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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2009
Applicant:
Wei-min Shen, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Inventor:
Wei-Min Shen, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Assignee:
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Designs and techniques for fluid thrusters and vehicles that are powered by propelling fluids with fluid thrusters. Multiplex-thruster (MT) systems are disclosed that include a single thruster and a flow multiplexer with multiple channels to deliver thrusting flow in various directions.