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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2006
Timothy P. Weihs, Baltimore, MD (US);
Etienne Besnoin, Baltimore, MD (US);
Ramzi Vincent, Columbia, MD (US);
Somasundaram Valliappan, Timonium, MD (US);
Ellen Heian, Cockeysville, MD (US);
David Van Heerden, Baltimore, MD (US);
Timothy Ryan Rude, Baltimore, MD (US);
Omar Knio, Timonium, MD (US);
Ronald Spraker, Red Lion, PA (US);
Yuping Lin, Lutherville, MD (US);
Timothy P. Weihs, Baltimore, MD (US);
Etienne Besnoin, Baltimore, MD (US);
Ramzi Vincent, Columbia, MD (US);
Somasundaram Valliappan, Timonium, MD (US);
Ellen Heian, Cockeysville, MD (US);
David Van Heerden, Baltimore, MD (US);
Timothy Ryan Rude, Baltimore, MD (US);
Omar Knio, Timonium, MD (US);
Ronald Spraker, Red Lion, PA (US);
Yuping Lin, Lutherville, MD (US);
Nanofoil Corporation, Utica, NY (US);
Abstract
Applicants have discovered that electrostatic discharge (ESD) may, in some circumstances, result in current densities sufficient to ignite unprotected reactive composite materials. They have further discovered that a reactive composite material (RCM) can be protected from ESD ignition without adversely affecting the desirable properties of the RCM by the application of conducting and/or insulating materials at appropriate locations on the RCM. Thus ESD-protected RCM structures can be designed for such sensitive applications as ignition of propellants, generation of light bursts, and structural materials for equipment that may require controlled self-destruction.