GARY WILLIAM JOSEPH
Pilots at Laurette St, Torrance, CA
License number
California A0974614
Category
Airmen
Type
Authorized Aircraft Instructor
Address
Address
4540 Laurette St, Torrance, CA 90503
Professional information
Manager At Northrop Grumman Corporation
Position:
Manager at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Manager at Northrop Grumman Corporation
Location:
Torrance, California
Industry:
Defense & Space
Work:
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
- Redondo Beach, CA since 1978
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Manager
Northrop Grumman Corporation
- Redondo Beach, CA since 1978
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Manager
Education:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1975 - 1978
BSAAE, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
BSAAE, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Honor & Awards:
Mr. Joseph has been awarded the NASA Excellence Award (three times), NASA "Commitment to Performance" awards, and NASA letters of commendation. He won the Distinguished Patent Award for two Satellite Propulsion and Power patents as co-inventor of the Dual Mode Secondary Combustion Augmented Thruster.
Satellite Propulsion And Power System
US Patent:
5572865, Nov 12, 1996
Filed:
Sep 1, 1994
Appl. No.:
8/299782
Inventors:
Robert L. Sackheim - Rancho Palos Verdes CA
Dale L. Hook - Rancho Palos Verdes CA
Gary W. Joseph - Torrance CA
Dale L. Hook - Rancho Palos Verdes CA
Gary W. Joseph - Torrance CA
Assignee:
TRW Inc. - Redondo Beach CA
International Classification:
F02K 968
US Classification:
60260
Abstract:
In the preferred embodiment of the invention, a cooled bipropellant thruster 70 for controlling the on-orbit position and orientation of a spacecraft is provided. The cooled bipropellant thruster 70 uses a liquid fuel and liquid oxidizer. The liquid fuel is decomposed in a first chamber 72 with a catalytic bed of decomposition material 74 and produces at least one reaction gas, which flows to the second reaction chamber 90. The second reaction chamber 90 is heated by the reaction gas, but is cooled by liquid oxidizer flowing through cooling passages 92, 94, 98, and 102, which brings the oxidizer into a heat exchange relationship with the second reaction chamber 90. During the heat exchange relationship, heat is transferred from the second reaction chamber 90 to the oxidizer and the oxidizer transforms into a gas. The gaseous oxidizer is fed into a second reaction chamber 90 to secondarily react with the reaction gas.
Satellite Propulsion And Power System
US Patent:
5417049, May 23, 1995
Filed:
Aug 21, 1991
Appl. No.:
7/748990
Inventors:
Robert L. Sackheim - Palos Verdes CA
Dale L. Hook - Rancho Palos Verdes CA
Gary W. Joseph - Torrance CA
Dale L. Hook - Rancho Palos Verdes CA
Gary W. Joseph - Torrance CA
Assignee:
TRW Inc. - Redondo Beach CA
International Classification:
B64G 126, F02K 928
US Classification:
60260
Abstract:
In the preferred embodiment of the invention, a cooled bipropellant thruster 70 for controlling the on-orbit position and orientation of a spacecraft is provided. The cooled bipropellant thruster 70 uses a liquid fuel and liquid oxidizer. The liquid fuel is decomposed in a first chamber 72 with a catalytic bed of decomposition material 74 and produces at least one reaction gas, which flows to the second reaction chamber 90. The second reaction chamber 90 is heated by the reaction gas, but is cooled by liquid oxidizer flowing through cooling passages 92, 94, 98, and 102, which brings the oxidizer into a heat exchange relationship with the second reaction chamber 90. During the heat exchange relationship, heat is transferred from the second reaction chamber 90 to the oxidizer and the oxidizer transforms into a gas. The gaseous oxidizer is fed into a second reaction chamber 90 to secondarily react with the reaction gas.