Enig Associates, Inc.

Uav Refueling Inc.

Eric N Enig

Yil-Bong Kim

Fred Irvin Grace

Michael J Barnard

Daniel N Bentz

Kim Yilbong

Yil Bong Kim

Julius W Enig

Daniel Bentz

A geophysical or space-based detection, interrogation, or exploration system includes a compact electric dipole driven transmitter for producing a primary electromagnetic field, and a very sensitive electromagnetic sensing receiver for detecting a secondary electromagnetic field produced by electromagnetic induction in a target responsive to the primary electromagnetic. The electromagnetic sensing receiver is configured to employ computer-controlled software that operates an inverse algorithm that processes receiver data resulting from detection by the electromagnetic sensing receiver of the secondary electromagnetic field, and that performs analysis on results of the inverse algorithm to classify the target in a manner that distinguishes material, shape, or location of the target, and that displays results of the analysis. The compact electric dipole driven transmitter can be a compact transmitting antenna according to the present invention that includes a vacuum tube, a charged particle beam gun, a beam timing controller, and a beam speed controller.

Compact electric dipole driven system for geophysical detection, interrogation, and exploration

A pulsed ion current antenna includes an enclosed racetrack having an interior configured to be placed under vacuum. The enclosed racetrack has an ion injection zone, a beam merging zone, a first beam bending zone, a beam return zone, and a second beam bending zone. An ion source is provided at an end of the ion injection zone. Two parallel magnet plates are provided in each of the first and second beam bending zones, configured to produce a respective magnetic field that bends a path of travel of an ion beam within the enclosed racetrack. A plurality of loop coils are configured to generate magnetic fields to shape travel of ions within the enclosed racetrack such that ions from the ion source that are injected through the ion injection zone are merged in the beam merging zone into an ion beam within the enclosed racetrack.

Pulsed Ion current transmitter with cyclical current aggregation

A transmitting antenna includes a first and a second vacuum tube. Each respective vacuum tube includes at least a grounded cathode, a control grid that receives a respective a respective signal, and a plate electron collector. A first spherical ball is connected by a first conducting wire to the plate electron collector of the first vacuum tube. A second spherical ball connected by a second conducting wire to the plate electron collector of the second vacuum tube. Output of the transmitting antenna is produced by an electromagnetic wave that is radiated from conduction current in each of the first and second conducting wires. In another aspect of the invention, first and second spherical balls are connected by conducting wires to the collectors of respective charged particle beam vacuum tubes in which a charged particle beam gun produces a beam of finite length of electrons or ions within the vacuum tube that moves within the vacuum tube at a controlled speed to generate an electromagnetic wave.

Compact multi-frequency antennae

An ultra-low or very low frequency communication device composed of: a circuit unit operative to produce an alternating current; and a dipole antenna connected to receive the alternating current and to convert the alternating current into electromagnetic radiation. The antenna is composed of an unshielded radiating conductor and a shielded return conductor connected in series with the radiating conductor, and the return conductor is shielded by a Faraday shield such as a collisionless plasma column that surrounds the return conductor to prevent any electromagnetic radiation from the return conductor.

Compact ULF digital communication device for underground and undersea applications

An explosive device composed of an auxiliary flux compression generator operating to produce a high intensity magnetic field to seed a primary flux compression generator The auxiliary flux compression generator has a first section with a magnetic field supplied by a cylindrical permanent magnet array, the first section is composed of a helical winding having a prescribed pattern configured to convert explosive energy into magnetic energy that will be used as seed magnetic field for the primary flux compression generator.

Permanent magnet seed field system for flux compression generator

A plasma generator composed of a body of electrically conductive, ionizable material connected to conduct a current pulse and to be converted into a plasma that occupies a large volume in the ionosphere. A plasma generating system composed of a source of a high intensity current pulse and the plasma generator.

Space plasma generator for ionospheric control

An explosive device composed of: a flux compression generator operative to produce a high intensity electric current when activated; and an electrical payload connected to the generator and constructed to receive the high intensity electric current and cause energy in the current to generate a plate or shaped projectile in the payload and to launch the projectiles into an explosive or insensitive reactive material target for the purpose of initiating the reactive material at single or multiple points.

Ignition generator for insensitive and tailorable effects, as a warhead initiator

A hybrid gun device composed of two barrels () that accept energy from combustion of standard propellant (), one barrel () being operative to produce a high intensity electric current to add accelerating energy to a projectile () in the second barrel () and at least one coil () stage to convert energy between electrical and kinetic to cause the projectile () to be launched at hypervelocity.

Hybrid propellant electromagnetic gun system

An explosive device composed of: a flux compression generator operative to produce a high intensity electric current when activated; and an electrical payload connected to the generator and constructed to receive the high intensity electric current and cause energy in the current to generate a shaped projectile in the payload and to launch the projectile.

Explosive device utilizing flux compression generator

A gun system for launching a projectile that forms a component of a two-part payload that also includes a pusher that is separable from the projectile. The system includes a barrel, a source of propellant gas to propel the projectile and the pusher through the barrel, and a retarding coil and an accelerating coil, each having a coil axis parallel to the barrel axis and surrounding a projectile passage through the barrel, the retarding coil being disposed closer to the source of propellant gas than the accelerating coil. The retarding coil is configured to generate electromagnetic energy in response to passage of the pusher when being propelled by propellant gas ignition, and the accelerating coil is configured and coupled to impose an accelerating force on the projectile in response to the electromagnetic energy generated by the retarding coil.

Hypervelocity projectile launching system

An in-flight hose-and-drogue refueling system composed of: a refueling hose-and-drogue unit extending from a refueling aircraft for engaging with a refueling probe of an aircraft to be refueled and; a drogue steering assembly for steering the drogue, the drogue steering assembly including a plurality of individually controllable, compressed air driven thrusters, and a compressed air supply line extending along the hose for supplying compressed air to the thrusters, wherein the hose and the supply line form a unit having a circular outline.

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Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Eric N Enig