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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Inventor:
Kelly Jonathan Courter, Tustin, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/52 (2006.01); B64G 1/62 (2006.01); B64G 1/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/62 (2013.01); B64G 1/58 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle ablator system ('VAS') is described that includes a reinforcing core and ablative material that has been packed and cured into the reinforcing core. In general, the VAS includes the reinforcing core that is attached to a vehicle structure such as, for example, a reentry vehicle or hypersonic vehicle prior to the ablative material being packed into the reinforcing core.