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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2019
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Brian Tillotson, Kent, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21H 1/10 (2006.01); G21H 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 50/90 (2019.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G21G 1/00 (2006.01); G21G 4/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21H 1/103 (2013.01); G21H 1/00 (2013.01); B60L 50/90 (2019.02); G05D 1/10 (2013.01); G21G 1/00 (2013.01); G21G 4/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A radioisotope power source is disclosed. In one embodiment, the power source includes a dielectric liquid held within a vessel, a radioisotope material dissolved as an ionic salt within the dielectric liquid thereby forming an ionic salt solution, and a thermal-to-electric power conversion system configured to receive thermal heat generated from the decay of the radioisotope material and to generate electrical power.