Patents by Inventor Richard J. Peckham

Richard J. Peckham 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).

  • Rocket nozzle for a rocket engine
    Patent number: 5619851
    Abstract: A diverging rocket engine nozzle has a system to allow ambient gases to flow from the outside to the inside of the nozzle's chamber. The system includes a plurality of coolant conduits adjacent the inside surface of the nozzle. The conduits are spaced apart to provide a plurality of vent openings which extends from the inside to the outside of the nozzle's chamber. A plurality of valves controls gas flow through the vent passages when the pressure outside of the nozzle is greater than the pressure directly adjacent the inside surface of the nozzle. The coolant conduits cool and shield the valves at their points of attachment to the outside of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1997
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Donald E. Johnson, Rafael A. Bustamante, Edward B. Thayer, Richard J. Peckham
  • Coolable rocket nozzle for a rocket engine
    Patent number: 5582000
    Abstract: This invention relates to rocket engines which have a rocket nozzle for expanding hot, highly pressurized rocket gases and more particularly, to a high expansion ratio nozzle for such an engine by flowing the water along a wall to provide additional cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: James B. Rannie, Richard J. Peckham, James R. Black