The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2020
Applicant:
James W. Purvis, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventor:
James W. Purvis, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 7/20 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01); B64G 1/42 (2006.01); C22C 19/05 (2006.01); H01G 11/32 (2013.01); H02N 11/00 (2006.01); F03H 99/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 7/202 (2013.01); B64G 1/409 (2013.01); B64G 1/422 (2013.01); B64G 1/423 (2013.01); B64G 1/425 (2013.01); C22C 19/058 (2013.01); H01G 11/32 (2013.01); H02N 11/006 (2013.01); F03H 99/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention discloses an electric field propulsion system for spacecraft. The system includes a capacitor stack comprising an array of supercapacitors. Solid-state electronic circuits generate modulated currents and electric fields in pulse coils. The pulse coils direct the electric fields onto separated electric charges stored in the capacitor stack. The resulting unidirectional Lorentz Forces thereby generate thrust without reaction mass. Reaction momentum is carried away by Poynting Vector fields in conformity with the currently understood principles of electrodynamics. The design is scalable down to micro-chip sized thrusters.