Patents Represented by Attorney David G. Faulkner

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  • Cooling/fuel system for hypersonic flight
    Patent number: 5236152
    Abstract: The present invention provides for the integration of structural cooling and fuel treatment within hypersonic vehicles. This is achieved by channeling a hydrocarbon fuel to a portion of the aircraft structure and imparting via the heat sink effect sufficient heat to cause a pyrolysis of the hydrocarbon fuel. After pyrolysis, the resulting fractions are then utilized as a fuel by the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation
    Inventors: Herbert R. Lander, Robert E. Schnurstein