Micro thrust and heat generator
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
InventorErnest J. Garcia
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AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
InventorErnest J. Garcia
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A micro thrust and heat generator has a means for providing a combustion fuel source to an ignition chamber of the micro thrust and heat generator. The fuel is ignited by a ignition means within the micro thrust and heat generator's ignition chamber where it burns and creates a pressure. A nozzle formed from the combustion chamber extends outward from the combustion chamber and tappers down to a narrow diameter and then opens into a wider diameter where the nozzle then terminates outside of said combustion chamber. The pressure created within the combustion chamber accelerates as it leaves the chamber through the nozzle resulting in pressure and heat escaping from the nozzle to the atmosphere outside the micro thrust and heat generator. The micro thrust and heat generator can be microfabricated from a variety of materials, e.g., of polysilicon, on one wafer using surface micromachining batch fabrication techniques or high aspect ratio micromachining techniques (LIGA).
A micro thrust and heat generator developed using a polysilicon surface micromachining batch-fabricated technique comprising:
The claim of invention 2 wherein said fuel source comprises a solid combustible fuel disposed within said ignition chamber for combustion within said ignition chamber.
A micro thrust and heat generator for generating heat and propulsion in the microdomain and developed using a polysilicon surface micromachining batch-fabricated technique comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.