Patent ID: 6860099

Claim:
A propellant injector comprising: a housing having a head end, a nozzle end, and a combustion chamber defined by a chamber wall in the housing; a fuel inlet port connected to a fuel manifold in the housing, the fuel manifold communicating fluid fuel from the fuel inlet port to a plurality of fuel outlet ports disposed about the combustion chamber; an oxidizer inlet port connected to an oxidizer manifold in the housing, the oxidizer manifold communicating fluid oxidizer from the oxidizer inlet port to a plurality of oxidizer outlet ports disposed about the combustion chamber; the oxidizer outlet ports and fuel outlet ports are located along a port plane, terminate at the chamber wall; and direct their respective fluid to contact at a point on an impingement track, said impingement track spaced from the chamber wall by a predetermined distance, and said outlet ports spaced from the head end of the housing.