Patents by Inventor Peter Rostler

Peter Rostler 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).

  • Air breathing electrically powered hall effect thruster
    Patent number: 6834492
    Abstract: An air/atmosphere breathing electrically powered Hall effect thruster including a thruster duct having an inlet, an exit, and a discharge zone between the inlet and the exit for receiving air from the inlet into the discharge zone, an electrical circuit having a cathode for emitting electrons and an anode in the discharge zone for attracting the electrons from the cathode through the exit, and a magnetic circuit for establishing a magnetic field in the discharge zone radially across the duct between the anode and exit which creates an impedance to the flow of electrons toward the anode and enables ionization of the air/atmosphere moving through the discharge zone and which creates an axial electric field in the duct for accelerating ionized air/atmosphere through the exit to create thrust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Busek Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Vlad Hruby, Bruce Pote, Tom Brogan, Kurt Hohman, James Szabo, Peter Rostler
  • Air breathing electrically powered hall effect thruster
    Publication number: 20030046921
    Abstract: An air/atmosphere breathing electrically powered Hall effect thruster including a thruster duct having an inlet, an exit, and a discharge zone between the inlet and the exit for receiving air from the inlet into the discharge zone, an electrical circuit having a cathode for emitting electrons and an anode in the discharge zone for attracting the electrons from the cathode through the exit, and a magnetic circuit for establishing a magnetic field in the discharge zone radially across the duct between the anode and exit which creates an impedance to the flow of electrons toward the anode and enables ionization of the air/atmosphere moving through the discharge zone and which creates an axial electric field in the duct for accelerating ionized air/atmosphere through the exit to create thrust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Vlad Hruby, Bruce Pote, Tom Brogan, Kurt Hohman, James Szabo, Peter Rostler