Nose cone or radome construction

Claim 1

A NOSE CONE COMPRISING A GENERALLY CONICAL SHAPED, THIN WALLED, HOLLOW, CERAMIC BODY OF REVOLUTION HAVING A TRUNCATED APEX WITH AN AXIAL BORE OPENING THEREIN, A CONICALLY SHAPED METAL TIP DISPOSED ON SAID TRUNCATED APEX, SAID METAL HAVING A THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY HIGHER THAN THAT OF SAID CERAMIC, THE EXTERNAL CONICAL SURFACE OF SAID TIP FORMING A SUBSTANTIALLY SMOOTH CONTINUOUS SURFACE WITH THE EXTERNAL GENERALLY CONICAL SURFACE OF SAID CERAMIC BODY, SAID TIP HAVING A CYLINDRICAL PORTION EXTENDING AXIALLY INTO AND CONCENTRICALLY SPACED FROM THE WALL OF SAID AXIAL BORE, A PLURALITY OF AXIALLY SPACED, ANNULAR, RESILIENT MEMBERS DISPOSED BETWEEN AND IN CONCURRENT FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION AND THE WALL OF SAID AXIAL BORE, SAID AXIAL BORE, SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION AND SAID RESILIENT MEMBERS SO CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED WITH SAID CONCENTRIC AND AXIAL SPACINGS THAT SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION IS FREE TO RADIALLY EXPAND GREATER THAN SAID BORE WALL WHILE SAID RESILIENT MEMBERS ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY FREE TO EXPAND AXIALLY OF SAID BORE WITHIN SAID CONCENTRIC SPACING WITHOUT BEING TIGHTLY COMPRESSED AGAINST SAID BORE WALL TO CAUSE FRACTURE OF SAID CERAMIC BODY.