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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.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Helion Energy, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
John Thomas Slough, Bellevue, WA (US);
David Edwin Kirtley, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher James Pihl, Mill Creek, WA (US);
Assignee:
HELION ENERGY, INC., Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21B 1/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21B 1/115 (2013.01);
Abstract
Examples of advanced fuel cycles for fusion reactors are described. Examples include fuel cycles for use in field reverse configuration (FRC) plasma reactors. In some examples, reaction gases may be removed from a fusion reactor between pulses (e.g. plasmoid collisions). In some examples, a D-He reaction is performed, with theHe provided from decay of byproducts of previous reactions (e.g. tritium).