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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10686358 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 01, 2016

Magnetohydrodynamic generator

Applicant:

Safran Helicopter Engines, Bordes, FR;

Inventors:

Camel Serghine, Boeil-bezing, FR;

Thomas Klonowski, Sedzere, FR;

Stéphane Beddok, Pau, FR;

Stéphane Richard, Boeil-bezing, FR;

Assignee:

Safran Helicopter Engines, Bordes, FR;

Attorney:

Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

John K Kim

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 44/10 (2006.01); H02K 44/12 (2006.01); F01D 15/10 (2006.01); H02K 44/08 (2006.01); H02K 44/28 (2006.01); B64C 27/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 44/12 (2013.01); F01D 15/10 (2013.01); H02K 44/08 (2013.01); H02K 44/10 (2013.01); H02K 44/28 (2013.01); B64C 27/04 (2013.01); F05D 2220/76 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to the field of magnetohydrodynamic generators, and more precisely to such a generator () comprising a working fluid flow passage () that is defined by a first wall () and a second wall (), an ionizing device () for ionizing the working fluid, a pair of arms (), each connecting together the first and second walls () downstream from said ionizing device () so as to define, within the flow passage (), a channel () between said arms () and said walls (), said channel () being arranged to be traversed by a portion of the working fluid after it has been ionized, a magnet for generating a magnetic field (B) oriented in a direction that is perpendicular to the flow of the working fluid through the channel () defined by the pair of arms () and said walls (), and at least one pair of electrodes (), each of the electrodes () in each pair being arranged on a respective side of the channel () defined by the pair of arms () and said walls (), said electrodes () in each pair being spaced apart from each in a direction that is perpendicular to said magnetic field (B) and to the flow direction of the working fluid through the channel () defined by the pair of arms () and by said walls ().

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