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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2008
Applicant:
Peter T. Zell, Moss Beach, CA (US);
Inventor:
Peter T. Zell, Moss Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B32B 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thermal protection system for atmospheric entry of a vehicle, the system including a honeycomb structure with selected cross sectional shapes that receives and holds thermally cured thermal protection (TP) blocks that have corresponding cross sectional shapes. Material composition for TP blocks in different locations can be varied to account for different atmospheric heating characteristics at the different locations. TP block side walls may be attached to all, or to less than all, the corresponding honeycomb structure side walls.