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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8059779 | HE fusion device with direct electrical conversion An improved 3He nuclear reactor with provision for direct electric conversion of a relativistic proton stream into useable electric power at a voltage level compatible with the national power grid (one million V DC). Various embodiments include multiple c... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7276819 | Explosively driven power generation, method and device A method for generating power including an energetic charge is activated to produce a shockwave, which is imparted at an effective velocity and temperature on a gas to ionize the gas for creating plasma and to drive the plasma. The plasma is impacted on an electrica... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7042966 | Method of estimating the signal-to-noise ratio in a telecommunications receiver and an application of the method to controlling a transmitter A method for estimating a signal-to-noise ratio, in particular digital, received by a radio communication receiver. The method includes estimating separately the signal and the noise and filtering (36, 44) separately the signal (Eb) and the noise (... | 05/09/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6979121 | Temperature probe and thermometer having the same A temperature probe for use in a medical thermometer. The temperature probe includes a probe body and a hollow tip member secured to the probe body. The hollow tip member further has an outer wall as a thermal contact surface, an inner wall inside the outer wall, a ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6954512 | Neutron spectrometer with aluminum proton absorber A neutron spectrometer 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 absorber, with th... | 10/11/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6894446 | 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... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6888907 | 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... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6765978 | Neutron spectrometer with titanium proton absorber A neutron spectrometer 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 absorber, with th... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6717999 | Dodecahedron neutron spectrometer with titanium proton absorber for aircraft A neutron spectrometer 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 absorber, with th... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6714616 | Neutron spectrometer A neutron spectrometer 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 absorber, with th... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6678343 | Neutron spectrometer with titanium proton absorber A neutron spectrometer 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 absorb... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6654435 | Neutron spectrometer with aluminum proton absorber and titanium neutron detector chamber A neutron spectrometer 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 absorb... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6654434 | Neutron spectrometer with tantalum proton absorber A neutron spectrometer 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 absorb... | 11/25/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6625243 | Dodecahedron neutron spectrometer with aluminum 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 ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6614867 | Dodecahedron neutron spectrometer with titanium proton absorber for spacecraft A neutron spectrometer 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 absorb... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6594332 | Dodecahedron neutron spectrometer with aluminum proton absorber for spacecraft A neutron spectrometer for spacecraft 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 ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6477216 | Compound plasma configuration, and method and apparatus for generating a compound plasma configuration A compound plasma configuration can be formed from a device having pins, and an annular electrode surrounding the pins. A cylindrical conductor is electrically connected to, and coaxial with, the annular electrode, and a helical conductor coaxial with the... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6349124 | Dodecahedron neutron spectrometer A neutron spectrometer 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 absorb... | 02/19/2002 |
| 5991351 | Method and system to directly produce electrical power within the lithium blanket region of a magnetically confined, deuterium-tritium (DT) fueled, thermonuclear fusion reactor A method for integrating liquid metal magnetohydrodynamic power generation with fusion blanket technology to produce electrical power from a thermonuclear fusion reactor located within a confining magnetic field and within a toroidal structure. A hot liqu... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5586137 | Compact high efficiency electrical power source A compact fission reactor generates a flux of fission fragments, fission neutrons, and gamma-ray photons. The flux excites a noble element converter medium which produces light. Optical means are provided for focusing the light onto an array of photovolta... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5375149 | Apparatus and method for extracting power from energetic ions produced in nuclear fusion An apparatus and method of extracting power from energetic ions produced by nuclear fusion in a toroidal plasma to enhance respectively the toroidal plasma current and fusion reactivity. By injecting waves of predetermined frequency and phase traveling su... | 12/20/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5114661 | Solid state laser media driven by remote nuclear powered fluorescence An apparatus is provided for driving a solid state laser by a nuclear powered fluorescence source which is located remote from the fluorescence source. A nuclear reaction produced in a reaction chamber generates fluorescence or photons. The photons are co... | 05/19/1992 |
| 4800566 | Fusion pumped laser Apparatus is provided for generating energy in the form of laser radiation. A tokamak fusion reactor is provided for generating a long, or continuous, pulse of high-energy neutrons. The tokamak design provides a temperature and a magnetic field which is e... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4746484 | Fusion reactor pumped laser A nuclear pumped laser capable of producing long pulses of very high power laser radiation is provided. A toroidal fusion reactor provides energetic neutrons which are slowed down by a moderator. The moderated neutrons are converted to energetic particles... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4735762 | Laser or charged-particle-beam fusion reactor with direct electric generation by magnetic flux compression A high-power-density laser or charged-particle-beam fusion reactor system maximizes the directed kinetic energy imparted to a large mass of liquid lithium by a centrally located fusion target. A fusion target is embedded in a large mass of lithium, of suf... | 04/05/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4596687 | Neutral particle beam intensity controller A neutral beam intensity controller is provided for a neutral beam generator in which a neutral beam is established by accelerating ions from an ion source into a gas neutralizer. An amplitude modulated, rotating magnetic field is applied to the accelerat... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4584473 | Beam direct converter A beam direct converter recovers the energy of incoming ion particles intermingled with neutral particles. An angular cylindrical collector of the direct converter has its lengthwise side substantially aligned with the flowing direction of a beam of neutr... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4439395 | Neutral beamline with improved ion energy recovery A neutral beamline employing direct energy recovery of unneutralized residual ions is provided which enhances the energy recovery of the full energy ion component of the beam exiting the neutralizer cell, and thus improves the overall neutral beamline eff... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4434131 | Neutral beamline with improved ion energy recovery A neutral beamline generator with unneutralized ion energy recovery is provided which enhances the energy recovery of the full energy ion component of the beam exiting the neutralizer cell of the beamline. The unneutralized full energy ions exiting the ne... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4398294 | High power nuclear photon pumped laser A device for producing high power coherent radiation by using nuclear energy as the energy source to cause photons to be produced from a photon producing gas and in turn utilizing the photons to pump a laser gas to create a population inversion necessary ... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4349505 | Neutral beamline with ion energy recovery based on magnetic blocking of electrons A neutral beamline generator with energy recovery of the full-energy ion ponent of the beam based on magnetic blocking of electrons is provided. Ions from a positive ion source are accelerated to the desired beam energy from a slightly positive potential... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4304627 | Expandable chamber fusion reactor system A piston is moved by a laser incited fusion reaction such as deuterium-tritium (D-T) to thereby produce an expandable fusion chamber. When a gaseous substance such as CO2 is presented in the presence of the fusion reaction, it is dissociated in... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4142088 | Method of mounting a fuel pellet in a laser-excited fusion reactor Laser irradiation means for irradiating a target, wherein a single laser light beam from a source and a mirror close to the target are used with aperture means for directing laser light to interact with the target over a broad area of the surface, and for... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4024410 | Alternating current energy converter An alternating current energy converter comprising a direct energy converter, the internal resistance of which is so connected into an alternating current circuit that current flows as rectified current therethrough and the reactance of the alternating cu... | 05/17/1977 |
