F03H 1/0006
Details applicable to different types of plasma thrusters
Official title: {Details applicable to different types of plasma thrusters (arrangements specially adapted for fitting plasma engines in or to cosmonautic vehicles B64G1/413)}
F03H1/0006 (Details applicable to different types of plasma thrusters) appears on 304 US grants and 285 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Energy source using atomic species6 Oct 2026US 12,753,744 B2PerriQuest Defense Research Enterprises, LLC
- Turbomolecular air-scoop for satellite air-breathing electric propulsion16 Jun 2026US 12,655,813 B2Viridian Space Corporation
- Method of vectoring rocket thrust using an electric field9 Jun 2026US 12,650,114 B2
- Targeted-current-density hall thruster14 Apr 2026US 12,601,330 B1The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Apparatus for electrospray emission20 Jan 2026US 12,531,226 B2Accion Systems, Inc.
- Transient plasma enhanced combustion device for restartable solid rocket propulsion8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309133 A1The Aerospace Corporation
- Energy Source using Atomic Species10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266269 A1PerriQuest Defense Research Enterprises, LLC
- Electric propulsion system for space applications20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242070 A1Forchun, LLC
- Electron cyclotron resonance thruster30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217389 A1Office National D’Etudes Et De Recherches AéRospatiales
- Fluid Rotary Joint for Gimbals in Electric Propulsion Thrusters30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218688 A1Honeybee Robotics, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Resonant power supply for an arcjet thruster118US 5,414,238 AMartin Marietta Corporation · 1995
- Electrostatic ion thruster with improved thrust modulation86US 4,838,021 AHughes Aircraft Company · 1989
- Power supply system for arcjet thrusters70US 5,359,180 AGeneral Electric Company · 1994
- Atmospheric fueled ion engine43US 6,145,298 ASky Station International, Inc. · 2000
- Method and apparatus to produce ions and nanodrops from Taylor cones of volatile liquids at reduced pressures40US 6,825,464 B2Yale University · 2004