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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:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Craig D. Hughes, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Reed J. Blau, Richmond, UT (US);
Assignee:
Alliant Techsystems Inc., Edina, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C06B 4/510 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C06B 4/510 ;
Abstract
This rocket motor propellant includes a combustible double-base propellant and non-carbonized, non-graphitized polymeric fibers dispersed in the double-base propellant. The double-base propellant is formed from a composition comprising nitrocellulose and at least one nitrate ester. Representative polymeric fibers include polyethylene, polypropylene, polyesters, polyamides, polyacrylonitriles and combinations thereof.