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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7338540 | Decomposition of organic azides A method of decomposing an organic azide is provided and comprises allowing an organic azide to contact a catalytic metal halide, main group halide, mixed metal-main group halide, or mixture thereof. Organic azide fuel sources comprising an organic azide/catalyst co... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7246483 | Energetic detonation propulsion A propulsion system for creating a propulsive force has a combustion chamber, a pair of electrodes within the combustion chamber and a power supply attached to the electrodes to create a high voltage field within an initiation zone of the combustion chamber, and an ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7096670 | Method for igniting the combustion chamber of a gas turbine unit and an ignition device for carrying out the method In a method for igniting the combustion chamber of a gas turbine unit, a safely working ignition and a long lifetime of the ignition device (10) is achieved by discharging a compressed gas with a supercritical pressure ratio through a nozzle (21) and h... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6918243 | Bi-propellant injector with flame-holding zone igniter A bi-propellant injector (66) includes a first injector element (68) and a second injector element (70) injecting a first propellant (69) and a second propellant (71), respectively, into a combustion chamber (53). A flame-ho... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6695938 | Reduced toxicity hypergolic bipropellant fuels The reduced toxicity hypergolic bipropellant fuels of the present invention contain a hypergolic fuel and rocket grade hydrogen peroxide oxidizer, preferably HTP. The hypergolic fuel may be a reactive fuel or a catalytic fuel. The rocket grade hydrogen pe... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6419771 | Non-toxic hypergolic miscible fuel with stable storage characteristics The non toxic bipropellent of the present invention contains a non-toxic hypergolic miscible fuel (hereinafter referred to as "NHMF") and a rocket grade hydrogen peroxide. This NHMF has rapid ignition capability and minimizes the formation of precipitate,... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6272845 | Acoustic igniter and ignition method for propellant liquid rocket engine The invention concerns an acoustic igniter for igniting a mixture of rocket fuels in a liquid propellant rocket engine combustion chamber comprising a cylindrical precombustion chamber (101) including a cylindrical wall (111) and first and second end wall... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6199370 | Acoustic igniter and ignition method for propellant liquid rocket engine The invention concerns an acoustic igniter for igniting a mixture of rocket fuels in a liquid propellant rocket engine combustion chamber comprising a cylindrical precombustion chamber (101) including a cylindrical wall (111) and first and second end wall... | 03/13/2001 |
| 5932837 | Non-toxic hypergolic miscible bipropellant The non-toxic bipropellent of the present invention contains a non-toxic ergolic miscible fuel (NHMF) and a rocket grade hydrogen peroxide. This non-toxic hypergolic miscible fuel (NHMF) has rapid ignition capability. The non-toxic hypergolic miscible fu... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5665272 | Multifuel combustion engine and use in generating obscurant smoke The multifuel combustion engine is a Lenoir cycle (constant volume), pulst combustion engine capable of operating on gasoline, diesel or kerosene based fuels. Although the preferred embodiment is described in terms of Lenoir cycle pulsejet engines, the p... | 09/09/1997 |
| 4901525 | Booster-sustainer rocket engine and method A bi-propellant self-contained propulsion system is provided for powering rockets. A plurality of turbopump assemblies are provided to take liquid propellants from low pressure storage tanks to a substantially higher pressure thrust chamber. Substantially... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4835959 | Multiple-propellant air vehicle and propulsion system In a propulsion system which includes a rocket casing having a combustor chamber with a combustor liner and a nozzle throat chamber with a nozzle throat liner; a fuel passageway adjacent to and surrounding the combustor liner and nozzle throat liner which... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4811556 | Multiple-propellant air vehicle and propulsion system A propulsion system which utilizes hydrocarbon and hydrogen fuel, having means for cooling of the combustor liner and throat liner of a rocket casing by endothermic pyrolysis of the hydrocarbon in the presence of hydrogen in the fuel passageway. The hydro... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4316359 | Method of imparting hypergolicity to non-hypergolic rocket propellants Disclosed is a method of converting non-hypergolic, liquid, rocket propellants into hypergolic propellants. The method to accomplish the conversion relates to the use of ammonium metavanadate as an additive to the liquid oxidant, such as, red fuming nitri... | 02/23/1982 |
