Unitized hybrid rocket system

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2004-03-29

2009-06-02

Rodriguez, William H (Department: 3741)

Power plants

Reaction motor

Solid and fluid propellant

C060S253000, C244S171100

Reexamination Certificate

active

07540145

ABSTRACT:
The hybrid rocket system of this invention is characterized by use of an oxidizer tank having a cylindrical midsection surrounded by a skirt and bonded thereto by a layer of elastomeric adhesive. The skirt outer surface is in turn adhesively secured to a spacecraft inner surface. An elongated solid-fuel motor case is mechanically rigidly secured to a central rear surface of the tank, and the case terminates in a throat and nozzle. The elastomeric-adhesive bonding of tank to skirt, and rigid adhesion of skirt to spacecraft forms the sole support for the rocket system, and separate support for the motor case is not required.

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