Vapor-gas injection thrust vector control system

Claim 1

A SYSTEM ADAPTED TO CONTROL THE ATTITUDE OF AIR AND SPACE BORNE VEHICLES PROPELLED BY THE THRUST PRODUCED BY EXHAUST GASES GENERATING IN A REACTION MOTOR AND DISCHARGING THROUGH A GAS DISCHARGE NOZZLE HAVING A NOZZLE THROAT COMPRISING: AN OUTLET PORT FORMED IN THE NOZZLE ENTRANCE PORTION FOR RECEIVING A PORTION OF THE HOT EXHAUST GASES FROM THE REACTION MOTOR, AN INLET PASSAGE FORMED IN THE NOZZLE WALL DOWNSTREAM OF THE OUTLET PORT AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE NOZZLE THROAT, FIRST CONDUIT MEANS COMMUNICATING THE OUTLET PORT AND THE INLET PASSAGE FOR DELIVERING EXHAUST GASES TO THE INLET PASSAGE, FIRST VALVE MEANS FOR MODULATING FLOW THROUGH SAID INLET PASSAGE, A HOUSING CONTAINING A VAPORIZABLE COOLING FLUID, SECOND CONBDUIT MEANS FOR BYPASSING A PORTION OF THE EXHAUST GASES FROM THE FIRST CONDUIT MEANS FOR PRESSURIZNG THE COOLING FLUID, PASSAGE MEANS COMMUNICATING THE FIRST CONDUIT MEANS AND THE COOLING FLUID HOUSING, AND SECOND VALVE MEANS NORMALLY CLOSING SAID FIRST CONDUIT MEANS AND OPERATIVELY RESPONSIVE FOR OPENING TO THE PRESSURE OF THE BYPASSED EXHAUST GASES TO THEREBY DELIVER THE COOLING FLUID FOR MIXTURE WITH THE EXHAUST GASES TO FORM A COOLED MIXTURE OF EXHAUST GASES AND VAPORIZED FLUID THAT IS DELIVERED THROUGH THE INLET PASSAGE INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE GAS DISCHARGE NOZZLE IN AN OBLIQUE IMPINGING STREAM ON THE PRIMARY BODY OF EXHAUST GASES FLOWING THROUGH THE NOZZLE TO THEREBY CONTROL THE ATTITUDE OF THE VEHICLE.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM ADAPTED TO CONTROL THE ATTITUDE OF AIR AND SPACE BORNE VEHICLES PROPELLED BY THE THRUST PRODUCED BY EXHAUST GASES GENERATING IN A REACTION MOTOR AND DISCHARGING THROUGH A GAS DISCHARGE NOZZLE HAVING A NOZZLE THROAT COMPRISING: AN OUTLET PORT FORMED IN THE NOZZLE ENTRANCE PORTION FOR RECEIVING A PORTION OF THE HOT EXHAUST GASES FROM THE REACTION MOTOR, AN INLET PASSAGE FORMED IN THE NOZZLE WALL DOWNSTREAM OF THE OUTLET PORT AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE NOZZLE THROAT, FIRST CONDUIT MEANS COMMUNICATING THE OUTLET PORT AND THE INLET PASSAGE FOR DELIVERING EXHAUST GASES TO THE INLET PASSAGE, FIRST VALVE MEANS FOR MODULATING FLOW THROUGH SAID INLET PASSAGE, A HOUSING CONTAINING A VAPORIZABLE COOLING FLUID, SECOND CONBDUIT MEANS FOR BYPASSING A PORTION OF THE EXHAUST GASES FROM THE FIRST CONDUIT MEANS FOR PRESSURIZNG THE COOLING FLUID, PASSAGE MEANS COMMUNICATING THE FIRST CONDUIT MEANS AND THE COOLING FLUID HOUSING, AND SECOND VALVE MEANS NORMALLY CLOSING SAID FIRST CONDUIT MEANS AND OPERATIVELY RESPONSIVE FOR OPENING TO THE PRESSURE OF THE BYPASSED EXHAUST GASES TO THEREBY DELIVER THE COOLING FLUID FOR MIXTURE WITH THE EXHAUST GASES TO FORM A COOLED MIXTURE OF EXHAUST GASES AND VAPORIZED FLUID THAT IS DELIVERED THROUGH THE INLET PASSAGE INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE GAS DISCHARGE NOZZLE IN AN OBLIQUE IMPINGING STREAM ON THE PRIMARY BODY OF EXHAUST GASES FLOWING THROUGH THE NOZZLE TO THEREBY CONTROL THE ATTITUDE OF THE VEHICLE.