Monopropellant-Powered Actuator

Summary

Systems and methods involving monopropellant and hypergolic powered proportional actuators that may be used in applications such as robotics. A blowdown tank delivers fuel to a reaction site, produce gaseous products. Those gaseous products are transported to a pressure reservoir or directly to the actuator. The gaseous products are controllably introduced into the actuator to actuate a piston. The piston may be used to power a host of devices including robots. Energy and power densities are significantly greater than a DC motor and battery combination; projected to provide 7 to 12 times better performance than state-of-the-art.

Patent


U.S. Patent 6,935,109: Monoprolellant/hypergolic powered proportional actuator


Inventors: 

Michael Goldfarb
Joseph Wehrmeyer
Alvin Strauss
Eric Barth

Licensing manager: 
Ashok Choudhury

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