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Pressure pump and injector valve system for liquid-propellant engines

US4696160A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 14, 1985
Grant dateSep 29, 1987
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Expiry dateMay 14, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02K9/46
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A liquid-propellant delivery system using low-pressure propellant storage tanks instead of heavier high-pressure tanks. Liquid propellant material is pumped from the low-pressure tanks by a solenoid-actuated high-pressure pump, and delivered to the rocket engine through a pressure-actuated injector valve.

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