Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm G. Morrison Bennett
  • Plasma accelerator
    Patent number: 6486593
    Abstract: There has been invented an apparatus for acceleration of a plasma having coaxially positioned, constant diameter, cylindrical electrodes which are modified to converge (for a positive polarity inner electrode and a negatively charged outer electrode) at the plasma output end of the annulus between the electrodes to achieve improved particle flux per unit of power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Zhehui Wang, Cris W. Barnes