Patents by Inventor Dan W. Doll

Dan W. Doll 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).

  • Borohydride fuels in gas generant compositions
    Patent number: 5401340
    Abstract: A sodium-azide-free gas-generating composition includes an oxidizable borohydride fuel and an oxidizing agent containing oxygen and a metal. The fuel and the oxidizing agent are selected such that water vapor is produced upon reaction between the borohydride fuel and the oxidizing agent. Suitable oxidizing agents contain a metal and oxygen and are selected from a metal oxide, a metal oxide hydrate, a metal oxide hydroxide, a metal hydrous oxide, a metal hydroxide, or mixtures thereof. The fuel and oxidizing agent are selected such that water vapor is the major gaseous combustion product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: Thiokol Corporation
    Inventors: Dan W. Doll, Ingvar A. Wallace, II, Gary K. Lund, Jerald C. Hinshaw, Reed J. Blau