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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7015661 | Method and apparatus for accelerating charged particles A method and apparatus for accelerating charged particles. The charged particles accelerate as they travel through electric fields produced by a plurality of accelerating elements having first and second electrode plates. A magnetic field produced by a pair of magne... | 03/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 5225146 | Injection of electrons with predominantly perpendicular energy into an area of toroidal field ripple in a tokamak plasma to improve plasma confinement An electron injection scheme for controlling transport in a tokamak plasma. Electrons with predominantly perpendicular energy are injected into a ripple field region created by a group of localized poloidal field bending magnets. The trapped electrons the... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5177358 | Solid stripper for a space based neutral particle beam system A solid state stripper for stripping H- to HO is provided that includes a very thin solid state material such as polyvinylidene chloride, mica, and cellophane that is moved at a predetermined speed in front of an accelerated beam of ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5106570 | Intense negative ion source A method for generating a beam of negatively charged hydrogen ions is described which comprises the steps of providing a source of metal hydride, heating the hydride to extract either atomic hydrogen or negative hydrogen ions directly therefrom, directing... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5060232 | Free electron laser Free electron laser. This laser includes a source (2) of electrons, means (4) for accelerating the electrons which supply a beam of electrons, a ring (6) for storing this beam and comprising at least one rectilinear section, magnetic means (22) provided t... | 10/22/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4724117 | Polarization of fast particle beams by collisional pumping Method and apparatus for highly polarizing a fast beam of particles by collisional pumping, including generating a fast beam of particles, and also generating a thick electron-spin-polarized medium positioned as a target for the beam. The target is made s... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4661710 | Negative ion source Negative ion source making it possible to produce an intense beam of negative ions, particularly of hydrogen and deuterium, as well as negative ions of other species. According to the main feature of this negative ion source, the number and distribution o... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4639348 | Recyclotron III, a recirculating plasma fusion system This is one of a series of nuclear fusion (vs. fission) inventions by this physicist-inventor. This invention is designed to burn the cleanest of all known fusion fuels: boron hydride (B-H, or p-11 B). Boron hydride has no free neutrons on eith... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4602161 | Negative ion source with low temperature transverse divergence optical system A negative ion source is provided which has extremely low transverse divergence as a result of a unique ion focusing system in which the focal line of an ion beam emanating from an elongated, concave converter surface is outside of the ion exit slit of th... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4581195 | Negative hydrogen or deuterium ion source using semiconductor The disclosed negative ion source uses a solid-state element having a semiconductor portion, which source includes a region adapted to dissociate molecules of hydrogen or deuterium in said solid-state element by dissolution, another region adapted to conv... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4486665 | Negative ion source An ionization vessel is divided into an ionizing zone and an extraction zone by a magnetic filter. The magnetic filter prevents high-energy electrons from crossing from the ionizing zone to the extraction zone. A small positive voltage impressed on a plas... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4455277 | Electron beam magnetic switch for a plurality of free electron lasers Apparatus for forming and utilizing a sequence of electron beam segments, each of the same temporal length (substantially 15 nsec), with consecutive beams being separated by a constant time interval of the order of 3 nsec. The beam sequence is used for si... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4392111 | Method and apparatus for accelerating charged particles A method and means for accelerating charged particle beams having very high current densities to relativistic energies, as, for example, embodied in a betatron capable of carrying a current of many tens of kiloamperes at energies up to at least 300 Mev. T... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4335465 | Method of producing an accellerating electrons and ions under application of voltage and arrangements connected therewith An electron and ion accelerator includes plural spaced electrodes which are apertured to define a gas discharge path and supported at their peripheries by insulative means. A gas supply provides low pressure gas capable of producing electrons and ions in ... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4314180 | High density ion source A source for a high density electrically neutral beam of combined positive and negative particles suitable for bombardment and heating of a pellet of nuclear fusion material to fusion temperature. A source mounted in a housing with a spherical substrate a... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4298798 | Method and apparatus for producing negative ions A method and apparatus are described for producing negative deuterium ions for use in controlled thermonuclear reactions such as fusion. Negative ions are obtained by bombarding the surface of an ionization electrode with positive ions and extracting nega... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4246067 | Thermonuclear fusion system This invention discloses apparatus and methods to produce nuclear fusion utilizing fusible material in the form of high energy ion beams confined in magnetic fields. For example, beams of deuterons and tritons are injected in the same direction relative t... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4240873 | Solenoidal fusion system This invention discloses apparatus and methods to produce nuclear fusion utilizing fusible material in the form of high energy ion beams confined in magnetic fields. For example, beams of deuterons and tritons are injected in the same direction relative t... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4233537 | Multicusp plasma containment apparatus It has been discovered that plasma containment by a chamber having multi-pole magnetic cusp reflecting walls in combination with electronic injection for electrostatic containment provides the means for generating magnetic field free quiescent plasmas for... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4199402 | Plasma energy production The disclosure relates to energy production by generating an ion stream by laser energy and injecting the ions within a closed loop accelerator. Numerous nodes about the path of the accelerator densify the ions at minimum cross-sections causing substantia... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4127442 | Charge exchange cooling in the tandem mirror plasma confinement apparatus Method and apparatus for cooling a plasma of warm charged species confined in the center mirror cell of the tandem mirror apparatus by injecting cold neutral species of the plasma into at least one mirroring region of the center mirror cell, the cooling d... | 11/28/1978 |
