Charging mitigation device and electric discharge avoidance method
AssigneeJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency
InventorsTeppei OKUMURA, Shinatora CHO, Yasushi OHKAWA, Hiroyuki OKAMOTO
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Abstract
A structure for preventing an electric discharge between devices without any need for a dedicated device when mounted on an artificial satellite is provided. A charging mitigation device for reducing a potential difference between two or more physical objects includes an electric thruster (100) configured to generate plasma (PL), wherein the two or more physical objects are covered with the plasma (PL) generated from the electric thruster (100).
Claims8
A charging mitigation device for reducing a potential difference between two or more physical objects, the charging mitigation device comprising:
- an electric thruster configured to generate plasma,
- wherein the two or more physical objects are covered with the plasma generated from the electric thruster.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.