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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2016
Applicant:
The United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Jay D. Feldman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Curt G. Wilkinson, Fleetwood, PA (US);
Kenneth J. Mercer, San Diego, CA (US);
Ethiraj Venkatapathy, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of NASA, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/24 (2006.01); B29C 70/44 (2006.01); B29C 71/02 (2006.01); B29K 61/04 (2006.01); B29K 79/00 (2006.01); B29K 309/08 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/24 (2013.01); B29C 70/443 (2013.01); B29C 71/02 (2013.01); B29K 2061/04 (2013.01); B29K 2079/08 (2013.01); B29K 2309/08 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0015 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3097 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for fabricating an ablative, 3D fiber-woven thermal protection material, with porosity 0.5-15 percent, reduced thermal conductivity, very low thermal recession, high glass transition temperature, high frontface-backface temperature difference, relatively high mass density, and significant compression strength and tensile strength.