US Patent Issued to SPARC RESEARCH on Feb. 18 for "System and method of grain ignition and inhibitor release using phase alloy films" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,097, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SPARC RESEARCH LLC (Warrenton, Va.).

"System and method of grain ignition and inhibitor release using phase alloy films" was invented by Guy B. Spear (Warrenton, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Solid rocket motors or ramjets may be provided. Such devices may include a combustion chamber containing at least one fuel, a metal phase alloy film within the combustion chamber, where the metal phase alloy film coupled to the at least one fuel, and an activator operably coupled to the metal phase alloy film, the activator including an electrical activation system, a laser activation system, or an in...