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US 2004/0070349 A1Published application
Plasma impulse device
OwnerJohn P. Keadyinventor
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Abstract
A plasma impulse device/method has been developed to provide impulses that can be used for thrust. A field device produces electric and magnetic fields, which E×B drifts a charged portion in the ambient environment, resulting in thrust of the field device.
Claims8
A plasma impulse system comprising:
- a field device, wherein said field device projects magnetic and electric fields into a medium surrounding said field device, where the medium has a plasma, where the electric and magnetic fields are at predetermined vector angles with respect to each other in a reactive region, and produce an E×B drift in a the portion of the plasma creating an impulse on said field device, moving said field device.
A method of moving a field device comprising:
- generating electric and magnetic fields in a reactive region in a medium, where the medium surrounds a field device, where the field device generates the electric and magnetic fields, and where the electric and magnetic fields are at predetermined vector angles with respect to each other in the reactive region;
- generating a plasma in the reactive region;
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- E×B drifting a portion of the plasma using said magnetic and electric fields, the E×B drift creating an impulse on the field device, moving the field device.
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8 A plasma impulse system comprising:
- a field producing means, wherein said field producing means projects magnetic and electric fields into a medium surrounding said field device, where the electric and magnetic fields are at predetermined vector angles with respect to each other in a reactive region;
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- a plasma producing means, wherein said plasma producing means produces a plasma the medium in the reactive region resulting in a plasma, where the electric and magnetic fields result in an E×B drift of a portion of the plasma, and where E×B drift of the portion creates an impulse on said field producing means, moving said field device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.