Patents by Inventor Ronald W. Humble

Ronald W. Humble 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).

  • Rocket fuels based on metal hydrides and poly-DCPD
    Publication number: 20030164215
    Abstract: Preferred embodiments of the present invention relate to rocket fuels comprising metal hydrides and poly-dicyclopentadiene (“poly-DCPD”). Although poly-DCPD also has physical and chemical properties that are compatible with being used as a rocket fuel in its own right, its primary function is as a binder for the metal hydride. Illustrative examples of metal hydrides include but are not limited to as aluminum hydrides, lithium hydrides, and lithium aluminum hydrides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: A.P.T. Aerospace, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Charles S. Woodson, Robert H. Grubbs, Ronald W. Humble
  • Rocket fuels based on metal hydrides and poly-DCPD
    Patent number: 6383319
    Abstract: Preferred embodiments of the present invention relate to rocket fuels comprising metal hydrides and poly-dicyclopentadiene (“poly-DCPD”). Although poly-DCPD also has physical and chemical properties that are compatible with being used as a rocket fuel in its own right, its primary function is as a binder for the metal hydride. Illustrative examples of metal hydrides include but are not limited to as aluminum hydrides, lithium hydrides, and lithium aluminum hydrides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: A.P.T. Aerospace, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Ronald W. Humble, Robert H. Grubbs, Charles S. Woodson