US Patent Issued to ARIANEGROUP on July 28 for "Valve for a rocket engine" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,949, issued on July 28, was assigned to ARIANEGROUP SAS (Les Mureaux, France).

"Valve for a rocket engine" was invented by Olivier Faye (Vernon, France), Sonia Rios Fernandez (Vernon, France), Philippe Nomerange (Vernon, France) and Nicolas Mazarguil (Vernon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve suitable for high flow rates and high pressures, and a rocket engine including such a valve, the valve including a valve body, including a first fluidway and a second fluidway, a movable shutter, configured to adjust the flow area between the first fluidway and the second fluidway, and an actuator, of electrical type, configured to a...