Patents by Inventor Oscar M. Hawkins

Oscar M. Hawkins 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).

  • Patent number: 3952627
    Abstract: 1. A slot former assembly for use in fabricating the solid propellant in a motor case for a solid propellant rocket motor comprising an outer hollow core, an inner tubular core and a flexible slot former comprising a skeleton frame consisting of stiffening rods that are retained in spaced relation to each other by means of a cord woven thereon in a basket weave and provided with a covering of flexible material operatively connected to said hollow core, whereby when said assembly is positioned in said motor case and the solid propellant is cast therein about said assembly, a slotted cavity configuration will be provided in the solid propellant in said motor case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1962
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: Thiokol Corporation
    Inventors: Franklyn A. Gardiner, Oscar M. Hawkins, Garland K. Grace