Patents Assigned to VAYA SPACE, INC.
  • Publication number: 20240218844
    Abstract: A rocket engine is provided with a propellant valve controlling the output of a propellant tank. The valve is configured to induce a vortex in the propellant as it passes the propellant valve. Plural rocket engines may be supplied by a single valve, the valve inducing a vortex in the propellant which is then supplied to plural propellant lines configured to enhance the vortex induced by the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: VAYA SPACE, INC.
    Inventor: Kineo WALLACE
  • Patent number: 12025076
    Abstract: A rocket engine is provided with a propellant valve controlling the output of a propellant tank. The valve is configured to induce a vortex in the propellant as it passes the propellant valve. Plural rocket engines may be supplied by a single valve, the valve inducing a vortex in the propellant which is then supplied to plural propellant lines configured to enhance the vortex induced by the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: VAYA SPACE, INC.
    Inventor: Kineo Wallace
  • Patent number: 11506147
    Abstract: A hybrid rocket engine with a vortex flow field injection system that produces a high-speed sustained vortex flow field is described. The hybrid rocket engine includes a generally cylindrical injection chamber with an inner circumference to comprise an outer edge of a solid propellant grain in the hybrid rocket engine. The engine also includes an injection system that has a throttle valve and an injector that injects injection fluid into the engine and produces a vortex flow-field for the injected fluid. The injector includes at least one primary feed line that distributes the injection fluid throughout a pre-swirl chamber and multiple orifices along an inner edge of the injection chamber. The pre-swirl chamber connects to the injection chamber and at least one of the primary feed lines and redirects a primary fluid flow of the injected fluid from a primary axial direction to a centrifugal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: VAYA SPACE INC.
    Inventor: Kineo M. Wallace
  • Patent number: 11434180
    Abstract: A system and method for producing fuel grain for a rocket engine horizontally with an additive manufacturing machine is disclosed. To begin, a fuel grain model is received. The fuel grain model is oriented in a direction of a central core axis and divided into two-dimensional layers with defined footprint areas. In accordance with the fuel grain model, a first layer is printed by applying successive fuel beads in a direction primarily parallel to the central core axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: VAYA SPACE, INC.
    Inventor: Kineo Wallace