Patents by Inventor Craig L. Meeks

Craig L. Meeks 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).

  • Insulation materials comprising fibers having a partially cured polymer coating thereon, structures including such insulation materials, and methods of insulating such structures
    Patent number: 10724478
    Abstract: Insulation materials have a coating of a partially cured polymer on a plurality of fibers, and the plurality of coated fibers in a cross-linked polymeric matrix. Insulation may be formed by applying a preceramic polymer to a plurality of fibers, heating the preceramic polymer to form a partially cured polymer over at least portions of the plurality of fibers, disposing the plurality of fibers in a polymeric material, and curing the polymeric material. A rocket motor may be formed by disposing a plurality of coated fibers in an insulation precursor, curing the insulation precursor to form an insulation material without sintering the partially cured polymer, and providing an energetic material over the polymeric material. An article includes an insulation material over at least one surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Morgan, Craig L. Meeks
  • INSULATION MATERIALS COMPRISING FIBERS HAVING A PARTIALLY CURED POLYMER COATING THEREON, ARTICLES INCLUDING SUCH INSULATION MATERIALS, AND METHODS OF FORMING SUCH MATERIALS AND ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20170328308
    Abstract: Insulation materials have a coating of a partially cured polymer on a plurality of fibers, and the plurality of coated fibers in a cross-linked polymeric matrix. Insulation may be formed by applying a preceramic polymer to a plurality of fibers, heating the preceramic polymer to form a partially cured polymer over at least portions of the plurality of fibers, disposing the plurality of fibers in a polymeric material, and curing the polymeric material. A rocket motor may be formed by disposing a plurality of coated fibers in an insulation precursor, curing the insulation precursor to form an insulation material without sintering the partially cured polymer, and providing an energetic material over the polymeric material. An article includes an insulation material over at least one surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Richard E. Morgan, Craig L. Meeks
  • Insulation materials comprising fibers having a partially cured polymer coating thereon, articles including such insulation materials, and methods of forming such materials and articles
    Patent number: 9587586
    Abstract: Insulation materials have a coating of a partially cured polymer on a plurality of fibers, and the plurality of coated fibers in a cross-linked polymeric matrix. Insulation may be formed by applying a preceramic polymer to a plurality of fibers, heating the preceramic polymer to form a partially cured polymer over at least portions of the plurality of fibers, disposing the plurality of fibers in a polymeric material, and curing the polymeric material. A rocket motor may be formed by disposing a plurality of coated fibers in an insulation precursor, curing the insulation precursor to form an insulation material without sintering the partially cured polymer, and providing an energetic material over the polymeric material. An article includes an insulation material over at least one surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: ORBITAL ATK, INC.
    Inventors: Richard E. Morgan, Craig L. Meeks
  • INSULATION MATERIALS COMPRISING FIBERS HAVING A PARTIALLY CURED POLYMER COATING THEREON, ARTICLES INCLUDING SUCH INSULATION MATERIALS, AND METHODS OF FORMING SUCH MATERIALS AND ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20140255635
    Abstract: Insulation materials have a coating of a partially cured polymer on a plurality of fibers, and the plurality of coated fibers in a cross-linked polymeric matrix. Insulation may be formed by applying a preceramic polymer to a plurality of fibers, heating the preceramic polymer to form a partially cured polymer over at least portions of the plurality of fibers, disposing the plurality of fibers in a polymeric material, and curing the polymeric material. A rocket motor may be formed by disposing a plurality of coated fibers in an insulation precursor, curing the insulation precursor to form an insulation material without sintering the partially cured polymer, and providing an energetic material over the polymeric material. An article includes an insulation material over at least one surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Richard E. Morgan, Craig L. Meeks