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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Phase Four, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Inventor:
Mohammed Umair Siddiqui, El Segundo, CA (US);
Assignee:
PHASE FOUR, INC., El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03H 1/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01); H05H 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03H 1/0093 (2013.01); B64G 1/402 (2013.01); B64G 1/405 (2013.01); F03H 1/0081 (2013.01); H05H 1/46 (2013.01); H05H 1/4652 (2021.05);
Abstract
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.