Patents by Inventor Roland Kindermann

Roland Kindermann 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: 6889496
    Abstract: A combustion chamber structure for a rocket engine or the like, has a combustion chamber liner with cooling channels and at least one manifold for feeding and removing a coolant, particularly a cryogenic fuel. The at least one manifold is brazed together with the combustion chamber liner and the area of the combustion chamber liner that is not covered by the at least one manifold is coated with an electroplated structural jacket. The invention also includes a method for manufacturing the combustion chamber structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: EADS Space Transportation GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen Beyer, Peter Bichler, Wolfgang Keinath, Roland Kindermann, Dieter Kunzmann
  • Publication number: 20040148924
    Abstract: A combustion chamber structure for a rocket engine or the like, has a combustion chamber liner with cooling channels and at least one manifold for feeding and removing a coolant, particularly a cryogenic fuel. The at least one manifold is brazed together with the combustion chamber liner and the area of the combustion chamber liner that is not covered by the at least one manifold is coated with an electroplated structural jacket. The invention also includes a method for manufacturing the combustion chamber structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Steffen Beyer, Peter Bichler, Wolfgang Keinath, Roland Kindermann, Dieter Kunzmann