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Low loss radar window for reentry vehicle

US4786548A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 10, 1987
Grant dateNov 22, 1988
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Expiry dateSep 10, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T442/3976
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A radar window for a reentry vehicle where the window is made of a composite material of boron nitride, silica, and boron nitride yarn. Silica in the range of 2 to 18 percent is the preferred range in the composite material and the boron nitride matrix ranges from 5 to 15 percent.

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