Patents by Inventor Frank A. Sciorelli

Frank A. Sciorelli 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).

  • Heat exchanger for a rocket engine
    Patent number: 7895823
    Abstract: A cylindrical rocket engine exhaust duct has a liner that fits inside an outer jacket. The outer periphery of the liner has circumferentially spaced ribs defining a sinuous path for a fluid to be heated. The liner has a least one, preferably several, transverse fins with internal serpentine passages for carrying the fluid to be heated through the fins. The fluid to be heated is directed around the periphery of the liner (between the liner and the jacket), and consecutively through the separate fins, along sinuous and serpentine paths for heating of the fluid by heat transfer from the exhaust gas of the rocket engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Aerojet-General Corporation
    Inventor: Frank A. Sciorelli
  • HEAT EXCHANGER FOR A ROCKET ENGINE
    Publication number: 20090218086
    Abstract: A cylindrical rocket engine exhaust duct has a liner that fits inside an outer jacket. The outer periphery of the liner has circumferentially spaced ribs defining a sinuous path for a fluid to be heated. The liner has a least one, preferably several, transverse fins with internal serpentine passages for carrying the fluid to be heated through the fins. The fluid to be heated is directed around the periphery of the liner (between the liner and the jacket), and consecutively through the separate fins, along sinuous and serpentine paths for heating of the fluid by heat transfer from the exhaust gas of the rocket engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: AEROJET-GENERAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Frank A. Sciorelli