US 12,103,715 B2
Spacecraft shielding
Kaleb D. Overby, Cambride, MA (US); Jonathon L. Gabriel, Riverdale Park, MD (US); Matthew H. Steiner, Beavercreek, OH (US); Joshua L. Budig, Beavercreek, OH (US); Eric R Clingenpeel, Colorado Springs, CO (US); Adam T. Broshkevitch, Purcellville, VA (US); Michael L Anderson, Colorado Springs, CO (US); and Jason H. Niebuhr, Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US)
Filed by Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/299,801.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/332,033, filed on Apr. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0331404 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B64G 1/56 (2006.01)
CPC B64G 1/56 (2013.01) 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shield, said shield comprising a bumper and one or more angled baffles in series, said bumper and said one or more angled baffles being separated by a gap between said bumper and each of said one or more angled baffles, said gap between said bumper and the initial baffle being at least 2 inches, said baffles have a gap between each baffle of said baffles being at least 0.5 inches, said bumper being positioned in front of said one or more angled baffles, said bumper and said one or more angled baffles being connected by one or more supports;
a) said bumper having an angle of with respect to said one or more supports of about 60 degrees to about 120 degrees, said bumper comprising a polymeric material, a fiber and/or a metallic material;
b) said one or more angled baffles having one or more angular sections, when any of said one or more angled baffles have one angular section, each said one angular section independently has an angle with respect to said one or more supports of about 95 degrees to about 110 degrees, and when any of said one or more angled baffles have two or more angular sections, each said angular section independently has an angle with respect to said one or more supports of about 30 degrees to about 60 degrees, said one or more angled baffles having one or more angular sections comprising a polymeric material, a fiber and/or a metallic material.