Ordnance – Rocket launching – Underwater launching
Patent
1991-02-19
1991-10-29
Brown, David H.
Ordnance
Rocket launching
Underwater launching
60271, 23926511, F41F 307, B63H 1100
Patent
active
050605500
ABSTRACT:
Stress from the ignition of a rocket is transferred from the rocket nozzle o the actuators and flexible joint seal which move the nozzle causing potential failure of the actuators. This stress can be relieved by using a snubber in the form of a flexible hollow conical toroidal bladder filled with incompressible fluid fitted snugly between the nozzle and the main body of the rocket. Such a snubber transfers the stress to the main body of the rocket through the snubber while deforming to allow the rocket nozzle to slew in response to control commands.
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patent: 4007586 (1977-02-01), McDermott
patent: 4949618 (1990-08-01), Tarlano
patent: 4967599 (1990-11-01), Donguy
Allen Rolla W.
Bay Frederic M.
Bazigos Michael
Hoever Jeffrey P.
Reginato Richard L.
Brown David H.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
Warsh Kenneth L.
Wohlfarth Robert M.
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