IP Library Granted Patent US 7,707,820
Granted Patent B2
US 7,707,820 · App. 11/228,288 · Granted May 4, 2010

Control and/or drive device for a flying body

Assignee: Astrium GmbH
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Patent No.
US 7,707,820
App. No.
11/228,288
Granted
May 4, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

Control and/or drive device for a flying body for ejecting hot gas streams of a combusted fuel combination of at least a first and second component. Device includes a first hollow chamber body structured and arranged to contain first component, a second hollow chamber body structured and arranged to contain second component, a controllable fuel valve arranged between first hollow chamber body and second hollow chamber body to control feed of first component to second hollow chamber body, and a plurality of outlets structured and arranged to eject respective hot gas streams for influencing a flight path of flying body. Second hollow chamber body is formed as a combustion chamber for combusting the at least first and second components within second hollow chamber body to generate respective hot gas streams, and plurality of outlets are connected to the second hollow chamber body.

Claims (12)

1. A control and/or drive device for a flying body for ejecting a hot gas stream of a combusted fuel combination of at least a first and second component, said device comprising:

a first hollow chamber body structured and arranged to contain the first component;

a second hollow chamber body structured and arranged to contain a second component;

a controllable fuel valve arranged between said first hollow chamber body and said second hollow chamber body to control a feed of the first component to said second hollow chamber body;

a plurality of outlets structured and arranged to eject respective hot gas streams for influencing a flight path of the flying body;

said second hollow chamber body being formed as a combustion chamber for combusting the at least first and second components within said second hollow chamber body to generate said respective hot gas streams;

a storage vessel arranged adjacent said combustion chamber;

a membrane or piston arranged to separate said storage vessel and said combustion chamber;

said plurality of outlets being connected to said second hollow chamber body, wherein said outlet device includes a plurality of hot gas valves, which are switchable to control a respective gas stream between said second hollow chamber body and a respective expansion nozzle; and

an electrically controllable hydraulic valve, wherein at least one of said at least one expansion nozzles comprises a transverse thrust nozzle, and said at least one of said plurality of hot gas valves is controlled by said electrically controllable hydraulic valve and is connected to said transverse thrust nozzle for ejecting the gas stream,

wherein the piston or membrane is structured and arranged to generate hydraulic pressure for actuating said hydraulic valve;

wherein said piston or membrane is arranged so that a pressure generated by combustion in said second hollow chamber body acts on said piston or said membrane, which then releases a resultant force to said hydraulic fluid.

Assignments (6)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 21, 2020
From: ASTRIUM GMBH
To: AIRBUS DS GMBH
Reel/Frame 052726/0616 →
DEMERGER Recorded May 21, 2020
From: AIRBUS DS GMBH
To: AIRBUS - SAFRAN LAUNCHERS GMBH
Reel/Frame 052729/0659 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 21, 2020
From: AIRBUS - SAFRAN LAUNCHERS GMBH
To: ARIANEGROUP GMBH
Reel/Frame 052741/0274 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 24, 2010
From: EADS SPACE TRANSPORTATION GMBH
To: ASTRIUM GMBH
Reel/Frame 023984/0439 →
RERECORD TO CORRECT SERIAL NUMBER, FILING DATE AND TITLE; AT REEL 017309 AND FRAME 0950 Recorded May 22, 2006
From: MAIER, THOMAS
To: EADS SPACE TRANSPORTATION GMBH.
Reel/Frame 017662/0245 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2005
From: MAIER, THOMAS
To: EADS SPACE TRANSPORTATION GMBH,
Reel/Frame 017309/0950 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2004 045 855 · Sep 20, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060059888A1 · Mar 23, 2006