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

US7293403B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ASTRIUM GMBH · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 21, 2003
• Grant date: Nov 13, 2007
• Expiry date: Feb 13, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/31678
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A combustion chamber, in particular for a rocket drive, includes at least one jacket madeof 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.