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Launch vehicle with engine mounted on a rotor (US Patent 5842665)
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This document record details US Patent 5842665 for a launch vehicle that utilizes a helicopter-like rotor system. Invented by Bevin C. McKinney and Gary C. Hudson and assigned to HMX, Inc., the vehicle features a four-bladed rotor mounted on a body containing propellant tanks and payload space inside an aeroshell, with rocket engines mounted for propulsion into orbit.
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Patent Information
Patent number: 5842665
Granted: 1998-12-01
Filed: 1996-09-09
Inventors: Bevin C. McKinney (Gig Harbor, WA, US); Gary C. Hudson (Redwood City, CA, US)
Assignees: HMX, Inc. (Reno, NV, US)
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This document record details US Patent 5842665 for a launch vehicle that utilizes a helicopter-like rotor system. Invented by Bevin C. McKinney and Gary C. Hudson and assigned to HMX, Inc., the vehicle features a four-bladed rotor mounted on a body containing propellant tanks and payload space insid...