Cryogenic tanks for launch vehicles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6082676
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09030662

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An aluminum cryogenic tank for launch vehicles has aluminum skirts that extend from each end of a peripheral wall of a tank body. The skirts provide a temperature differential between the tank body and the ends of the skirts so that composite panels can be used in locations longitudinally proximate to the tank body without over stressing either the skirts or the composite panels in regions near their junctures and without sacrificing structural integrity of the composite panels due to an excessively low temperature. The peripheral wall of the tank and the skirts provide a portion of a structural/aerodynamic wall or shell of the launch vehicle.

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  • KISTLER AEROSPACE CORPORATION;BREAKTHROUGH FUTURES, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cochran, David B Bellevue, WA 18 195

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