Accession Number:

ADD014570

Title:

Fabrication by Filament Winding with an Elastomeric Material.

Descriptive Note:

Patent, Filed 13 Jul 88, patented 1 May 90,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Nakamura, Wayne H.

Report Date:

1990-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

8.0

Abstract:

This patent discloses an invention that relates in general to fabricating fiber-reinforced membranes using elastometric materials and, in particular, to a filament winding process suitable for fabricating flexible fiber-reinforced membranes for inflatable deployable or expandable structures capable of sustaining high structural loads or providing thermal insulation to the structure. The invention relates especially to a filament winding process for fabricating a flexible membrane which may be inflated to provide a flexible membrane which may be inflated to provide a conically shaped deployable nose fairing for a missile. Keywords Patents, PAT-CL-156-169, Composite materials, Fabrication, Filament winding, Elastomeric materials. JG

Descriptors:

• *COMPOSITE MATERIALS
• *ELASTOMERS
• *FABRICATION
• *FILAMENT WOUND CONSTRUCTION
• *PATENTS
• DEPLOYMENT
• EXPANDABLE STRUCTURES
• FAIRINGS
• FIBER REINFORCEMENT
• FLEXIBLE MATERIALS
• INFLATABLE STRUCTURES
• LOADS(FORCES)
• MATERIALS
• MEMBRANES
• NOSES
• SHAPE
• STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES
• STRUCTURES
• THERMAL INSULATION

Subject Categories:

• Laminates and Composite Materials
• Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering and Control of Production Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE