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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:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2006
Applicants:
Ulrich Bonne, Hopkins, MN (US);
Paul Bauhahn, Fridley, MN (US);
Inventors:
Ulrich Bonne, Hopkins, MN (US);
Paul Bauhahn, Fridley, MN (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04F 99/00 (2009.01); B01D 59/44 (2006.01); B03C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for pumping a gas. The method includes the steps of ionizing the gas, separating the ionized gas into groups of positive and negative ions using positive and negative electric fields and separately pulling the groups of positive and negative ions along a channel using the negative and positive electric fields.