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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
May. 23, 2012
Applicants:
Stephan Joseph Zurbach, Vernon, FR;
Frederic Marchandise, Vernon, FR;
Michael Oberg, Port-Mort, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SNECMA, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03H 1/0018 (2013.01); F03H 1/0062 (2013.01); F03H 1/0068 (2013.01); F03H 1/0075 (2013.01); F03H 1/0087 (2013.01);
Abstract
A Hall effect thruster includes at least one tank of gas under high pressure, a pressure regulator module, a gas flow rate control device, an ionization channel, a cathode placed in a vicinity of an outlet from the ionization channel, an anode associated with the ionization channel, an electrical power supply unit, an electric filter, coils for creating a magnetic field around the ionization channel, and an additional electrical power supply unit for applying a pulsating voltage between the anode and the cathode.