Patents by Inventor Herb J. J. Sequin

Herb J. J. Sequin 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).

  • Magnetic stabilization of high power glow discharges
    Patent number: 4604752
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel means of stabilizing a glow discharge device against electrothermal instabilities and electrode induced instabilities comprising imposing a magnetic field on the discharge current to create a sheared flow system within the discharge volume. There is further provided an apparatus for producing a stable high power glow discharge comprising an anode and a cathode adapted to be connected to an electric power source and, when so connected, to establish an electric field and a glow discharge between said anode and cathode and an electromagnet adapted to be connected to an electric power source and, when so connected, to establish a magnetic field across said electric field. This application relates to high power glow discharge devices and to a means of stabilizing such devices against electro-thermal instabilities and electrode induced instabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1986
    Inventors: Herb J. J. Sequin, Kyong H. Nam, Clarence E. Capjack