Patents by Inventor Ernest W. Leachty

Ernest W. Leachty 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).

  • Desensitization of cured energetic compositions in aqueous media
    Patent number: 5506366
    Abstract: Solid energetic compositions such as rocket motor grains are desensitized and converted to a form suitable for incineration by size reducing the solids, combining them with water to form a slurry, and adding shredded paper or similar cellulosic material in an amount sufficient to absorb most if not all of the water. The result is a composition which is non-detonable, and yet capable of incineration in a clean manner to produce useful by-products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: Aerojet General Corporation
    Inventors: James C. Barnard, Donald M. Kunkle, Bennie L. Benning, Ernest W. Leachty, Renato R. Rindone