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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Inventor:
Thomas John McGuire, Palmdale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21B 1/05 (2006.01); H05H 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21B 1/05 (2013.01); G21B 1/052 (2013.01); H05H 1/14 (2013.01); Y02E 30/122 (2013.01); Y02E 30/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a fusion reactor includes a plurality of internal magnetic coils suspended within an enclosure, one or more center magnetic coils coaxial with the plurality of internal magnetic coils, a plurality of encapsulating magnetic coils coaxial with the internal magnetic coils, and a plurality of mirror magnetic coils coaxial with the internal magnetic coils. The encapsulating magnetic coils maintain a magnetic wall that prevents plasma within the enclosure from expanding.