Self contained ion powered aircraft
OwnerEthan Daniel Kraussinventor
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Abstract
A self-contained ion powered aircraft assembly is provided. The aircraft assembly includes a collector assembly, an emitter assembly, and a control circuit operatively connected to at least the emitter and collector assemblies and comprising a power supply configured to provide voltage to the emitter and collector assemblies. The assembly is configured, such that, when the voltage is provided from an on board power supply, the aircraft provides sufficient thrust to lift each of the collector assembly, the emitter assembly, and the entire power supply against gravity.
Claims18
A self-contained ion powered aircraft assembly comprising:
- a collector assembly;
- an emitter assembly;
- and
- a control circuit operatively connected to at least the emitter assembly and the collector assembly and comprising an onboard power supply configured to provide voltage to the emitter assembly and the collector assembly, such that when powered only by the onboard power supply, the self-contained ion powered aircraft assembly provides sufficient vertical thrust to lift all of the self-contained ion powered aircraft assembly against a downward gravitational acceleration of 9.81 m/s2 without external assistance.
An ion powered aircraft assembly comprising:
- a collector assembly comprising at least three concentric conductive elements;
- an emitter assembly;
- and
- a control circuit operatively connected to at least the emitter assembly and the collector assembly and comprising an onboard power supply to provide voltage to the emitter assembly and the collector assembly, when powered only by the onboard power supply, the ion powered aircraft assembly provides sufficient vertical thrust to lift all of the ion powered aircraft assembly against a downward gravitational acceleration of 9.81 m/s2 without external assistance.
An ion powered aircraft assembly comprising:
- a collector assembly comprising a plurality of concentric elements, with a central support of the self-contained ion powered aircraft assembly located at a common centroid of the plurality of concentric elements;
- a plurality of peripheral supports, each of the plurality of peripheral supports extending perpendicularly to a plane defined by the plurality of concentric elements;
- an emitter assembly, comprising:
- an emitter wire support structure, spaced from the collector assembly by the plurality of peripheral supports and the central support and comprising a series of supporting elements each extending within a plane parallel to
- the collector assembly;
- and
- a plurality of conductive emitter wires supported by the emitter wire support structure;
- and
- a control circuit operatively connected to at least the emitter assembly and the collector assembly and comprising an onboard power supply to provide voltage to the emitter assembly and the collector assembly and a resonant transformer that is continuously driven at an associated resonant frequency to provide a high voltage signal to another component of the control circuit, each of the collector assembly, the emitter assembly, and the control circuit being configured such that the ion powered aircraft assembly provides sufficient thrust to lift each of the collector assembly, the emitter assembly, and the control circuit against gravity wherein a closest distance between a conductive portion of the collector assembly and a conductive portion of the emitter assembly is more than fifteen percent of a width of the collector assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.