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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:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas K. Highsmith, North Ogden, UT (US);
Michael D. Blair, North Ogden, UT (US);
Steven R. Wassom, Smithfield, UT (US);
William D. Starrett, Roy, UT (US);
Joel Dever, Logan, UT (US);
Assignee:
Alliant Techsystems Inc., Edina, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 9/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 9/28 ;
Abstract
A method and device for producing a controlled combustion by placing a combustion chamber in communication with a feed chamber that contains a solid propellant/body, introducing at least a portion of the body into the combustion chamber, isolating the combustion chamber from the feed chamber, and igniting the solid propellant in the combustion chamber while the combustion chamber is isolated from the feed chamber.