Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
211 words
In combination with a solid propellant rocket motor of the type that employs a solid propulsion system having a composite motor case constructed of filaments or fibers selected from glass, boron, graphite, and carbon with said filaments or fibers impregnated with a resinous product, the improvement to said composite motor case including a metal that is integral with the resin molecule of the resinous product which is effective in imparting an ability to stop or slow the passage of photon energy because of its capacity to absorb such energy; said improvement being effective in regulating the amount of damage that radiation from a nuclear blast would inflict upon the propulsion system to a level which is below the threshold damage value for the system to remain operable; said metal that is integral with the resin molecule being in the form of an organometallic prepolymer selected from the prepolymers consisting of bis(2-propenyl)-3,4-bis(dihydrostannano)-1,6-hexanedioate crosslinked with about 1 to 2 weight percent of a crosslinking agent selected from dimethyltin dihydride and tin tetrahydride and bis(2-propenyl)-3,4-bis(dihydrostannano)-1,6-hexanedioate reacted in ratio of about 90 parts to 10 of acrylic acid using an organic peroxide as a copolymerization catalyst to form a copolymerization product that is subsequently crosslinked with about 1-2 weight percent of the crosslinking agent 4,5-epoxycyclohexylmethyl-4',5'-epoxycyclohexylcarboxylate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
211 words
In combination with a solid propellant rocket motor of the type that employs a solid propulsion system having a composite motor case constructed of filaments or fibers selected from glass, boron, graphite, and carbon with said filaments or fibers impregnated with a resinous product, the improvement to said composite motor case including a metal that is integral with the resin molecule of the resinous product which is effective in imparting an ability to stop or slow the passage of photon energy because of its capacity to absorb such energy; said improvement being effective in regulating the amount of damage that radiation from a nuclear blast would inflict upon the propulsion system to a level which is below the threshold damage value for the system to remain operable; said metal that is integral with the resin molecule being in the form of an organometallic prepolymer selected from the prepolymers consisting of bis(2-propenyl)-3,4-bis(dihydrostannano)-1,6-hexanedioate crosslinked with about 1 to 2 weight percent of a crosslinking agent selected from dimethyltin dihydride and tin tetrahydride and bis(2-propenyl)-3,4-bis(dihydrostannano)-1,6-hexanedioate reacted in ratio of about 90 parts to 10 of acrylic acid using an organic peroxide as a copolymerization catalyst to form a copolymerization product that is subsequently crosslinked with about 1-2 weight percent of the crosslinking agent 4,5-epoxycyclohexylmethyl-4',5'-epoxycyclohexylcarboxylate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein said prepolymer selected is the prepolymer of bis(2-propenyl)-3,4-bis(dihydrostannano)-1,6-hexanedioate crosslinked with about 1 to 2 weight percent of a crosslinking agent selected from dimethyltin dihydride and tin tetrahydride.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
The combination of claim 2 and additionally including one or more inert rocket motor components that contain said prepolymer which is effective in imparting an ability to stop or slow the passage of photon energy because of its capacity to absorb such energy.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein said prepolymer selected is said copolymerization product of bis(2-propenyl)-3,4-bis(dihydrostannano)-1,6-hexanedioate and acrylic acid that is crosslinked with about 1-2 weight percent of the crosslinking agent 4,5-epoxycyclohexylmethyl-4',5'-epoxycyclohexylcarboxylate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
43 words
The combination of claim 4 and additionally including one or more inert rocket motor components that contain said prepolymer which is effective in imparting an ability to stop, or slow the passage of photon energy because of its capacity to absorb such energy.