Aerojet-General Corporation, a corporation of the state of Ohio Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110165030 | INTERNAL RESISTIVE HEATING OF CATALYST BED FOR MONOPROPELLANT CATALYST - Catalyst beds for monopropellant propulsion systems are heated by resistance heating through a conductive material that is incorporated in the catalyst bed and a pair of electrodes on opposite sides of the bed. Imposition of a voltage across the electrodes to heat the bed is performed at will without consumption of any heating components, and heating of the bed is achieved rapidly and uniformly across the entire bed. | 07-07-2011 |
20090230212 | Pintle-Controlled Propulsion System With External Ring Actuator - A propulsion system with a divergent-convergent nozzle is provided with variable thrust by a pintle whose position relative to the nozzle throat is controlled by an actuator that includes a rotor that external to, and encircling, the nozzle, and that is coupled to either the pintle or to the nozzle shell by a linkage that translates the rotary movement of the rotor into linear movement of either the pintle or the shell. | 09-17-2009 |