Abrégé

The invention provides an electrothermal RF plasma production system and thruster design, and associated components, that may use water vapor or other condensable propellants. The plasma production system and thruster design may be used in terrestrial and/or on-orbit applications.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01J 37/32 - Tubes à décharge en atmosphère gazeuse
• B64G 1/40 - Aménagements ou adaptations des systèmes de propulsion
• F03H 1/00 - Utilisation du plasma pour produire une poussée propulsive par réaction
• H05H 1/00 - Production du plasmaMise en œuvre du plasma
• H05H 1/24 - Production du plasma
• H05H 1/46 - Production du plasma utilisant des champs électromagnétiques appliqués, p. ex. de l'énergie à haute fréquence ou sous forme de micro-ondes
• H05H 1/54 - Accélérateurs de plasma

Abrégé

The invention provides an improved gridded ion thruster design having one or more separate plasma generating modules.

Classes IPC  ?

• F03H 1/00 - Utilisation du plasma pour produire une poussée propulsive par réaction

Abrégé

The invention provides an electrothermal RF plasma production system and thruster design, and associated components, that may be used in terrestrial applications and/or miniaturized to the mass, volume, and power budget of Cube Satellites (CubeSats) to meet the propulsion needs of the small satellite (~5 to ~500 kg) constellations and larger satellite buses.

Classes IPC  ?

• F03H 1/00 - Utilisation du plasma pour produire une poussée propulsive par réaction
• H05H 1/02 - Dispositions pour confiner le plasma au moyen de champs électriques ou magnétiquesDispositions pour chauffer le plasma
• H05H 1/18 - Dispositions pour confiner le plasma au moyen de champs électriques ou magnétiquesDispositions pour chauffer le plasma utilisant des champs électriques et magnétiques dans lesquels les champs oscillent à très haute fréquence, p. ex. dans la bande des micro-ondes
• H05H 1/54 - Accélérateurs de plasma

Abrégé

The invention provides an electrothermal RF plasma production system and thruster design, and associated components, that may be used in terrestrial applications and/or miniaturized to the mass, volume, and power budget of Cube Satellites (CubeSats) to meet the propulsion needs of the small satellite (˜5 to ˜500 kg) constellations and larger satellite buses.

Classes IPC  ?

• F03H 1/00 - Utilisation du plasma pour produire une poussée propulsive par réaction
• B64G 1/40 - Aménagements ou adaptations des systèmes de propulsion
• H05H 1/46 - Production du plasma utilisant des champs électromagnétiques appliqués, p. ex. de l'énergie à haute fréquence ou sous forme de micro-ondes

Abrégé

The invention provides a plasma production and control device that may be used in propulsion (e.g., satellite propulsion) and/or industrial applications. The plasma production system comprises a unidirectional magnetic field.

Classes IPC  ?

• H05H 1/00 - Production du plasmaMise en œuvre du plasma
• H05H 1/10 - Dispositions pour confiner le plasma au moyen de champs électriques ou magnétiquesDispositions pour chauffer le plasma utilisant uniquement des champs magnétiques appliqués
• H05H 1/24 - Production du plasma

Produits et services

(1) Manufacturing services for others in the field of aeronautical and space vehicles, space launchers in the nature of rocket boosters, aircraft and parts thereof, namely, propulsion systems for aerospace vehicles, motors and engines, thruster units, aircraft engine pods and thrust reversers; assembly of aeronautical and space vehicles, space launchers, aircraft and parts thereof, namely, propulsion systems for aerospace vehicles, motors and engines, thruster units, aircraft engine pods and thrust reversers.

Produits et services

(1) Manufacturing services for others in the field of aeronautical and space vehicles, space launchers in the nature of rocket boosters, aircraft and parts thereof, namely, propulsion systems for aerospace vehicles, motors and engines, thruster units, aircraft engine pods and thrust reversers; assembly of aeronautical and space vehicles, space launchers, aircraft and parts thereof, namely, propulsion systems for aerospace vehicles, motors and engines, thruster units, aircraft engine pods and thrust reversers.

Produits et services

Test stands for machines, namely, for compressors, heat exchangers, pumps, fluid pumps, turbopumps, hydrazine thrusters, bipropellant thrusters, power-augmented catalytic thrusters, turbomolecular pumps; transmission and propulsion couplings for machines and replacement components therefor; test stands for engines for fixed or mobile installations, other than for land vehicles, specifically, gas turbine engines, thermal, electrothermal, jet, nuclear, combined propulsion and rocket propulsion engines, cryogenic rocket engines, rocket engines for satellite launchers and for ballistic and tactical missiles, ion thrusters, electric propulsors, plasma rockets, and arcjets; thrusters for satellite launchers and for ballistic and tactical missiles; ion thrusters for machinery; plasma thrusters for machinery; machine parts, namely, arc jets; replacement parts of foregoing appliances, devices, mechanisms and test stands; machines and machine tools, machines for repairing and producing parts for use in aircraft and spacecraft propulsion systems, namely, jet engines, pulse-jet engines, ramjet engines, rocket propulsion craft; bipropellant thrusters; hydrazine thrusters; power-augmented catalytic thrusters; ion thrusters; electric thrusters; plasma thrusters; propulsion systems for aeronautical and space vehicles, as well as their components and spare parts included in this class, including engines, pumps, turbines, jet engines, thruster units, aircraft engine pods, thrust reversers, engine air intake, blower casing, exhaust cones; all types of motors and engines for fixed or mobile installations, specifically gas turbine engines, thermal engines, electrothermal engines, jet engines, nuclear engines, combined propulsion engines, rocket propulsion engines, cryogenic rocket engines, rocket engines for satellite launchers and for ballistic and tactical missiles; centrifugal water separators and bootstrap monopropellant gas generator pressurization systems comprised of gas thrusters, pumps and valves for space travel. Providing service contracts for plasma-related products. Construction, installation, assembly, repair and maintenance of aeronautical and space vehicles, space launchers, aircraft and parts thereof, namely, propulsion systems for aerospace vehicles, motors and engines, thruster units, aircraft engine pods and thrust reversers; satellite and space vehicle orbital services for manned and unmanned spaceflights, namely, maintenance, circularization, transfers, stationkeeping, inclination changes, plane changes, node changes and altitude changes (term too vague in the opinion of the International Bureau (Rule 13(2)(b) of the Common Regulations)). Design and development of firmware, hardware and computer hardware in the field of plasma-generation; design and development of software in the field of plasma-generation; hardware consulting services in the field of plasma-generation hardware; providing services, namely, collision avoidance maneuvers, end-of-life maneuvers, phasing, re-phasing and constellation phasing, interplanetary trajectories, thrust vectoring for non-Keplerian maneuvers, differential thrust for non-Keplerian maneuvers, orbit insertion maneuvers, frozen orbit maneuvers, repeating ground track maneuvers, repeat coverage maneuvers, parking orbit maneuvers, rendezvous operations, formation flight and interstellar trajectories (term too vague in the opinion of the International Bureau (Rule 13(2)(b) of the Common Regulations)).

Produits et services

(1) Test stands for machines, namely, for compressors, heat exchangers, pumps, fluid pumps, turbopumps, hydrazine thrusters, bipropellant thrusters, power-augmented catalytic thrusters, turbomolecular pumps; transmission and propulsion couplings for machines and replacement components therefor; test stands for engines for fixed or mobile installations, other than for land vehicles, specifically, gas turbine engines, thermal, electrothermal, jet, nuclear, combined propulsion and rocket propulsion engines, cryogenic rocket engines, rocket engines for satellite launchers and for ballistic and tactical missiles, ion thrusters, electric propulsors, plasma rockets, and arcjets, thrusters for satellite launchers and for ballistic and tactical missiles, ion thrusters for machinery, plasma thrusters for machinery, machine parts, namely, arc jets, replacement parts of foregoing appliances, devices, mechanisms and test stands namely, compressors, heat exchangers, pumps, fluid pumps, turbopumps, hydrazine thrusters, bipropellant thrusters, power-augmented catalytic thrusters, turbomolecular pumps; bipropellant thrusters for machines; hydrazine thrusters for machines; power-augmented catalytic thrusters for machines; ion thrusters for machines; electric thrusters for machines; plasma thrusters for machines; propulsion systems comprised of engine thrusters, propellant and electronic tanks and propellant management systems for aeronautical and space vehicles, as well as their components and spare parts namely engines, pumps, turbines, jet engines, thruster units, aircraft engine pods, thrust reversers, engine air intake, blower casing, exhaust cones; all types of motors and engines for fixed or mobile installations, specifically gas turbine engines, thermal engines, electrothermal engines, jet engines, nuclear engines, combined propulsion engines, rocket propulsion engines, cryogenic rocket engines, rocket engines for satellite launchers and for ballistic and tactical missiles; centrifugal water separators and bootstrap monopropellant gas generator pressurization systems comprised of gas thrusters, pumps and valves for space travel (1) Construction, installation, assembly, repair and maintenance of aeronautical and space vehicles, space launchers, aircraft and parts thereof, namely, propulsion systems for aerospace vehicles, motors and engines, thruster units, aircraft engine pods and thrust reversers (2) Design and development of firmware, hardware and computer hardware in the field of plasma-generation; design and development of software in the field of plasma-generation; computer hardware consulting services in the field of plasma-generation hardware.

Produits et services

(1) Test stands for machines, namely, for compressors, heat exchangers, pumps, fluid pumps, turbopumps, hydrazine thrusters, bipropellant thrusters, power-augmented catalytic thrusters, turbomolecular pumps; transmission and propulsion couplings for machines and replacement components therefor; test stands for engines for fixed or mobile installations, other than for land vehicles, specifically, gas turbine engines, thermal, electrothermal, jet, nuclear, combined propulsion and rocket propulsion engines, cryogenic rocket engines, rocket engines for satellite launchers and for ballistic and tactical missiles, ion thrusters, electric propulsors, plasma rockets, and arcjets, thrusters for satellite launchers and for ballistic and tactical missiles, ion thrusters for machinery, plasma thrusters for machinery, machine parts, namely, arc jets, replacement parts of foregoing appliances, devices, mechanisms and test stands namely, compressors, heat exchangers, pumps, fluid pumps, turbopumps, hydrazine thrusters, bipropellant thrusters, power-augmented catalytic thrusters, turbomolecular pumps; bipropellant thrusters for machines; hydrazine thrusters for machines; power-augmented catalytic thrusters for machines; ion thrusters for machines; electric thrusters for machines; plasma thrusters for machines; propulsion systems comprised of engine thrusters, propellant and electronic tanks and propellant management systems for aeronautical and space vehicles, as well as their components and spare parts namely engines, pumps, turbines, jet engines, thruster units, aircraft engine pods, thrust reversers, engine air intake, blower casing, exhaust cones; all types of motors and engines for fixed or mobile installations, specifically gas turbine engines, thermal engines, electrothermal engines, jet engines, nuclear engines, combined propulsion engines, rocket propulsion engines, cryogenic rocket engines, rocket engines for satellite launchers and for ballistic and tactical missiles; centrifugal water separators and bootstrap monopropellant gas generator pressurization systems comprised of gas thrusters, pumps and valves for space travel (1) Construction, installation, assembly, repair and maintenance of aeronautical and space vehicles, space launchers, aircraft and parts thereof, namely, propulsion systems for aerospace vehicles, motors and engines, thruster units, aircraft engine pods and thrust reversers (2) Design and development of firmware, hardware and computer hardware in the field of plasma-generation; design and development of software in the field of plasma-generation; computer hardware consulting services in the field of plasma-generation hardware

Produits et services

Construction, installation, assembly, repair and maintenance of aeronautical and space vehicles, space launchers, aircraft and parts thereof, namely, propulsion systems for aerospace vehicles, motors and engines, thruster units, aircraft engine pods and thrust reversers Design and development of firmware, hardware and computer hardware in the field of plasma-generation; design and development of software in the field of plasma-generation; computer hardware consulting services in the field of plasma-generation hardware