公开(公告)号：US06279314B1

公开(公告)日：2001-08-28

申请号：US09474546

申请日：1999-12-29

申请人： Dominique Valentian ,  Eric Klinger ,  Michel Lyszyk

发明人： Dominique Valentian ,  Eric Klinger ,  Michel Lyszyk

IPC分类号： F03H100

CPC分类号： F03H1/0075

摘要： The thruster comprises, on a common plate, a plurality of main annular ionization and acceleration channels having axes that are not parallel and that converge in the outlet direction of the channels. A magnetic circuit sets up a magnetic field in the annular channels. The thruster also has a hollow cathode, a device for regulating the ionizable gas feed rate to each annular channel, and a device for controlling the ion discharge acceleration current in the channels. The direction of the thrust vector of the thruster can be controlled without significantly increasing the mass of the thruster.

摘要翻译： 推进器在公共板上包括多个主环形电离和加速通道，其具有不平行的轴线并且在通道的出口方向上会聚。 磁路在环形通道中设置磁场。 推进器还具有中空阴极，用于调节每个环形通道的可电离气体进料速率的装置，以及用于控制通道中的离子放电加速电流的装置。 可以控制推进器推力矢量的方向，而不会显着增加推进器的质量。

公开(公告)号：US06281622B1

公开(公告)日：2001-08-28

申请号：US09378795

申请日：1999-08-23

申请人： Dominique Valentian ,  Jean-Pierre Bugeat ,  Eric Klinger

发明人： Dominique Valentian ,  Jean-Pierre Bugeat ,  Eric Klinger

IPC分类号： H01J2702

CPC分类号： F03H1/0075 ,  F03H1/0031 ,  H05H1/54

摘要： The closed electron drift plasma thruster uses a magnetic circuit to create a magnetic field in a main annular channel for ionization and acceleration, said magnetic circuit comprises: an essentially radial first outer pole piece; a conical second outer pole piece; an essentially radial first inner pole piece; a conical second inner pole piece; a plurality of outer magnetic cores surrounded by outer coils to interconnect the first and second outer pole pieces; an axial magnetic core surrounded by a first inner coil and connected to the first inner pole piece; and a second inner coil placed upstream from the outer coils. The thruster also comprises a plurality of radial arms included in the magnetic circuit, and a structural base which is separate from the magnetic circuit and which serves, amongst other things, to cool the coils.

摘要翻译： 闭合电子漂移等离子体推进器使用磁路在主环形通道中产生用于电离和加速的磁场，所述磁路包括：基本上径向的第一外极片; 锥形第二外极片; 基本上是径向的第一内极片; 锥形第二内极片; 由外部线圈包围的多个外部磁芯，用于互连第一和第二外部极片; 由第一内部线圈包围并连接到第一内部极靴的轴向磁芯; 以及设置在外部线圈上游的第二内部线圈。 推进器还包括包括在磁路中的多个径向臂，以及与磁路分离的并且用于冷却线圈的结构基座。