Patents by Inventor Helmut Ciezki

Helmut Ciezki 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).

  • Patent number: 8561385
    Abstract: A flying object is provided with an engine comprising a combustion chamber with a combustion space and a nozzle with a nozzle space following the combustion chamber, the transition between combustion chamber and nozzle lying in a plane in which a cross-section of the combustion space converges, in which thrust control in terms of magnitude and/or thrust vector can be carried out in a simple manner, it is provided that a centre body adapted to have combustion products flowing around it is at least partially arranged in the nozzle space, outside of the combustion space, and at least three jet vanes are arranged at the centre body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
    Inventors: Helmut Ciezki, Ralf Stark
  • Publication number: 20110083418
    Abstract: In order to provide a flying object with an engine comprising a combustion chamber with a combustion space and a nozzle with a nozzle space following the combustion chamber, the transition between combustion chamber and nozzle lying in a plane in which a cross-section of the combustion space converges, in which thrust control in terms of magnitude and/or thrust vector can be carried out in a simple manner, it is provided that a centre body adapted to have combustion products flowing around it is at least partially arranged in the nozzle space, outside of the combustion space, and at least three jet vanes are arranged at the centre body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Helmut Ciezki, Ralf Stark