US Patent 7117680 Cooling scheme for scramjet variable geometry hardware

Patent 7117680 was granted and assigned to United Technologies on October, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

United Technologies

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7117680

Date of Patent

October 10, 2006

Patent Application Number

10829890

Date Filed

April 22, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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Ted Kim

Patent abstract

A cooling system for use in an engine having an element to be cooled includes at least one cooling channel on a first side of the element, at least one cooling channel on a second side of the element, and the at least one cooling channel on the first side communicating with the at least one channel on the second side in a nose region of the element so as to form a cooling circuit. The cooling system has particular utility in cooling interior and exterior surfaces of a movable cowl inlet flap used in a scramjet engine.