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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael D Hayes, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60251 ; 60253 ; 60257 ; 60260 ;
Abstract
A fuel member comprises a continuous, elongated, flexible and combustible structural component that has a length to width of ratio greater than 100:1, and contains within the structural component, either as a part thereof or as a separate component, an oxidizer in an amount sufficient to support combustion of the fuel member. The fuel member is essentially self-supporting in that it does not require containment tanks or rigid encasement, and therefore is particularly suitable for use in single stage, reusable rocket propulsion systems.