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Microthruster

US8407980B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ASTRIUM GMBH · DE

Inventors

Alois Friedberger · Hamburg, DE
Georg Schulte · Fürstenau, DE
Gerhard Mueller · Freilassing, DE
Dimitri Telitschkin · Heilbronn, DE
Stefan Ziegenhagen · Bammental, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 5, 2008
Grant date	Apr 2, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 13, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49346
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Microthruster includes a combustion chamber comprising a substrate material, a fuel inlet, and a gas outlet. A first resistance heater is arranged in the combustion chamber. A catalyst is structured and arranged to decompose fuel entering the combustion chamber. First substrate material sections are heated by the first resistance heater to at least one of a predetermined temperature and a predetermined temperature range.

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