Patents by Inventor Malte Wurdak

Malte Wurdak 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: 11143144
    Abstract: A rocket propulsion system comprises a combustion chamber, a hydrogen-oxygen supply system connected to the combustion chamber, which hydrogen-oxygen supply system is configured to conduct hydrogen and oxygen into the combustion chamber, and a coolant supply system connected to the combustion chamber, which coolant supply system is configured to conduct a combustible coolant into the combustion chamber. An ignition system of the rocket propulsion system is configured to initiate combustion of the hydrogen-oxygen-coolant mixture in the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Arianegroup GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Gotzig, Malte Wurdak
  • Patent number: 11053892
    Abstract: A method for operating a rocket propulsion system comprises the steps of supplying oxygen to a combustion chamber, supplying hydrogen to the combustion chamber and combusting the oxygen-hydrogen mixture in the combustion chamber. The rocket propulsion system is operated alternately in a first operating mode, in which oxygen and hydrogen are supplied to the combustion chamber in a first mass mixing ratio of oxygen to hydrogen, and in a second operating mode, in which oxygen and hydrogen are supplied to the combustion chamber in a second mass mixing ratio of oxygen to hydrogen that is greater than the first mass mixing ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: ARIANEGROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrich Gotzig, Malte Wurdak, Joel Deck, Manuel Frey
  • Patent number: 10968865
    Abstract: A rocket propulsion system comprises a combustion chamber, an oxygen supply system, comprising an oxygen supply duct and being configured to supply oxygen to the combustion chamber, and a hydrogen supply system, comprising a hydrogen supply duct and being configured to supply hydrogen to the combustion chamber. An ignition unit of the propulsion system, to which at least portions of the oxygen and the hydrogen supplied to the combustion chamber can be supplied, is configured to initiate combustion of the oxygen-hydrogen mixture in the combustion chamber. The propulsion system further comprises a cooling duct extending along an inner surface of a combustion chamber wall and through which at least a portion of the oxygen supplied to the combustion chamber, at least a portion of the hydrogen supplied to the combustion chamber or a combustion gas mixture emerging from the ignition unit flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: ARIANEGROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrich Gotzig, Malte Wurdak, Joel Deck, Manuel Frey
  • Publication number: 20170335800
    Abstract: A rocket propulsion system comprises a combustion chamber, a hydrogen-oxygen supply system connected to the combustion chamber, which hydrogen-oxygen supply system is configured to conduct hydrogen and oxygen into the combustion chamber, and a coolant supply system connected to the combustion chamber, which coolant supply system is configured to conduct a combustible coolant into the combustion chamber. An ignition system of the rocket propulsion system is configured to initiate combustion of the hydrogen-oxygen-coolant mixture in the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Ulrich Gotzig, Malte Wurdak
  • Publication number: 20170335797
    Abstract: A method for operating a rocket propulsion system comprises the steps of supplying oxygen to a combustion chamber, supplying hydrogen to the combustion chamber and combusting the oxygen-hydrogen mixture in the combustion chamber. The rocket propulsion system is operated alternately in a first operating mode, in which oxygen and hydrogen are supplied to the combustion chamber in a first mass mixing ratio of oxygen to hydrogen, and in a second operating mode, in which oxygen and hydrogen are supplied to the combustion chamber in a second mass mixing ratio of oxygen to hydrogen that is greater than the first mass mixing ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Ulrich Gotzig, Malte Wurdak, Joel Deck, Manuel Frey
  • Publication number: 20170335799
    Abstract: A rocket propulsion system comprises a combustion chamber, an oxygen supply system, comprising an oxygen supply duct and being configured to supply oxygen to the combustion chamber, and a hydrogen supply system, comprising a hydrogen supply duct and being configured to supply hydrogen to the combustion chamber. An ignition unit of the propulsion system, to which at least portions of the oxygen and the hydrogen supplied to the combustion chamber can be supplied, is configured to initiate combustion of the oxygen-hydrogen mixture in the combustion chamber. The propulsion system further comprises a cooling duct extending along an inner surface of a combustion chamber wall and through which at least a portion of the oxygen supplied to the combustion chamber, at least a portion of the hydrogen supplied to the combustion chamber or a combustion gas mixture emerging from the ignition unit flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Ulrich Gotzig, Malte Wurdak, Joel Deck, Manuel Frey