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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2004
Applicants:
Jim A. Clark, Jupiter, FL (US);
Mark Ricciardo, Royal Palm Beach, FL (US);
Inventors:
Jim A. Clark, Jupiter, FL (US);
Mark Ricciardo, Royal Palm Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 11/00 (2006.01); F02C 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for cooling a combustion chamber of an engine, such as a rocket engine, is provided. The system has a plurality of coolant tubes or passages surrounding the combustion chamber, a torroidal coolant-collection manifold for receiving coolant from the coolant tubes or passages and for discharging the coolant through a discharge port, and a plurality of turning vanes within the torroidal manifold for reducing pressure loss and improving pressure uniformity associated with the torroidal coolant-collection manifold.