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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. 28, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
William L O'Meara, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Terry A Murray, Quincy, FL (US);
Assignee:
Primex Technologies, Inc., St. Marks, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C06B / ; C06B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
102290 ; 102287 ; 102289 ; 102291 ; 264-35 ; 264-36 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a propellent having a deterred burn rate. The propellent is a particulate containing an energetic binder base and a thermoplastic burn deterrent. The energetic binder has in impetus (energy) in excess of 200,000 foot pounds per pound (mass) and the thermoplastic burn deterrent is both a solid at room temperature and soluble in an organic solvent. The burn deterrent is gradationally dispersed within the particulate with the greatest concentration of burn deterrent at the particulate periphery.