Liquid fuel expulsion system

US4561568A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · US

Inventors

• Lawrence D. Hoffmeister · New Market, US
• Jimmy M. Madderra · Huntsville, US
• Richard J. Thompson · Ipswich, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 2, 1984
• Grant date: Dec 31, 1985
• Expiry date: Mar 2, 2004

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F02K9/50
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An explusion system in which an inner tank is nested within a second and er tank to provide a very compact and space saving arrangement for an expulsion system for a rocket with the first and inner tank as well as the second and outer tank being reinforced with composite material to provide a space saving and relatively light expulsion system for a rocket.