Patents by Inventor Robert G. Gleeson

Robert G. Gleeson 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: 5228285
    Abstract: The invention is a propellant rocket motor case designed to meet insensitive munitions requirements comprising a propellant surrounded by a case having slots therein, and a wrapping around the case, the wrapping comprising a load bearing material which can withstand the hoop load on the case during normal firing of said rocket, the material also having the characteristic of losing strength or melting at undesired temperatures above normal storage temperatures, but below the autoignition temperature of said propellant, so that during undesired high storage temperatures the propellant will exhaust any subsequently generated gases, due to any subsequent propellant burning, by venting through said slots thereby avoiding any explosion or undesired operative one-way thrust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: Thiokol Corporation
    Inventors: Frederick W. Van Name, Michael A. Gerace, Robert G. Gleeson
  • Patent number: 4889571
    Abstract: A propellant formulation includes energetic particulate solids dispersed in a binder system of high molecular weight 1,2 syndiotactic butadiene and a plasticizer. The propellant is prepared by mixing above the melting temperature of the butadiene and without the use of solvents. The propellant is castable without curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1989
    Assignee: Morton Thiokol, Inc.
    Inventors: Rodney L. Willer, James A. Hartwell, Robert G. Gleeson