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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Ady Hershcovitch, Mount Sinai, NY (US);
Rory Dominick Montano, Canton, CT (US);
Inventors:
Ady Hershcovitch, Mount Sinai, NY (US);
Rory Dominick Montano, Canton, CT (US);
Assignee:
Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC, Upton, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus includes a plasma generator aligned with a beam generator for producing a plasma to shield an energized beam. An electrode is coaxially aligned with the plasma generator and followed in turn by a vortex generator coaxially aligned with the electrode. A target is spaced from the vortex generator inside a fluid environment. The electrode is electrically biased relative to the electrically grounded target for driving the plasma toward the target inside a vortex shield.