Patents by Inventor Joseph J. Daileda

Joseph J. Daileda 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: 4091665
    Abstract: A reaction control system nozzle block is provided for testing the response characteristics of space vehicles to a variety of reaction control thruster configurations. A pressurized air system is connected with the supply lines which lead to the individual jet nozzles. Each supply line terminates in a compact cylindrical plenum volume, axially perpendicular and adjacent the throat of the jet nozzle. The volume of the cylindrical plenum is sized to provide uniform thrust characteristics from each jet nozzle irrespective of the angle of approach of the supply line to the plenum. Each supply line may be plugged or capped to stop the air supply to selected jet nozzles, thereby enabling a variety of nozzle configurations to be obtained from a single model nozzle block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Inventors: James C. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space administration, with respect to an invention of Fletcher, Henry S. Dresser, Joseph J. Daileda