Patents by Inventor Torben Birck

Torben Birck 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: 11525420
    Abstract: A combustion chamber structure for a rocket engine includes a hot gas wall (12) that surrounds a combustion chamber (40) and has a plurality of first coolant channels (50) and a plurality of second coolant channels (52). The plurality of first (50) and second (52) coolant channels extend from a first longitudinal end (16) of the hot gas wall (12) to a second longitudinal end (18) of the hot gas wall (12) opposite to the first longitudinal end (16). The combustion chamber structure (10) further comprises a first manifold (20) forming a first coolant chamber (30) and a second manifold (22) forming a second coolant chamber (32) being fluidly separated from the first coolant chamber (30). The first (20) and second (22) manifolds are provided at the first longitudinal end (16) of the hot gas wall (12) and extend in a circumferential direction of the hot gas wall (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: ArianeGroup GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Goetz, Marc Geyer, Torben Birck, Olivier De Bonn
  • Patent number: 10830182
    Abstract: A combustion chamber structure, particularly for a rocket engine, which comprises a liner surrounding a combustion chamber with an outer surface facing away from the combustion chamber on which coolant channels extending in a longitudinal direction of the liner are formed. The liner forms, at one longitudinal end, a coolant chamber extending in the circumferential direction of the liner for collecting and/or distributing a coolant. The combustion chamber structure further comprises a connecting structure that fluidly connects the coolant chamber to the coolant channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: ARIANEGROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Geyer, Andreas Goetz, Torben Birck
  • Publication number: 20200088138
    Abstract: A combustion chamber structure for a rocket engine includes a hot gas wall (12) that surrounds a combustion chamber (40) and has a plurality of first coolant channels (50) and a plurality of second coolant channels (52). The plurality of first (50) and second (52) coolant channels extend from a first longitudinal end (16) of the hot gas wall (12) to a second longitudinal end (18) of the hot gas wall (12) opposite to the first longitudinal end (16). The combustion chamber structure (10) further comprises a first manifold (20) forming a first coolant chamber (30) and a second manifold (22) forming a second coolant chamber (32) being fluidly separated from the first coolant chamber (30). The first (20) and second (22) manifolds are provided at the first longitudinal end (16) of the hot gas wall (12) and extend in a circumferential direction of the hot gas wall (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas GOETZ, Marc GEYER, Torben BIRCK, Olivier DE BONN
  • Publication number: 20180051656
    Abstract: A combustion chamber structure, particularly for a rocket engine, which comprises a liner surrounding a combustion chamber with an outer surface facing away from the combustion chamber on which coolant channels extending in a longitudinal direction of the liner are formed. The liner forms, at one longitudinal end, a coolant chamber extending in the circumferential direction of the liner for collecting and/or distributing a coolant. The combustion chamber structure further comprises a connecting structure that fluidly connects the coolant chamber to the coolant channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Marc Geyer, Andreas Goetz, Torben Birck