ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,889, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Venus Aerospace Corp. (Houston).
"Integral propulsion and auxiliary power generation system for rocket engine powered aircraft" was invented by Andrew Thomas Duggleby (Friendswood, Texas), Nicholas D. Cardwell (Houston) and Christian Bailey (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integral propulsion and auxiliary power generation system includes a rocket engine, a liquid propellant supply system, an auxiliary electrical system, and a transmission system. The liquid propellant supply system is configured to supply a liquid fuel and a liquid oxidizer to the rocket engine. The liquid pr...