Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Concurrent rocket engine pre-conditioning and tank loading
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Application No.: US16153435Application Date: 2018-10-05
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Publication No.: US11338943B2Publication Date: 2022-05-24
- Inventor: Kevin Swenson , Henry Rodriguez, Jr. , Brian Vaniman , Martin Edward Lozano
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: B64G1/40
- IPC: B64G1/40 ; B64G1/00 ; F02K9/56 ; F02K9/58 ; F02K9/60 ; B64G5/00

Abstract:
Concurrent rocket engine pre-conditioning and tank filling is disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes an inlet valve to supply a rocket propellant tank that is associated with a rocket engine with rocket propellant, and a flow director to direct at least a portion of a flow of the rocket propellant from the inlet valve to a chill line of the rocket engine to thermally condition the rocket engine as the rocket propellant tank is being filled with the rocket propellant.
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