Thruster and spacecraft

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9376987
APP PUB NO 20130305687A1
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13834493

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A thruster designed to produce thrust by introducing a propellant to a catalyst layer from a propellant valve via a propellant introduction member and spurting out a gas resulting from decomposition of the propellant occurring on the catalyst layer, wherein the thruster comprises a chamber of an Ni alloy for holding the catalyst layer inside, the propellant introduction member is made of an Ni alloy and connects the propellant valve and the chamber, and a propellant valve flange of a Ti alloy with a plurality of columns of a Ti alloy is arranged between the chamber and the propellant valve to support the chamber by the columns.

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  • IHI AEROSPACE CO., LTD.

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  • 2013 Application Filing Year
  • F02K Class
  • 252 Applications Filed
  • 226 Patents Issued To-Date
  • 89.69 % Issued To-Date
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Morita, Naoki Tokyo, JP 107 775
Nagao, Toru Tokyo, JP 14 451

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