WIPO: Inventor in France Develops Device for Supplying Space Propulsion Engine with Liquid Cryogenic Propellants

GENEVA, Dec. 8 - Robert Laine of France has developed a device for supplying a space propulsion engine with liquid cryogenic propellants.

According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, according to the invention, upstream of the injection means, the "combustible propellant and the oxidant propellant are mixed at constant pressure; and to inject the said mixture of propellants at constant pressure into the combustion chamber, injection means are chosen, making it possible to vary the flow rate of the said injected mixture."

The patent has been assigned to Astrium Sas, Paris.

The invention …