Saturday, July 26, 2025

Tank Design for Easy Cryogenic Transfers in Weightlessness

I recently came up with a design for a cryogenic propellant tank that makes transfers of propellant easy in weightlessness!  I filed a provisional patent application on it,  with USPTO (the United States Patent and Trademark Office).  A couple of preliminary searches on their site revealed nothing that duplicates it. 

This design is depicted in cartoon form in the illustration.  Is there any outfit out there,  dealing in rocket launch vehicle designs,  that might be interested in such a thing?  If so,  do please contact me!  I would like to license this design to an outfit that might actually use it to good effect!  That would include propellant depot space stations in Earth orbit,  plus the tanker launch vehicles that keep such stations supplied. 

While one motor and a reversing gear is shown,  two motors are also covered in the provisional patent application,  as well as a variety of vane shapes. 

Contact data:

Gary W. Johnson,  PE(ret.),  PhD

5886 New Windsor Parkway

McGregor,  TX  76657 (USA)

Email gwj5886@gmail.com

Blog site http://exrocketman.blogspot.com 


Update 8-1-2025 If anybody at NASA or one of the launch companies wants to use this invention,  do please contact me..  I'd certainly be interested in licensing this notion.  And,  it's not the only skill I bring to the table for launch,  or other kinds of space missions.  While I'm an old retired guy,  I can still consult.  


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