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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2007
Applicant:
Kenneth H. Lau, La Crescenta, CA (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth H. Lau, La Crescenta, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23D 14/00 (2006.01); F02K 9/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 9/605 (2013.01); F05D 2250/14 (2013.01); F05D 2300/133 (2013.01); F05D 2250/71 (2013.01);
Abstract
A propellant management device comprising a plurality of insert vanes with respective outwardly extending curved flanges is disposed in a propellant tank with the curved flanges having mating contact along contacting lines on the interior of the tank as the insert vanes serves to wick fuel within the tank with reduced particulate generation within the tank for improved reliability and use of the propellant tank.