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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2010
Applicants:
Colleen M. Marrese-reading, Valencia, CA (US);
Juergen Mueller, Pasadena, CA (US);
William C. West, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Colleen M. Marrese-Reading, Valencia, CA (US);
Juergen Mueller, Pasadena, CA (US);
William C. West, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03H 1/00 (2006.01); F02G 1/00 (2006.01); F02G 3/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03H 1/0012 (2013.01); B64G 1/405 (2013.01); F03H 1/0031 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electrospray thruster and methods of manufacturing such thrusters are provided. The micro-electrospray thruster increases the thrust density of conventional electrospray thrusters by miniaturizing the individual components of the thruster thereby allowing for the increase in the number and density of the charged particle emitters.