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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald Lee Knaresboro, San Jose, CA (US);
Forrest Ray Goodson, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C06B 4/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C06B 4/500 ;
Abstract
The method for manufacturing solid rocket motors of the present invention comprises placing a mandrel having at least one easily disintegrative solid slot former positioned thereon substantially centrally along the axis of a rocket case, casting uncured solid rocket propellant about the mandrel and the easily disintegrative solid slot former, curing the solid propellant, and removing the mandrel and the easily disintegrative solid slot former from the cured propellant.