Patents by Inventor Larry D. KNAUER

Larry D. KNAUER 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).

  • Reactants sprayed into plasma flow for rocket propulsion
    Patent number: 9505503
    Abstract: Specific impulse and rocket engine efficiency can be improved by injecting reactants, e.g., a propellant combination or a monopropellant and a catalyst, into a plasma flow of a rocket engine. In some aspects, a catalyst or a propellant is carried by plasma formed by passing a flow of a feed gas through an electrical arc. In some aspects, reactants are combusted in supersonic plasma flow to generate combustion ionization in the plasma flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Larry D. Knauer, Edward A. Pierson, Vadim Khayms
  • REACTANTS SPRAYED INTO PLASMA FLOW FOR ROCKET PROPULSION
    Publication number: 20140290212
    Abstract: Specific impulse and rocket engine efficiency can be improved by injecting reactants, e.g., a propellant combination or a monopropellant and a catalyst, into a plasma flow of a rocket engine. In some aspects, a catalyst or a propellant is carried by plasma formed by passing a flow of a feed gas through an electrical arc. In some aspects, reactants are combusted in supersonic plasma flow to generate combustion ionization in the plasma flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Larry D. KNAUER, Edward A. PIERSON, Vadim KHAYMS