US Patent Issued to Blue Origin Manufacturing on July 29 for "Seal for gimbaling and/or fixed rocket engine nozzles, and associated systems and methods" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,048, issued on July 29, was assigned to Blue Origin Manufacturing LLC (Huntsville, Ala.).

"Seal for gimbaling and/or fixed rocket engine nozzles, and associated systems and methods" was invented by Nathaniel Cantor (Seattle), Colin Patterson (Seattle), Adam Norman (Maple Valley, Wash.) and Christopher P. Hupf (Maple Valley, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Seals for gimbaling and/or fixed rocket engine nozzles, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A representative rocket propulsion system includes a rocket engine having an exhaust nozzle, a seal plate carried by the exhaust nozzle, and a seal engaged with the seal pl...