Patents by Inventor Manfred Hettmer

Manfred Hettmer 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 device for generating Alfvén waves
    Patent number: 7482597
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for generating Alfvén waves, in which ionizable material is provided that penetrates a magnetic field. In order to create such a method or a device in which material can be conveyed based on the Alfvén waves, the magnetic field consists of a primary magnetic field that is periodically deformed by at least one oscillating secondary magnetic field that is polarized in the opposite direction from the primary field such that Alfvén waves are created in the ionizable material located in said magnetic field. The Alfvén waves propagate at a speed that depends on the density of the material penetrating the magnetic field and the field intensity of the magnetic field. The field intensity of the magnetic field is greater than the kinetic energy of the material located in the magnetic field such that material is conveyed by means of the Alfvén waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Qasar Technologieentwicklung
    Inventors: Andreas Grassauer, Manfred Hettmer, Norbert Frischauf, Tobias Bartusch
  • Method and device for generating alfven waves
    Publication number: 20060289117
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for generating Alfvén waves, in which ionizable material is provided that penetrates a magnetic field. In order to create such a method or a device in which material can be conveyed based on the Alfvén waves, the magnetic field consists of a primary magnetic field that is periodically deformed by at least one oscillating secondary magnetic field that is polarized in the opposite direction from the primary field such that Alfvén waves are created in the ionizable material located in said magnetic field. The Alfvén waves propagate at a speed that depends on the density of the material penetrating the magnetic field and the field intensity of the magnetic field. The field intensity of the magnetic field is greater than the kinetic energy of the material located in the magnetic field such that material is conveyed by means of the Alfvén waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Andreas Grassauer, Manfred Hettmer, Nobert Frischauf, Tobias Bartusch