US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES on July 1 for "Device for regulating the rate of flow of propellant fluid for an electric thruster" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,404, issued on July 1, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Device for regulating the rate of flow of propellant fluid for an electric thruster" was invented by Mathieu Diome (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Device (52) for regulating the rate of flow of propellant fluid for an electric thruster, of the thermo-capillary device type comprising at least one capillary duct that is electrically conductive and capable of regulating the rate of flow of propellant fluid under the action of a change in temperature of the duct, characterized in that said at least one capillary duct comprises a nickel-based a...