Patents by Inventor Kenneth L. Harvey

Kenneth L. Harvey 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).

  • Low shear mixing process for the manufacture of solid propellants
    Patent number: 4177227
    Abstract: A low shear mixing process for preparing high solids, high viscosity rocket propellants in which the propellant ingredients are blended with an inert diluent to reduce the high shear mixing environment generated by conventional mixing techniques. The diluent is then removed by sublimation from the mixture through a freeze drying process prior to curing and casting the mix according to conventional techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1979
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Harvey, Howard D. Dixon