Coating processes – With pretreatment of the base
Reexamination Certificate
2008-01-01
2008-01-01
Jolley, Kirsten (Department: 1762)
Coating processes
With pretreatment of the base
C428S137000, C428S138000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07314648
ABSTRACT:
A composite thermal protection structure, for applications such as atmospheric re-entry vehicles, that can withstand temperatures as high as 3600° F. The structure includes an exposed surface cap having a specially formulated coating, an insulator base adjacent to the cap with another specially formulated coating, and one or more pins that extend from the cap through the insulator base to tie the cap and base together, through ceramic bonding and mechanical attachment. The cap and insulator base have corresponding depressions and projections that mate and allow for differences in thermal expansion of the cap and base. A thin coating of a reaction cured glass formulation is optionally provided on the structure to allow reduce oxidization and/or to reduce catalytic efficiency.
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Leiser Daniel B.
Stewart David A.
Jolley Kirsten
Padilla Robert M.
Schipper John F.
United States of America as represented by the Administrator of
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