Patents by Inventor Robert E. Black, Jr.

Robert E. Black, 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).

  • Method for improving moisture barrier protection and electrostatic discharge protection of a composite material cased rocket motor
    Patent number: 5021270
    Abstract: The moisture or water vapor barrier protection of a composite pressure vessel suitable for use as a composite cased solid propellant rocket motor is improved by immersing the pressure vessel, during pressure testing thereof, in a curable liquid polymer solution, optionally containing electrically conductive material such as metallic flakes or powder, so that the solution may flow into open voids, cracks or fractures in the pressure vessel and subsequently curing the curable liquid polymer in said voids, cracks or fractures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1991
    Assignee: Thiokol Corporation
    Inventors: Robert E. Black, Jr., Don C. Carson, Frederick W. Van Name
  • Igniter and gas generator for rocket motor
    Patent number: 4318271
    Abstract: A rocket motor equipped with a movable nozzle is provided with pneumatic pressure system for the operation of the mechanism for moving the nozzle with a gas for the pneumatic supplied from a gas generating propellant separate from the main propellant but located within the motor itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1982
    Assignee: Thiokol Corporation
    Inventors: Harry W. Doukakis, Robert E. Black, Jr.