Patents Assigned to DBI/Century Fuels & Aerospace Services
  • Patent number: 7281682
    Abstract: A spacecraft system for achieving LEO and beyond includes a lifting body spacecraft, and an acceleration bed unit for accelerating the spacecraft horizontally on a runway to liftoff. The rocket engines of the spacecraft then power the spacecraft into LEO, and the spacecraft glides back to earth, where it is refurbished for reiterative use. A belly assembly of the spacecraft is removable and replaceable. The hydrogen fuel tanks of the spacecraft are modular units, and each include a bladder that expands to fill the tank when empty to prevent explosion hazards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: DBI/Century Fuels & Aerospace Services
    Inventor: Hector A. D'Auvergne