Thruster and spacecraft

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9376987
APP PUB NO 20130305687A1
SERIAL NO

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 LTDKOTO-KU TOKYO 135-0061

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Morita, Naoki Tokyo, JP 102 744
Nagao, Toru Tokyo, JP 14 442

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