Patents by Inventor S. Locke Bogart

S. Locke Bogart 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).

  • Patent number: 4749540
    Abstract: A demountable tokamak fusion reactor core in which a demountable central portion contains at least the inner toroidal field producing legs of the tokamak toroidal field coil and the plasma containment vessel. Also in the demountable central portion may be poloidal field coils and a means of heating the plasma or heating and shaping the plasma, e.g., an ohmic heating coil. The outer relatively permanent portion of the fusion reactor contains a blanket system within an opening formed by the current return legs of the toroidal field coil. Different embodiments of the ohmic heating coil could include a bucking cylinder toroidal magnet support. A reactor vessel and a dynamic tokamak support and tension suppressing system supports the tokamak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1988
    Inventors: S. Locke Bogart, Leif Blumenau