Patents by Inventor Charles Whipple, IV

Charles Whipple, IV has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Liquid propellant rocket engine nozzle with passive condensate cooling
    Patent number: 10954892
    Abstract: A liquid propellant rocket engine includes a combustion chamber that has a throat and a nozzle aft of the throat. The nozzle has a first nozzle section adjacent the throat and a second nozzle section aft of the first nozzle section. The first nozzle section includes active cooling features and the second nozzle section excludes any active cooling features. The first nozzle section is operative via at least the active cooling features to form a condensate that passively cools the second nozzle section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: AEROJET ROCKETDYNE, INC.
    Inventors: Jiten R. Patel, Jim A. Clark, Charles Whipple, IV
  • LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE WITH PASSIVE CONDENSATE COOLING
    Publication number: 20190145350
    Abstract: A liquid propellant rocket engine includes a combustion chamber that has a throat and a nozzle aft of the throat. The nozzle has a first nozzle section adjacent the throat and a second nozzle section aft of the first nozzle section. The first nozzle section includes active cooling features and the second nozzle section excludes any active cooling features. The first nozzle section is operative via at least the active cooling features to form a condensate that passively cools the second nozzle section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Jiten R. Patel, Jim A. Clark, Charles Whipple, IV