Patents by Inventor Teruaki BABA

Teruaki BABA 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).

  • Plasma accelerating apparatus and plasma accelerating method
    Patent number: 10539122
    Abstract: Plasma which is supplied from a supply passage (1) is accelerated with a Hall electric field (E) which is generated through interaction of electrons (e?) emitted from a cathode (3), a radial direction magnetic field (Bd), and an electric field (Ex).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takuya Yamazaki, Hirofumi Shimizu, Akihiro Sasoh, Shigeru Yokota, Shota Harada, Teruaki Baba
  • MPD thruster that accelerates electrodeless plasma and electrodeless plasma accelerating method using MPD thruster
    Patent number: 10260487
    Abstract: Electrodeless plasma is supplied to a space between a cathode and an anode such that a resistivity in the space is reduced. The electrodeless plasma is accelerated with Lorentz force induced by a radial direction magnetic field component and an axial direction magnetic field component that are generated in the space, and current in the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takuya Yamazaki, Hirofumi Shimizu, Satoshi Fujiwara, Akihiro Sasoh, Shigeru Yokota, Shota Harada, Teruaki Baba
  • MPD THRUSTER THAT ACCELERATES ELECTRODELESS PLASMA AND ELECTRODELESS PLASMA ACCELERATING METHOD USING MPD THRUSTER
    Publication number: 20170198683
    Abstract: Supplying electrodeless plasma to a space (S) between a cathode (22) and an anode (23), the resistivity in the space is downed. The electrodeless plasma is accelerated with Lorentz force induced by a radial direction magnetic field component (By) and an axial direction magnetic field component (Bx) that are generated in the space (S), and current (Iac) which flows through the space (S).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Takuya YAMAZAKI, Hirofumi SHIMIZU, Satoshi FUJIWARA, Akihiro SASOH, Shigeru YOKOTA, Shota HARADA, Teruaki BABA
  • PLASMA ACCELERATING APPARATUS AND PLASMA ACCELERATING METHOD
    Publication number: 20170152840
    Abstract: Plasma which is supplied from a supply passage (1) is accelerated with a Hall electric field (E) which is generated through interaction of electrons (e?) emitted from a cathode (3), a radial direction magnetic field (Bd), and an electric field (Ex).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd, National University Corporation Nagoya University
    Inventors: Takuya YAMAZAKI, Hirofumi SHIMIZU, Akihiro SASOH, Shigeru YOKOTA, Shota HARADA, Teruaki BABA