplastic para-polyphenylene sulfide, high temperature-resistant rocket motor cases  
Para-polyphenylene sulfide, a non-composite, ultrahigh-temperature-resist, thermoplastic resin, is employed for the manufacture of interceptor motor cases. The thermoplastic resin,...
5352312 Method of insulating a rocket motor  
Rocket motor insulation compositions are provided. An important component of such insulation compositions is a thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer. Such a polymer provides an ablative insulation...
5341638 Low cost segmented structure for pressure vessels, rocket motors, piping  
A composite structure for rocket motors includes a longitudinal element of the composite structure, which is an assembly of segments of clamshell or barrel stave form. The element is held in place...
5339625 Hybrid rocket motor solid fuel grain  
A hybrid rocket motor includes a solid propellant fuel grain component which incorporates fuel strengthening agents or mechanical retention devices. In one embodiment, the hybrid fuel formulation...
5309712 Solid fuel rocket motor seals  
A rocket motor has a reloadable, reusable hollow casing which contains solid fuel, a nozzle and preferably a delay ignition cartridge and ejection charge. A nozzle gasket holds the nozzle in place...
5305601 Solid fuel rocket motor assembly, and method of making the same  
A fiber/resin composite whose resin phase is formed by at least initial actinic radiation curing of a resin composition comprising an actinic radiation curable first resin component and a second...
5227208 Integrally wound joint structure  
A method is disclosed for forming an integrally wound joint structure with filament wound composite structure at an adjacent end of the integrally wound joint structure and having means for...
5220783 Foamed in place igniter and aft-end assembly for rocket motor comprising the same  
A process of forming an igniter in an aft-end assembly for a solid rocket motor, the assembly having an internal cavity and comprising at least one element selected from the group consisting of a...
5212946 Reloadable/modular solid propellant rocket motor  
A modular reusable rocket motor combined with reusable, disposable, and expendable assemblies to provide customized operational characteristics for a rocket launched therewith.
5151145 Liner/mandrel for filament wound vessels  
A liner for a rocket motor case or other filament wound vessel includes a relatively thin casing. Reinforcements are formed integrally with the interior of the casing whereby the liner can be used...
H001082 Main-stage solid-propellant rocket motor design  
A ballistic missile main-stage solid-propellant rocket motor; including a propellant grain configuration tailored to provide required missile ballistic performance, having a center bore, major and...
5127223 Solid rocket motor propellants with reticulated structures embedded therein and method of manufacture thereof  
A linerless rocket motor is provided by the bonding of a reticulated support structure, which is embedded in an homogenous mass of propellant material including an oxidant, to the inner wall of the...
5085725 Method of chemical bonding of solid propellant grains to the internal insulation of an interceptor motor  
The trimer of 1,6-hexanediisocyanate, which has the chemical name in acconce with (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) (IUPAC) nomenclature of...
5060470 Gas generator ventable at a high temperature for hazard reduction  
A rocket motor or other gas generator the case of which is ventable at a predetermined temperature substantially greater than the ambient temperature range for storage and operation thereof and...
5044154 Safety mechanism for rendering a rocket motor non-propulsive  
A rocket motor having case segments which are attached together. A retaining member extends circumferentially thereabout to maintain attachment of the segments together. The retaining member is...
5038561 Thermal insulators for rocket motors  
A thermal insulator for a rocket motor body comprises a member adapted to be fitted as a sleeve on the outer surface of the body the member comprising a composite of cork having on its outer...
5032201 Method for the production of a combustion chamber for solid propellant rocket motor  
Sectors of tubes are adhesively fixed around a prefabricated propellant, the sectors being juxtaposed edge to edge to constitute a cylindrical tube, and a winding is formed around the tube at least...
4999997 Radial pulse motor igniter-sustain grain  
A radial pulse rocket motor having a nozzle at the aft end includes longitudinally spaced hollow boost and sustain propellant grains in the combustion chamber thereof with an elongated tubular...
4878431 Elastomeric insulating materials for rocket motors  
Non-asbestos elastomeric insulating materials for rocket motors are disclosed. The insulating materials are low in density (between about 0.035 and 0.050 lb./cubic inch) and comprise crosslinked...
4866930 Membrane seal for application to pulsed rocket motors  
A thin membrane of high strength but ductile material is placed over a perforated structural support, thus allowing high pressure on the membrane side of the support to separate one chamber from...
4840025 Multiple-propellant air vehicle and propulsion system  
A woven, silicon carbide fiber inner wall forms a combustor liner and a nozzle throat liner, and a woven silicon carbide fiber outer wall is spaced from the inner wall to form a fuel passageway....
4836961 Method of and apparatus for casting solid propellant rocket motors  
A method of and apparatus for casting uncured solid propellant in solid propellant rocket motors includes a casting bayonet having annular slits formed in the exit end thereof that improve the...
4829765 Pulsed rocket motor  
A segmented rocket motor case includes wedge members for forcing the case segments into position to remove free play at the joint thereof which may otherwise interfere with or upset the missile's...
4823548 Internal anti-popping assembly for solid propellant rocket motor  
A solid grain block is housed in a casing with interposition of a heat protection layer and defines a combustion chamber, and a separation zone is formed between the solid grain and the heat...
4821511 Liner for a solid propellant rocket motor  
A curable liner for a solid propellent rocket motor includes a radiopaque material uniformly blended therein to provide a sufficient density difference between the propellant and insulator to...
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