F03H 1/0087
Electro-dynamic thrusters
Official title: {Electro-dynamic thrusters, e.g. pulsed plasma thrusters}
F03H1/0087 (Electro-dynamic thrusters) appears on 78 US grants and 64 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F03H- Granted patents
- 78
- Published applications
- 64
- Assignees
- 55
- Inventors
- 169
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2015 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 7 | 7 |
| 2017 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 5 | 9 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5 |
| 2023 | 8 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Self-neutralizing air-breathing plasma thruster1 Sep 2026US 12,723,574 B2The George Washington University
- Pulsed-plasma-discharge engine and its method of operation18 Aug 2026US 12,710,021 B2Sharp Pulse Corp.
- Air-breathing plasma thruster25 Nov 2025US 12,479,604 B2U. S. Department of Energy
- Pulsed plasma thrusters with conductive liquid sacrificial electrode(s)21 Oct 2025US 12,452,989 B2The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Apparatus for a modular plasma reactor and method of use24 Jun 2025US 12,338,803 B2
- Pulsed-Plasma-Discharge Engine and its Method of Operation19 Feb 2026US 2026/0049583 A1Sharp Pulse Corp.
- Air-Breathing Plasma Thruster7 Aug 2025US 2025/0250032 A1United States Department of Energy
- Air-Breathing Plasma Thruster3 Apr 2025US 2025/0108939 A1United States Department of Energy
- Pulsed-plasma thruster using unbalanced theta-pinch27 Mar 2025US 2025/0101965 A1National Cheng Kung University
- Pulsed plasma thrusters with conductive liquid sacrificial electrode(s)6 Mar 2025US 2025/0081321 A1Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
Most cited
By later US patents
- Plasma gun and methods for the use thereof73US 5,866,871 A1999
- Multi-megawatt pulsed inductive thruster47US 5,207,760 ATRW Inc. · 1993
- Plasma gun and methods for the use thereof41US 6,300,720 B12001
- Pulsed electrothermal thruster39US 4,821,509 AGT-Devices · 1989
- Pulsed plasma thruster having an electrically insulating nozzle and utilizing propellant bars25US 5,924,278 AThe Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · 1999