Patents by Inventor Charles L. Greer, Jr.

Charles L. Greer, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4531989
    Abstract: Amine salts which are adducts of an ammonium ion donor selected from ammom perchlorate, ammonium sulfate, ammonium formate, and equal molar mixture of ammonium perchlorate and ammonium formate and cyanoethyl substituted tetraethylene pentamine (TEPAN) or the glycidol reaction product of cyanoethyl substituted tetraethylene pentamine (TEPANOL) are employed as a bonding agent in a solid propellant composition employing a polyester binder of polydiethyleneglycoladipate.Unlike hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene wherein a bonding agent is solubilized and still can function as a bonding agent for inorganic ammonium oxidizer salts in the propellant matrix, polyester binders that solubilize the bonding agent renders the bonding agent ineffectual as a bonding agent. Therefore, with a polyester binder it was found that the bonding agent could not be soluble in the prebinder to be effective in improving mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1985
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Marjorie E. Ducote, Charles L. Greer, Jr.