Patent · US Expired

Combustion chamber with internal jacket made of a ceramic composite material and process for manufacture

US6890660B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ASTRIUM GMBH · DE

Inventors

Steffen Beyer · Munich, DE
Helmut Knabe · Friedrichshafen, DE
Dieter Preclik · Hersbruck, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 3, 2002
Grant date	May 10, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 17, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/31678
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A combustion chamber, in particular for a rocket drive, comprises at least one jacket made of a composite material with a ceramic matrix. The composite material contains a fibrous structure made of carbon-containing fibers, and the fibrous structure comprises layers of fibers that form a three-dimensional matrix.

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