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US 10,746,133 B2Granted
Rocket apparatuses, systems and methods
OwnerGary C. Rosenfieldinventor
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Abstract
A thrust ring for a rocket motor for one or more of limited re-use or single use, including a rocket motor housing, the motor housing adapted to contain propellant; an aft closure with a nozzle, the aft closure connected or connectable to the housing; a forward closure connected or connectable to the housing; wherein one or both of the aft closure and the forward closure are connectable to the housing in manner adapted for one or both of limited re-use or single use.
Claims20
A thrust ring comprising
- a centrally hollow disk or ring structure with an annular indentation or groove defining or defined by an inner wall and an outer wall,
- a rocket motor housing or casing being received in the annular indentation or groove between the inner and outer walls such that;
- the inner wall is wholly disposed radially within the rocket motor housing and the outer wall is wholly disposed radially outside the rocket motor housing and configured to engage and transmit thrust to a rocket housing apart from the rocket motor housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.