# US 2020/0400413 A1 · Lightweight high specific modulus and high specific strength components for use in missile interceptors and kill vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0400413 A1 - Document ID: US20200400413A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/404,691 - Filed: 2019-05-06 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Earliest claimed: 2018-05-07 - Assignees: Omnitek Partners LLC - Applicants: Omnitek Partners LLC - Inventors: Thomas Spinelli; Jahangir S Rastegar - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200400413A1 ## CPC - F42B 12/207: {characterised by the explosive material or the construction of the high explosive warhead, e.g. insensitive ammunition} - F41H 11/02: Anti-aircraft or anti-guided missile {or anti-torpedo} defence installations or systems (cartridges or missiles for producing smoke or for dispensing radar chaff or infrared material F42B5/15, F42B12/48, F42B12/70; {informative reference: details of radar or sonar systems G01S7/00; jamming or electronic countermeasures G01S7/38, G01S7/495, H04K3/00}) - F42B 12/02: characterised by the warhead or the intended effect - F42B 12/06: with hard or heavy core; Kinetic energy penetrators (F42B12/16, F42B12/74 take precedence) - F42B 12/205: {for attacking aerial targets} - F42B 12/62: the submissiles being ejected parallel to the longitudinal axis of the projectile - F42B 12/208: {characterised by a plurality of charges within a single high explosive warhead} - F42C 1/00: Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact - F42C 15/00: Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges - F42B: EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION (explosive compositions C06B; fuzes F42C; blasting F42D) - F41H: ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL - F42C: AMMUNITION FUZES (blasting cartridge initiators F42B3/10; chemical aspects C06C); ARMING OR SAFETY MEANS THEREFOR (filling fuzes F42B33/02; fitting or extracting primers in or from fuzes F42B33/04; containers for fuzes F42B39/30) ## Abstract A compressive structural element including: an enclosure having a top, a bottom, and inner wall and an outer wall, a first cavity defined between the inner and outer walls and a second cavity defined by the inner wall; and a non-compressible material disposed in the first cavity; wherein the outer wall has at least a portion thereof inwardly shaped toward the first cavity and the inner wall has at least a portion outwardly shaped towards the first cavity such that a first compressive force acting on the top and/or bottom tending to compress the element by a first deflection causes an amplified second deflection, relative to the first deflection, of the inner and/or outer walls into the non-compressible material, thereby exerting a second compressive force against the non-compressible material, resulting in a resistance to the first deflection and the first compressive force tending to compress the element. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A compressive structural element comprising: an enclosure having a top, a bottom, and inner wall and an outer wall, a first cavity defined between the inner and outer walls and a second cavity defined by the inner wall; and a non-compressible material disposed in the first cavity; wherein the outer wall has at least a portion thereof inwardly shaped toward the first cavity and the inner wall has at least a portion outwardly shaped towards the first cavity such that a first compressive force acting on the top and/or bottom tending to compress the element by a first deflection causes an amplified second deflection, relative to the first deflection, of the inner and/or outer walls into the non-compressible material, thereby exerting a second compressive force against the non-compressible material, resulting in a resistance to the first deflection and the first compressive force tending to compress the element. ### Claim 2 An actuator comprising: an enclosure having a top, a bottom, and inner wall and an outer wall, a first cavity defined between the inner and outer walls and a second cavity defined by the inner wall; a non-compressible material disposed in the first cavity; an actuator disposed in the second cavity, the actuator having one or more layers of propellant; and a nozzle in communication with the actuator; wherein the outer wall has at least a portion thereof inwardly shaped toward the first cavity and the inner wall has at least a portion outwardly shaped towards the first cavity such that a first compressive force acting on the top and/or bottom tending to compress the element by a first deflection causes an amplified second deflection, relative to the first deflection, of the inner and/or outer walls into the non-compressible material, thereby exerting a second compressive force against the non-compressible material, resulting in a resistance to the first deflection and the first compressive force tending to compress the element. ### Claim 3 A kill vehicle comprising: a casing having one or more structural elements disposed in the casing, each of the one or more structural elements comprising: an enclosure having a top and bottom and an outer wall defining a cavity; and a non-compressible material disposed in the cavity; wherein the outer wall has at least a portion thereof inwardly shaped toward the cavity such that a first compressive force acting on the top and/or bottom tending to compress the element by a first deflection causes an amplified second deflection, relative to the first deflection, of the outer wall into the non-compressible material, thereby exerting a second compressive force against the non-compressible material, resulting in a resistance to the first deflection and the first compressive force tending to compress the element. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The kill vehicle of claim 3, further comprising one or more electronic components disposed in the cavity. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The kill vehicle of claim 4, further comprising one or more leads connected to the one or more electronic components and exposed on an exterior of one or more of the top, the bottom and the outer wall. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The kill vehicle of claim 3, wherein at least a portion of the non-compressible material is a battery material for producing electrical power. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The kill vehicle of claim 6, further comprising one or more terminals connected to the battery material and exposed on an exterior of one or more of the top, the bottom and the outer wall. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The kill vehicle of claim 3, wherein at least a portion of the non-compressible material is a combustible fuel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The kill vehicle of claim 8, further comprising: a first bladder disposed in a portion of the cavity, the first bladder containing the fuel; and a second bladder disposed in other portions of the cavity, the second bladder containing another non-compressible material; wherein, as the fuel is used, the first bladder being configured to decrease in volume and the second bladder being configured to increase in volume to fill the cavity together with the first bladder. ### Claim 10 (depends on 3) The kill vehicle of claim 3, wherein at least a portion of the non-compressible material is an explosive. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The kill vehicle of claim 10, further comprising one or more arming devices operatively connected to arm the explosive, the one or more arming devices being exposed on an exterior of one or more of the top, the bottom and the outer wall. ### Claim 12 A kill vehicle comprising: a casing, the casing having a wall having one or more structural elements formed in the wall, each of the one or more structural elements comprising: an enclosure having a top, a bottom, and inner wall and an outer wall, a first cavity of defined between the inner and outer walls and a second cavity of defined by the inner wall; and a non-compressible material disposed in the first cavity; wherein the outer wall has at least a portion thereof inwardly shaped toward the first cavity and the inner wall has at least a portion outwardly shaped towards the first cavity such that a first compressive force acting on the top and/or bottom tending to compress the element by a first deflection causes an amplified second deflection, relative to the first deflection, of the inner and/or outer walls into the non-compressible material, thereby exerting a second compressive force against the non-compressible material, resulting in a resistance to the first deflection and the first compressive force tending to compress the element. ### Claim 13 A kill vehicle comprising: a casing, the casing having a wall having one or more actuators formed in the wall, each of the one or more actuators comprising: an enclosure having a top, a bottom, and inner wall and an outer wall, a first cavity of defined between the inner and outer walls and a second cavity of defined by the inner wall; a non-compressible material disposed in the first cavity; an actuator disposed in the second cavity, the actuator having one or more layers of propellant; and a nozzle in communication with the actuator; wherein the outer wall has at least a portion thereof inwardly shaped toward the first cavity and the inner wall has at least a portion outwardly shaped towards the first cavity such that a first compressive force acting on the top and/or bottom tending to compress the element by a first deflection causes an amplified second deflection, relative to the first deflection, of the inner and/or outer walls into the non-compressible material, thereby exerting a second compressive force against the non-compressible material, resulting in a resistance to the first deflection and the first compressive force tending to compress the element. ### Claim 14 A plate comprising: a plurality of honeycomb cells, at least some of the cells comprising: a structural element comprising: an enclosure having a top and bottom and an outer wall defining a cavity; and a non-compressible material disposed in the cavity; wherein the outer wall has at least a portion thereof inwardly shaped toward the cavity such that a first compressive force acting on the top and/or bottom tending to compress the element by a first deflection causes an amplified second deflection, relative to the first deflection, of the outer wall into the non-compressible material, thereby exerting a second compressive force against the non-compressible material, resulting in a resistance to the first deflection and the first compressive force tending to compress the element. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The plate of claim 14, further comprising one or more electronic components disposed in the cavity. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The plate of claim 14, wherein at least a portion of the non-compressible material is a battery material for producing electrical power. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The plate of claim 14, wherein at least a portion of the non-compressible material is a combustible fuel. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The plate of claim 14, wherein at least a portion of the non-compressible material is an explosive. ### Claim 19 A plate comprising: a plurality of honeycomb cells, at least some of the cells comprising and actuator, the actuator comprising: an enclosure having a top, a bottom, and inner wall and an outer wall, a first cavity of defined between the inner and outer walls and a second cavity of defined by the inner wall; a non-compressible material disposed in the first cavity; an actuator disposed in the second cavity, the actuator having one or more layers of propellant; and a nozzle in communication with the actuator; wherein the outer wall has at least a portion thereof inwardly shaped toward the first cavity and the inner wall has at least a portion outwardly shaped towards the first cavity such that a first compressive force acting on the top and/or bottom tending to compress the element by a first deflection causes an amplified second deflection, relative to the first deflection, of the inner and/or outer walls into the non-compressible material, thereby exerting a second compressive force against the non-compressible material, resulting in a resistance to the first deflection and the first compressive force tending to compress the element.