Patents by Inventor Forrest Ray Goodson

Forrest Ray Goodson 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).

  • Method of manufacturing solid rocket motors
    Patent number: 6408760
    Abstract: The method for manufacturing solid rocket motors of the present invention comprises placing a mandrel having at least one easily disintegrative solid slot former positioned thereon substantially centrally along the axis of a rocket case, casting uncured solid rocket propellant about the mandrel and the easily disintegrative solid slot former, curing the solid propellant, and removing the mandrel and the easily disintegrative solid slot former from the cured propellant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Lee Knaresboro, Forrest Ray Goodson
  • Method of manufacturing solid rocket motors
    Patent number: 6101948
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing solid rocket motors comprises placing a mandrel having at least one collapsible solid slot former positioned thereon substantially centrally along the axis of a rocket case, casting uncured solid rocket propellant about the mandrel and the collapsible solid slot former, curing the solid propellant, removing the mandrel and pressurizing the propellant and slot former, causing the slot former to collapse, and easily removed from the cured propellant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Lee Knaresboro, Forrest Ray Goodson, Frank Stephen Inman