Patents by Inventor Gianfranco Tonon

Gianfranco Tonon 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 injection of a plasma
    Patent number: 3935504
    Abstract: A plasma injection method, in which a magnetic field is produced which has a configuration in the form of a convergent nozzle so that there is a high magnetic field gradient between the inlet and the neck of said nozzle, the lines of the magnetic field being substantially perpendicular to the axis of the said nozzle, and in that the said plasma is produced at the inlet and along the axis of said nozzle by appropriate means, the said magnetic field gradient having the effect of injecting said plasma from the inlet to the neck of the said nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1971
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1976
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Pierre Guillaneux, Claude Patou, Gianfranco Tonon