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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Marcelo Esteban Valdes, Burlington, CT (US);
Thangavelu Asokan, Bangalore Karnataka, IN;
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05H 1/52 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32532 (2013.01); H05H 1/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a plasma generation element physically coupled to a first main electrode. The plasma generation element includes at least a first open end and a second open end. Each open end defines a nozzle such that the first open end directs an ablative plasma to a second main electrode and the second open end directs the ablative plasma to a third main electrode.