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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2018
Applicant:
The George Washington University, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Michael Keidar, Baltimore, MD (US);
Jonathan Kolbeck, San Jose, CA (US);
Denis Zolotukhin, Tomsk, RU;
Assignee:
The George Washington University, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/40 (2006.01); B64G 1/10 (2006.01); F03H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/405 (2013.01); B64G 1/10 (2013.01); F03H 1/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thruster has a first stage and a second stage. The first stage is a plasma source that outputs a plasma. The second stage is an accelerator. In one embodiment, the second stage is a plasma accelerator that accelerates the plasma. In another embodiment, the second stage is an ion accelerator that accelerates the ions from the plasma.