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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:
May. 10, 1988
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles A Frost, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Brendon B Godfrey, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Paul D Kiekel, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Steven L Shope, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315-514 ; 315-4 ; 315-5 ; 315-534 ; 315 39 ; 328227 ; 328228 ; 376107 ; 376127 ; 313161 ; 313325 ;
Abstract
An IREB is guided through a curved path by ionizing a channel in a gas with electrons from a filament, and confining the electrons to the center of the path with a magnetic field extending along the path. The magnetic field is preferably generated by a solenoid extending along the path.