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Patent No.:

US 7934685 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2005
Applicant:

Gregory G. Spanjers, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Inventor:

Gregory G. Spanjers, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/54 (2006.01); B64G 1/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A technique whereby one or more conducting plates electrically-biased negatively with respect to a spacecraft's electrical potential and insulated from the spacecraft surface are located around the spacecraft surface whereby contaminant ions in a plasma surrounding the spacecraft are accelerated through an electric potential, caused to collide with the conductive surface, neutralized through collisions with surface atoms, and then reflected away from the spacecraft as neutral atoms or molecules.


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Spanjers, Gregory. (2011). Methods to actively protect spacecraft from damage due to collision with ions (U.S. Patent No. 7934685). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7934685

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