Patents by Inventor Joseph G. Thibodaux, Jr.

Joseph G. Thibodaux, Jr. 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).

  • Solid propellant rocket motor and method of making same
    Patent number: 4000682
    Abstract: 1. A method of making a solid propellant rocket motor having a shaped fuel charge which comprises the steps of: forming a one piece motor casing having an aperture therein, assembling within said one piece casing a mandrel having an overall diameter larger than the diameter of said aperture, casting a solidifiable propellant within said casing above said mandrel, curing said propellant and thereafter removing said mandrel from said motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1963
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1977
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Joseph G. Thibodaux, Jr., Donald J. Lewis