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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2012
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Robert J. Budica, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
James S. Herzberg, Long Beach, CA (US);
Frank O. Chandler, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/40 (2006.01); F03H 1/00 (2006.01); G21B 1/01 (2006.01); G21B 1/03 (2006.01); G21B 1/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03H 1/00 (2013.01); B64G 1/408 (2013.01); G21B 1/01 (2013.01); G21B 1/03 (2013.01); G21B 1/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
A propulsion apparatus includes a propellant, at least one laser, and a thrust member. The propellant includes a solid surface having a hollow core disposed within the solid surface and a thrust-producing medium disposed within the hollow core. The at least one laser is positioned to vaporize the propellant with at least one laser-beam into a thrust-producing flow. The thrust member is for flowing within the thrust member a thrust-producing flow created by vaporization of the propellant.