Patents by Inventor Philip Grigor'evich Rutberg

Philip Grigor'evich Rutberg 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).

  • Patent number: 7671523
    Abstract: Material for electrodes of low temperature plasma generators. The material contains a porous metal matrix impregnated with a material emitting electrons. The material uses a mixture of copper and iron powders as a porous metal matrix and a Group IIIB metal component such as Y2O3 is used as a material emitting electrons at, for example, the proportion of the components, mass %: iron:3-30; Y2O3:0.05-1; copper: the remainder. Copper provides a high level of heat conduction and electric conductance, iron decreases intensity of copper evaporation in the process of plasma creation providing increased strength and lifetime, Y2O3 provides decreasing of electronic work function and stability of arc burning. The material can be used for producing the electrodes of low temperature AC plasma generators used for destruction of liquid organic wastes, medical wastes, municipal wastes as well as for decontamination of low level radioactive waste, the destruction of chemical weapons, warfare toxic agents, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Malcolm Caplan, Sergel Evge'evich Vinogradov, Valeri Vasil'evich Ribin, Valentin Ivanovich Shekalov, Philip Grigor'evich Rutberg, Alexi Anatol'evich Safronov, Vasili Nikolaevich Shiryaev
  • Publication number: 20100007262
    Abstract: The material contains a porous metal matrix impregnated with a material emitting electrons. The material uses a mixture of copper and iron powders as a porous metal matrix and a Group IIIB metal component such as Y2O3 is used as a material emitting electrons at, for example, the proportion of the components, mass %: iron: 3-30; Y2O3:0.05-1; copper: the remainder. Copper provides a high level of heat conduction and electric conductance, iron decreases intensity of copper evaporation in the process of plasma creation providing increased strength and lifetime, Y2O3 provides decreasing of electronic work function and stability of arc burning. The material can be used for producing the electrodes of low temperature AC plasma generators used for destruction of liquid organic wastes, medical wastes, municipal wastes as well as for decontamination of low level radioactive waste, the destruction of chemical weapons, warfare toxic agents, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Malcolm Caplan, Sergel Evge'evich Vinogradov, Valeri Vasil'evich Ribin, Valentin Ivanovich Shekalov, Philip Grigor'evich Rutberg, Alexi Anatol'evich Safronov, Vasili Nikolaevich Shiryaev
  • Patent number: 7462089
    Abstract: Material for electrodes of low temperature plasma generators. The material contains a porous metal matrix impregnated with a material emitting electrons. The material uses a mixture of copper and iron powders as a porous metal matrix and a Group IIIB metal component such as Y2O3 is used as a material emitting electrons at, for example, the proportion of the components, mass %: iron: 3-30; Y2O3:0.05-1; copper: the remainder. Copper provides a high level of heat conduction and electric conductance, iron decreases intensity of copper evaporation in the process of plasma creation providing increased strength and lifetime, Y2O3 provides decreasing of electronic work function and stability of arc burning. The material can be used for producing the electrodes of low temperature AC plasma generators used for destruction of liquid organic wastes, medical wastes, and municipal wastes as well as for decontamination of low level radioactive waste, the destruction of chemical weapons, warfare toxic agents, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Malcolm Caplan, Sergel Evge'evich Vinogradov, Valeri Vasil'evich Ribin, Valentin Ivanovich Shekalov, Philip Grigor'evich Rutberg, Alexi Anatol'evich Safronov