Patents Assigned to A.P.T. Aerospace, L.L.C.
  • Rocket fuels based on metal hydrides and poly-DCPD
    Publication number: 20030164215
    Abstract: Preferred embodiments of the present invention relate to rocket fuels comprising metal hydrides and poly-dicyclopentadiene (“poly-DCPD”). Although poly-DCPD also has physical and chemical properties that are compatible with being used as a rocket fuel in its own right, its primary function is as a binder for the metal hydride. Illustrative examples of metal hydrides include but are not limited to as aluminum hydrides, lithium hydrides, and lithium aluminum hydrides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: A.P.T. Aerospace, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Charles S. Woodson, Robert H. Grubbs, Ronald W. Humble
  • Rocket fuels based on metal hydrides and poly-DCPD
    Patent number: 6383319
    Abstract: Preferred embodiments of the present invention relate to rocket fuels comprising metal hydrides and poly-dicyclopentadiene (“poly-DCPD”). Although poly-DCPD also has physical and chemical properties that are compatible with being used as a rocket fuel in its own right, its primary function is as a binder for the metal hydride. Illustrative examples of metal hydrides include but are not limited to as aluminum hydrides, lithium hydrides, and lithium aluminum hydrides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: A.P.T. Aerospace, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Ronald W. Humble, Robert H. Grubbs, Charles S. Woodson