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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:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2001
Applicants:
Gary F. Hawkins, Torrance, CA (US);
John W. Murdock, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gary F. Hawkins, Torrance, CA (US);
John W. Murdock, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/04 (2006.01); F02K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fixed sized bell rocket nozzle is lined with a layer of combustible material that is ignited during launch ignition and burns to outgas into the rocket exhaust for spatially variably confining the exhaust and perfecting an effective variably sized altitude compensating exhaust nozzle that maximizes lift during the launch of a spacecraft into orbit.