US Patent Issued to Northrop Grumman Systems on Feb. 24 for "Precursor compositions for an insulation and related methods" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,135, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Precursor compositions for an insulation and related methods" was invented by Himansu M. Gajiwala (Layton, Utah) and Steven B. Hall (Perry, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A precursor composition comprising, before curing, ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM), an aramid, and a carbon material comprising carbon nanotubes, graphite, or a combination thereof. A rocket motor including a reaction product of the precursor composition and a method of insulating a rocket motor are also disclosed."

The patent was filed on Dec. 12, 2022, under ...