Patents Assigned to QED, Inc.
  • Method and apparatus for creating and controlling nuclear fusion reactions
    Patent number: 5160695
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of enhancing nuclear fusion reactions utilizes a plasma, made up of ions and electrons, contained within a region, and enhances the density of the plasma using a collision-diffusion compressional enhancement process. Ion acoustic waves generated within a central region of the system permit increased reflection and scattering of ions and thereby reduces their mean free path within the core region to permit greatly increased ions density sufficient to enhance nuclear fusion reactions within the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1992
    Assignee: QED, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert W. Bussard