Patents by Inventor Elmer J. Rhyn

Elmer J. Rhyn 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).

  • Gas generator propellant for airbreathing missiles
    Patent number: 4201605
    Abstract: A propellant formulation comprising a polysulfide binder having the formula -SCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OCH.sub.2 OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --S.sub.n wherein n is a positive integer of sufficient magnitude to render the binder an elastomeric solid, ammonium perchlorate, ammonium oxalate and iron oxide. The formulation has properties which render it useful for generating gas to pressurize the fuel systems in air-breathing missiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1980
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Russell Reed, Jr., George F. Sieg, Elmer J. Rhyn, Billy E. Waldon
  • Slurried propellant rocket motor
    Patent number: 4023354
    Abstract: Slurried rocket propellants and a spinning rocket motor wherein the propents have viscosities which enable them to form central cores when spun in spinning rocket motors, the motor having a diaphragm-like base plate which assists in transferring forward momentum through the propellant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1971
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1977
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Ronald F. Vetter, James P. Diebold, George F. Sieg, Howard W. Gerrish, Jr., Howard H. Payne, Elmer J. Rhyn, Irvin F. Witcosky