Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Converging/diverging magnetic nozzle
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Application No.: US14914056Application Date: 2014-08-27
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Publication No.: US11325727B2Publication Date: 2022-05-10
- Inventor: Benjamin Longmier , John Patrick Sheehan
- Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
- Applicant Address: US MI Ann Arbor
- Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
- Current Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Ann Arbor
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2014/052856 WO 20140827
- International Announcement: WO2015/031447 WO 20150305
- Main IPC: B64G1/40
- IPC: B64G1/40 ; F03H1/00
Abstract:
A magnetic nozzle having a converging/diverging contour shape that converts the thermal energy of a propellant into directed kinetic energy, but uses magnetic fields instead of a physical boundary to direct the flow of particles.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160200458A1 CONVERGING/DIVERGING MAGNETIC NOZZLE Public/Granted day:2016-07-14
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