Patents by Inventor William W. Regnier

William W. Regnier 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: 4168718
    Abstract: A passive propellant acquisition and feed system is disclosed which will acquire and feed gas-free propellant in low or zero-g environments during orbital maneuvers which will also retain this propellant under high axially directed acceleration such as may be experienced during launch of a space vehicle and orbit-to-orbit transfers wherein the propellant system includes a dual compartment propellant tank with independent surface tension acquisition channels in each compartment to provide gas-free flow of pressurized liquid propellant from one compartment to the other in one direction only.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1979
    Inventors: Robert A. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, with respect to an invention of Frosch, Donald A. Hess, William W. Regnier, Virgil L. Jacobs