Patents by Inventor Vanessa Marjorie Vial

Vanessa Marjorie Vial 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).

  • Steerable hall effect thruster having plural independently controllable propellant injectors and a frustoconical exhaust outlet
    Patent number: 9494142
    Abstract: A steerable-thrust Hall effect thruster in which a final stage of a magnetic circuit includes an inner pole and a facing outer pole, the inner pole being offset axially downstream relative to the outer pole, so that a magnetic field is inclined relative to a transverse plane of the thruster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Frederic Raphael Jean Marchandise, Anthony Claude Bernard Lorand, Vanessa Marjorie Vial
  • Hall effect thruster
    Patent number: 9234510
    Abstract: A Hall effect thruster including a downstream end of its annular channel presenting a cross-section that is variable to vary a thrust and a specific impulse of the thruster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Vanessa Marjorie Vial, Joel Moyon
  • HALL EFFECT THRUSTER
    Publication number: 20150000250
    Abstract: A Hall effect thruster including a downstream end of its annular channel presenting a cross-section that is variable to vary a thrust and a specific impulse of the thruster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Vanessa Marjorie Vial, Joel Moyon
  • HALL EFFECT THRUSTER
    Publication number: 20140290210
    Abstract: A steerable-thrust Hall effect thruster in which a final stage of a magnetic circuit includes an inner pole and a facing outer pole, the inner pole being offset axially downstream relative to the outer pole, so that a magnetic field is inclined relative to a transverse plane of the thruster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Frederic Raphael Jean Marchandise, Anthony Claude Bernard Lorand, Vanessa Marjorie Vial