Method for propulsion
AssigneeInterStellar Technologies Corporation
InventorFabrizio Pinto
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Abstract
A method for propulsion that does not consume fuel. The method involves the modification of the dispersion force (i.e., van der Waals) that arises between particles, such as neutral atoms. The method comprises generating a lifting force by subjecting a plurality of confined particles to a trigger acceleration, exposing the particles to an amount of electromagnetic radiation that is sufficient to induce the lifting force to (1) exhibit relatively long-range interactions and (2) increase the momentum of the particles, and then transferring at least a portion of the increase in momentum to a vehicle.
Claims26
A method comprising:
- generating a force by subjecting a plurality of confined particles to a trigger acceleration, wherein said force exhibits short-range interactions;
- and
- exposing said particles to an amount of electromagnetic radiation that is sufficient to induce said force to:
- (iii) exhibit long-range interactions;
- and
- (iv) cause said particles to either accelerate or hover.
A method comprising:
- confining a plurality of particles;
- subjecting said particles to a trigger acceleration;
- exposing said particles to an amount of electromagnetic radiation sufficient to:
- (i) induce an inter-particle force that arises between said particles to exhibit long-range interactions;
- and
- (ii) cause said particles to either accelerate or hover.
A method comprising generating a lifting force by modifying the interaction potential of particles in an accelerated reference frame.
A method comprising developing thrust to propel a vehicle by:
- (1) confining a plurality of particles within said vehicle;
- (2) exposing said particles to an amount of electromagnetic radiation that is sufficient to:
- (i) induce an inter-particle force that arises between said particles to exhibit long-range interactions;
- and
- (ii) cause said particles to accelerate in a first direction due to said force;
- and
- (3) impacting the accelerating particles against a surface that is coupled to said vehicle, wherein:
- said thrust that is developed propels said vehicle in said first direction.
A method comprising developing thrust to propel a vehicle by:
- generating asymmetry in a plurality of electric fields, wherein said electric fields surround a plurality of confined particles;
- exposing said confined particles to real photons, wherein said real photons deliver an amount of energy to said confined particles that is sufficient to cause an inter-particle force that results from said asymmetry to:
- exhibit long-range interactions;
- and
- cause said particles to either accelerate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.