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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2024
Blue Origin Manufacturing, Llc, Huntsville, AL (US);
Patrick Michael Mcgarey, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC, Huntsville, AL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for transporting or pumping a conductive liquid, such as a molten metal, are presented. The system may include a rifled tube that includes a helical structure on its inside surface and an electric coil that can generate a magnetic field inside the rifled tube. The magnetic field may induce a circumferential force on the conductive liquid inside the rifled tube. The helical structure may redirect a circumferential flow of the conductive liquid resulting from the circumferential force to an axially-directed flow in the rifled tube. In this way, conductive liquid may be pumped by a magnetic field without the use of an applied electric current in the conductive liquid.
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