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US3298312A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

High pressure nose for a body in flight

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-06-14
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Granted: 1967-01-17
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Expires: 1985-06-14
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Kenneth W Adams

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 12:58
CPC Classifications
F; F42; F42B; F42B10/00; F42B10/32; F42B10/38; F42B10/42; F42B10/46; B; B64; B64C; B64C23/00; B64C23/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 162 words
A SUPERSONIC BODY IN FLIGHT, SUCH AS A RE-ENTRY VEHICLE AND THE LIKE, CAPABLE OF MOVING THROUGH DENSE PORTIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF THE SPEED OF SOUND WITHOUT ITS SKIN HEATING ABOVE A TEMPERATURE OF APPROXIMATELY 400*F., THE IMPORTANT COMPRISING A BODY OF REVOLUTION HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT LEADING EDGE PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID BODY OF REVOLUTION, AN INDENTATION MEANS OF PREDETERMINED SHAPE FORMED WITHIN SAID FLAT SURFACE CENTRALLY ALIGNED ABOUT SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS, SAID MEANS FUNCTIONING TO CREATE A HIGH PRESSURE ZONE WITHIN AND FORWARD OF SAID INDENTATION AND SUBSTANTIALLY AS A FORWARD EXTENSION OF SAID SKIN AT SAID LEADING EDGE TO A POINT OF A SINGLE MOLECULE, SAID POINT DEFINING THE STAGNATION POINT OF SAID BODY AT WHICH AIR FLOW DIVIDES TO GO ON EITHER SIDE OF SAID BODY, THEREBY REDUCING AERODYNAMIC HEATING AND AT WHICH THE SHOCK WAVE LEADING EDGE COMMENCES, THEREBY REDUCING THE EFFECT OF SAID SHOCK WAVE ON SAID BODY.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 162 words
A SUPERSONIC BODY IN FLIGHT, SUCH AS A RE-ENTRY VEHICLE AND THE LIKE, CAPABLE OF MOVING THROUGH DENSE PORTIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF THE SPEED OF SOUND WITHOUT ITS SKIN HEATING ABOVE A TEMPERATURE OF APPROXIMATELY 400*F., THE IMPORTANT COMPRISING A BODY OF REVOLUTION HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT LEADING EDGE PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID BODY OF REVOLUTION, AN INDENTATION MEANS OF PREDETERMINED SHAPE FORMED WITHIN SAID FLAT SURFACE CENTRALLY ALIGNED ABOUT SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS, SAID MEANS FUNCTIONING TO CREATE A HIGH PRESSURE ZONE WITHIN AND FORWARD OF SAID INDENTATION AND SUBSTANTIALLY AS A FORWARD EXTENSION OF SAID SKIN AT SAID LEADING EDGE TO A POINT OF A SINGLE MOLECULE, SAID POINT DEFINING THE STAGNATION POINT OF SAID BODY AT WHICH AIR FLOW DIVIDES TO GO ON EITHER SIDE OF SAID BODY, THEREBY REDUCING AERODYNAMIC HEATING AND AT WHICH THE SHOCK WAVE LEADING EDGE COMMENCES, THEREBY REDUCING THE EFFECT OF SAID SHOCK WAVE ON SAID BODY.

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