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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:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jan Häggander, Trollhattan, SE;
Lars-Olof Pekkari, Ytterby, SE;
Assignee:
Volvo Aero Corporation, Trollhättan, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 1/00 ;
Abstract
A rocket nozzle having an axial double bell shape. The nozzle includes a first bell shape, a second bell shape and an inflection point where the first bell shape and the second bell shape meet. The inflection point is located between a location at the area ratio &egr;=10 and a location at 0.85×&egr;,of the nozzle, where &egr; is the narrowest cross-sectional area of the nozzle. The first bell shape and the second bell shape both have a contour line having an outwardly directed curvature of between 2 and 7 at the inflection point.