Combination Sabot and Launch Seal

Abstract

A combination sabot and launch seal is taught that is made from a single piece of molded flexible material mounted to the interior of a launch capsule. The sabot portion of the invention is defined by multiple flexible appendages that are joined together at one end in a domed shape and positioned over the nose of a missile in a launch capsule. During a launch, the appendages separate and fold back over the lip of the forward aperture of the launch capsule.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 27, 2006
Accession Number
ADD020251

Entities

People

  • W. D. Hornbeck

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Composite Materials
  • Flexible Materials
  • Geometry
  • Inventions
  • Materials
  • Membranes
  • Nose Cones
  • Noses
  • Patent Applications
  • Patents
  • Rhode Island
  • Synthetic Rubber
  • Undersea Warfare
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • ballistics.