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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2017
Applicant:
The Usa As Represented BY the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa), Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Margaret M. Stackpoole, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ehson M. Ghandehari, Livermore, CA (US);
Jeremy J. Thornton, Gardena, CA (US);
Melmoth Alan Covington, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of NASA, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/58 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for preparing a flexible low-density thermal protection material, the method comprising providing a flexible substrate and a pyrolizable material impregnated therein. The thermal protection material remains flexible after impregnation and continues to remain flexible when the pyrolizable material is fully pyrolized.