Patent ID: 11920543
Assignee: RADIAN AEROSPACE INC.
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 12:
13. The system of claim 6, further comprising:
an exhaust nozzle coupled to the combustion chamber, the exhaust nozzle having a throat and an exit downstream of the throat, the exit having an exit cross-sectional area, the nozzle further including a plurality of injection ports positioned to direct an injected flow transverse to an inner wall of the nozzle; and
a controller operatively coupled to the injection ports to (a) direct injection of a fluid through the injection ports to reduce an effective cross-sectional area of the nozzle for operation at a first altitude, and (b) cease injection of the fluid at a second altitude greater than the first altitude.