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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8031824 | Inductive plasma source for plasma electric generation system A system and apparatus for controlled fusion in a field reversed configuration (FRC) magnetic topology and conversion of fusion product energies directly to electric power. Preferably, plasma ions are magnetically confined in the FRC while plasma electrons are elect... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7391160 | Controlled fusion in a field reversed configuration and direct energy conversion A system and apparatus for controlled fusion in a field reversed configuration (FRC) magnetic topology and conversion of fusion product energies directly to electric power. Preferably, plasma ions are magnetically confined in the FRC while plasma electrons are elect... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7232985 | Controlled fusion in a field reversed configuration and direct energy conversion A system and apparatus for controlled fusion in a field reversed configuration (FRC) magnetic topology and conversion of fusion product energies directly to electric power. Preferably, plasma ions are magnetically confined in the FRC while plasma electrons are elect... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230201 | Apparatus and methods for controlling charged particles Among the embodiments of the present invention, are apparatus, systems, and methods for managing energetic charged particles emitted nearly isotropically from a fusion device. One apparatus of the present invention includes a fusion device in a container and an elec... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7180242 | Formation of a field reversed configuration for magnetic and electrostatic confinement of plasma A system and method for containing plasma and forming a Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) magnetic topology are described in which plasma ions are contained magnetically in stable, non-adiabatic orbits in the FRC. Further, the electrons are contained electrostatica... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7139349 | Spherical neutron generator A spherical neutron generator is formed with a small spherical target and a spherical shell RF-driven plasma ion source surrounding the target. A deuterium (or deuterium and tritium) ion plasma is produced by RF excitation in the plasma ion source using an RF antenn... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7129656 | Apparatus for magnetic and electrostatic confinement of plasma An apparatus and method for containing plasma and forming a Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) magnetic topology are described in which plasma ions are contained magnetically in stable, non-adiabatic orbits in the FRC. Further, the electrons are contained electrosta... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7126284 | Formation of a field reversed configuration for magnetic and electrostatic confinement of plasma A system and method for containing plasma and forming a Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) magnetic topology are described in which plasma ions are contained magnetically in stable, non-adiabatic orbits in the FRC. Further, the electrons are contained electrostatica... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7119491 | Magnetic and electrostatic confinement of plasma with tuning of electrostatic field A system and method for containing plasma and forming a Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) magnetic topology are described in which plasma ions are contained magnetically in stable, non-adiabatic orbits in the FRC. Further, the electrons are contained electrostatica... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7026763 | Apparatus for magnetic and electrostatic confinement of plasma An apparatus and method for containing plasma and forming a Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) magnetic topology are described in which plasma ions are contained magnetically in stable, non-adiabatic orbits in the FRC. Further, the electrons are contained electrosta... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7023138 | Electron impact ion source An ion source configured for integration into both existing ion implanters used in semiconductor manufacturing and emerging ion implantation platforms. The ion source in accordance with the present invention includes the following features, all of which depart from ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7015646 | Magnetic and electrostatic confinement of plasma with tuning of electrostatic field A system and method for containing plasma and forming a Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) magnetic topology are described in which plasma ions are contained magnetically in stable, non-adiabatic orbits in the FRC. Further, the electrons are contained electrostatica... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7002148 | Controlled fusion in a field reversed configuration and direct energy conversion A system and apparatus for controlled fusion in a field reversed configuration (FRC) magnetic topology and conversion of fusion product energies directly to electric power. Preferably, plasma ions are magnetically confined in the FRC while plasma electrons are elect... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6995515 | Formation of a field reversed configuration for magnetic and electrostatic confinement of plasma A system and method for containing plasma and forming a Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) magnetic topology are described in which plasma ions are contained magnetically in stable, non-adiabatic orbits in the FRC. Further, the electrons are contained electrostatica... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6974950 | Positive and negative ion beam merging system for neutral beam production The positive and negative ion beam merging system extracts positive and negative ions of the same species and of the same energy from two separate ion sources. The positive and negative ions from both sources pass through a bending magnetic field region between the ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6928130 | Dodecahedron neutron spectrometer with tantalum proton absorber for aircraft A neutron spectrometer for aircraft is provided by a series of substrates covered by a solid-state detector stacked on an absorbing layer. As many as 12 substrates that convert neutrons to protons are covered by a layer of absorbing material, acting as a proton abso... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6922455 | Gas-target neutron generation and applications Described herein are integrated systems for generating neutrons to perform a variety of tasks including: on-line analysis of bulk material and industrial process control (as shown in FIG. 1), security interrogation (as shown in FIG. 2), soil and enviro... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6907097 | Cylindrical neutron generator A cylindrical neutron generator is formed with a coaxial RF-driven plasma ion source and target. A deuterium (or deuterium and tritium) plasma is produced by RF excitation in a cylindrical plasma ion generator using an RF antenna. A cylindrical neutron generating ta... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6680480 | Laser accelerator produced colliding ion beams fusion device A fusion device consisting of two colliding ion beams, each produced by a high power, femtosecond regime, chirped pulsed amplification (CPA) laser acceleration device. The CPA laser creates an ionized plasma and subsequently accelerates electrons to multi... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6664740 | Formation of a field reversed configuration for magnetic and electrostatic confinement of plasma A system and method for containing plasma and forming a Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) magnetic topology are described in which plasma ions are contained magnetically in stable, non-adiabatic orbits in the FRC. Further, the electrons are contained ele... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6628740 | Controlled fusion in a field reversed configuration and direct energy conversion A system and apparatus for controlled fusion in a field reversed configuration (FRC) magnetic topology and conversion of fusion product energies directly to electric power. Preferably, plasma ions are magnetically confined in the FRC while plasma electron... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6121569 | Plasma jet source using an inertial electrostatic confinement discharge plasma An electrostatic ion jet source design, based on inertial electrostatic confinement technology. According to the invention, the inertial electrostatic confinement jet source employs a configuration that is compatible with the generation and acceleration o... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5825836 | Tetrahedral colliding beam nuclear fusion The subject invention is a nuclear fusion reactor. It operates by colliding particle beams from at least four different directions. The beams collide in a matrix that guides the particles to the reaction's center by their mutual electrostatic repulsion. I... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5818891 | Electrostatic containment fusion generator An electrostatic containment fusion generator is comprised of a generally spherical capacitor having an outer plate at ground and a negatively charged inner plate. A reaction chamber, comprised of two pairs of spaced apart permanent magnets, is disposed w... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5397901 | Forming charges in a fluid and generation of a charged beam A method of charging a fluid beam comprising passing a fluid from an area of first pressure to an area of second pressure, the second pressure being lower than the first pressure, and charging said fluid so that molecules of the fluid may be accelerated i... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5339336 | High current ion ring accelerator An ion ring accelerator employs a pulsed magnetic field to accelerate a charge neutralized ion ring. The accelerator includes a plurality of accelerator modules arranged either in a linear or a recirculating manner, each of which cause an incremental acce... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5321327 | Electric generator with plasma ball An electric generator using imploding plasma dynamics for generating electric energy from fuel energy, which includes a substantially cylindrical vortex chamber bounded by a cylindrical chamber wall having an axis, an inward curved fuel inlet end wall, an... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5162094 | Fusion power generating system An approach (10) is provided as a way of obtaining useful power from a fusion reaction utilizing light weight isotopes of hydrogen and helium. A potential well is created between two accelerating electrodes (26) that, in a vacuum, allows ions from sources... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5160694 | Fusion reactor Fusion reactor (36) based on the cusped geometry concept in which the problem of indefinite tight plasma containment with inherent stability and high compression of the contained plasma in the reaction zone (19) is solved by an electric potential pot (22)... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5160695 | Method and apparatus for creating and controlling nuclear fusion reactions An apparatus and method of enhancing nuclear fusion reactions utilizes a plasma, made up of ions and electrons, contained within a region, and enhances the density of the plasma using a collision-diffusion compressional enhancement process. Ion acoustic w... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5152955 | Storage ring fusion energy generator This invention relates to adaptation of intersecting storage rings, of the same type used in high energy nuclear physics research, for power generation. The device is optimized for lower-energy beam paricles and higher beam current, adapted with a reactio... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5079532 | Toroidal magnetic detector for high resolution measurement of muon momenta A muon detector system including central and end air-core superconducting toroids and muon detectors enclosing a central calorimeter/detector. Muon detectors are positioned outside of toroids and all muon trajectory measurements are made in a nonmagnetic ... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5051582 | Method for the production of size, structure and composition of specific-cluster ions The method of producing specific cluster ions utilizing an ionization source to produce ions which are then sorted or resolved according to velocity and mass. The selected ions are passed through a growth chamber containing a gaseous vapor of a specified ... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5034183 | Apparatus for colliding nuclear particle beams using ring magnets An apparatus for increasing the collisions of nuclear particles in a "migma" type device. This device employs ring magnets to reflect ions of energies coming from the ring axis back to the ring axis on orbits that precess around the axis. In this manner c... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4944211 | Mass action driver device A device which delivers high velocity projectiles to specified or targeted sites. Said device operates to bore at extreme speeds a channel leading to specified sites and then to subsequently place explosive charges substantially below the surface of a reg... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4894199 | Beam fusion device and method A fusion device provides for the reaction of atomic nuclei, preferably deuterons and tritons, to generate reaction products with kinetic energies convertible to useful energy. First and second sources of first and second positive ions provide such ions at... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4853173 | Method of producing fusion reactions and apparatus for a fusion reactor A method of producing fusion reactions comprises the steps of bringing deuterium ions from an ion source to run in a substantially closed path for accumulation of the ions to a predetermined density, whereupon the ions are deflected towards a reaction cen... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4826646 | Method and apparatus for controlling charged particles An apparatus and method for controlling charged particles. The charged particles comprise electrons and positive ions. A magnetic field having only point cusps is used to confine injected electrons and so to generate a negative potential well. Positive io... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4788024 | Apparatus and method for obtaining a self-colliding beam of charged particles operating above the space charge limit A self-colliding particle beam apparatus is capable of increasing stored ion density by a factor 10 and increasing ion confinement time by a factor of 10 to thereby increase the collisional energy between particles. The self-collider comprises essentially... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4782303 | Current guiding system The magnetomotive force of a current produces a magnetic field in magnetic material which encircles the current. Although magnetic material attracts a current, material having vanes repels the current because of magnetic flux lines produced between the va... | 11/01/1988 |
