Patents by Inventor Thomas Michael Deppert

Thomas Michael Deppert 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).

  • Additively manufactured energetic material anti-tamper feature and implementation
    Patent number: 11877389
    Abstract: An apparatus with an anti-tamper architecture includes a substrate and a layer of a pyrotechnic composite arranged on a surface of the substrate. The pyrotechnic composite includes a metal and a metal oxide, and the layer has a thickness of about 1 micrometer to about 10 millimeters. A reaction of the pyrotechnic composite is an exothermic reaction and at least partially fractures the substrate after the reaction is initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Andrew Schoelen, Thomas Michael Deppert, Reginald Bean
  • REMOVING DISSOLVED GASSES FROM PROPELLANT COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20230250038
    Abstract: A method for removing a gas from a propellant composition includes providing an uncured propellant composition comprising a bonding agent, energetic particles, and a polymeric binder, and flowing an inert gas through the uncured propellant composition to remove an evolved gas from the uncured propellant composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Deppert, Luis G. Interiano, Jerry A. Lambert, Carl Shanholtz
  • ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED ENERGETIC MATERIAL ANTI-TAMPER FEATURE AND IMPLEMENTATION
    Publication number: 20220192012
    Abstract: An apparatus with an anti-tamper architecture includes a substrate and a layer of a pyrotechnic composite arranged on a surface of the substrate. The pyrotechnic composite includes a metal and a metal oxide, and the layer has a thickness of about 1 micrometer to about 10 millimeters. A reaction of the pyrotechnic composite is an exothermic reaction and at least partially fractures the substrate after the reaction is initiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Andrew Schoelen, Thomas Michael Deppert, Reginald Bean