Patents by Inventor Kirk Flippo

Kirk Flippo has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for high-energy generation and for inducing nuclear reactions
    Patent number: 6909764
    Abstract: A system is provided for generating high-energy particles and for inducing nuclear reactions. The system includes a laser and for emitting a laser beam, an irradiation target for receiving the laser beam and producing high-energy particles, and a secondary target for receiving the high-energy particles, thereby inducing a nuclear reaction. A method is also provided including producing a laser beam of high-intensity with an ultra-short pulse duration, irradiating the laser beam onto an irradiation target in order to ionize the irradiation target and produce a collimated beam of high-energy particles, and colliding the collimated beam of high-energy particles onto a secondary target containing a nuclei, thereby inducing a nuclear reaction on the secondary target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Anatoly Maksimchuk, Koshichi Nemoto, Kirk Flippo, Shaoting Gu, Sudeep Banerjee, Donald Umstadter, Gerard Mourou, Valery Bychenkov
  • Method and apparatus for high-energy generation and for inducing nuclear reactions
    Publication number: 20020172317
    Abstract: A system is provided for generating high-energy particles and for inducing nuclear reactions. The system includes a laser and for emitting a laser beam, an irradiation target for receiving the laser beam and producing high-energy particles, and a secondary target for receiving the high-energy particles, thereby inducing a nuclear reaction. A method is also provided including producing a laser beam of high-intensity with an ultra-short pulse duration, irradiating the laser beam onto an irradiation target in order to ionize the irradiation target and produce a collimated beam of high-energy particles, and colliding the collimated beam of high-energy particles onto a secondary target containing a nuclei, thereby inducing a nuclear reaction on the secondary target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Anatoly Maksimchuk, Koshichi Nemoto, Kirk Flippo, Shaoting Gu, Sudeep Banerjee, Donald Umstadter, Gerard Mourou, Valery Bychenkov