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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2012
Applicants:
Wayne L. Sunne, Tucson, AZ (US);
Christopher E. Pentland, Vail, AZ (US);
Christopher D. Marr, Tucson, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Wayne L. Sunne, Tucson, AZ (US);
Christopher E. Pentland, Vail, AZ (US);
Christopher D. Marr, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41G 7/22 (2006.01); H01Q 1/42 (2006.01); F42B 15/01 (2006.01); F42B 10/46 (2006.01); F42B 15/34 (2006.01); F41G 7/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 15/01 (2013.01); F42B 10/46 (2013.01); F42B 15/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle, such as a missile, is disclosed. The vehicle includes an optically transparent dome, a vehicle body, and a brazed joint directly coupling the dome to the vehicle body. The dome is formed of a Nanocomposite Optical Ceramic (NCOC) material comprising two or more different types of nanograins dispersed in one another. Each nanograin type has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), and an aggregate CTE of the NCOC material is based on the CTE of each nanograin type.