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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2018
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Swenson, Long Beach, CA (US);
Henry Rodriguez, Jr., Diamond Bar, CA (US);
Brian Vaniman, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Martin Edward Lozano, Whittier, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/40 (2006.01); B64G 1/00 (2006.01); F02K 9/56 (2006.01); F02K 9/58 (2006.01); F02K 9/60 (2006.01); B64G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/402 (2013.01); B64G 1/002 (2013.01); B64G 1/401 (2013.01); B64G 5/00 (2013.01); F02K 9/566 (2013.01); F02K 9/58 (2013.01); F02K 9/605 (2013.01); F05D 2260/606 (2013.01); F05D 2270/306 (2013.01);
Abstract
Concurrent rocket engine pre-conditioning and tank filling is disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes an inlet valve to supply a rocket propellant tank that is associated with a rocket engine with rocket propellant, and a flow director to direct at least a portion of a flow of the rocket propellant from the inlet valve to a chill line of the rocket engine to thermally condition the rocket engine as the rocket propellant tank is being filled with the rocket propellant.