Patent ID: 11866204
Assignee: SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A reentry vehicle comprising:
a main body configured for reentry into a planetary atmosphere;
a heat exchanger comprising one or more fluid channels and positioned to transfer heat, from an exterior of the main body during the reentry, to a working fluid in the one or more fluid channels;
one or more output nozzles;
one or more fluid paths configured to transfer heated fluid from the one or more fluid channels to the one or more output nozzles; and
an extendable plenum coupling the heat exchanger to the main body, wherein the extendable plenum comprises a retracted configuration in which the heat exchanger is proximate the main body and an extended configuration in which the heat exchanger is displaced from the main body.