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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2023
Applicant:
Raytheon Company, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Inventors:
John Rascon, Tucson, AZ (US);
Mark J. Meisner, Tucson, AZ (US);
Manuel E. Gonzales, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 12/20 (2006.01); F42B 12/22 (2006.01); F42B 39/14 (2006.01); F42B 39/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 39/18 (2013.01); F42B 12/20 (2013.01); F42B 12/22 (2013.01); F42B 39/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heavy inert gas insulation layer is wrapped around the length of a warhead to thermally insulate the warhead from fire or aerodynamic heating. The insulation layer may be integrally formed into the warhead casing or provided as a sleeve that may be permanently or removably positioned about the warhead casing. The insulation layer contains an inert gas such as Argon, Krypton, Xenon or a synthetic gas having a density of at least 1.5 kg/mand a thermal conductivity Tcond_gas no greater than two-thirds of the thermal conductivity of air Tcond_air.