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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2000
William James Clark, Valencia, CA (US);
Robert John Wetherall, Benbrook, TX (US);
Lockheed Martin Corportation, Farmdale, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a novel fuel structure for housing and delivering disparate cryogenic fuels to combustion zones in an aerospace vehicle. The tank comprises a plurality of containers having volumes that are separated by common wall bulkheads and which are arranged substantially side-by-side in conformance with the interior of the aerospace vehicle. A tank support structure positioned within the vehicle interior includes lengthwise supports as well as cross-wise supports, with the latter including openings within which the rear ends of the containers are supported. Fuel from the containers is delivered to the vehicle's combustion system via appropriate fuel lines carried by dome shaped end caps at the rear ends of the containers.