US Patent Issued to Blue Origin Manufacturing on July 21 for "Rocket nozzle assembly with separable nozzle extension" (Washington, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,139, issued on July 21, was assigned to Blue Origin Manufacturing LLC (Huntsville, Ala.).

"Rocket nozzle assembly with separable nozzle extension" was invented by Adam M. Wuerl (Seattle), David Alan Degenhardt (Seattle), Gary D. Grayson (Maple Valley, Wash.) and James W. Nord (Jupiter, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Rocket nozzle assembly having a separable outboard nozzle extension for transitioning from a vacuum-optimized to an atmospheric-optimized configuration. The nozzle assembly includes an inboard divergent nozzle section attached at an interface with a detachable outboard divergent nozzle extension. The nozzle and exten...