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公开(公告)号:US11066327B2
公开(公告)日:2021-07-20
申请号:US16634115
申请日:2018-05-22
Applicant: GENERAL FUSION INC.
Inventor: Kelly Bernard Epp , Michel Georges Laberge
Abstract: Examples of a high voltage insulator are described. The high-voltage insulator is vacuum compatible and comprises a glass substrate having a face surface and a ceramic layer with uniform thickness coated on the face surface of 5 the glass substrate. The coated surface of the insulator is able to withstand high voltage pulses and exposure to charged particles radiation for a pre-determined time period. The ceramic coated glass insulator is made of a single piece of glass and can be made to large sizes.
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公开(公告)号:US20180053570A1
公开(公告)日:2018-02-22
申请号:US15556181
申请日:2016-03-03
Applicant: General Fusion Inc.
Abstract: Examples of a modular compression chamber for use in a compression system are disclosed. The modular compression chamber comprises a plurality of individual modules and a plurality of fasteners to attach the plurality of modules in an interlocking fashion to form the chamber. The modules have a pre-determined geometry and size to form a compression chamber with a desired geometry and size. The plurality of fasteners keeps each of the individual modules in compression with neighboring modules so that the formed chamber maintains its integrity during operation. The modules can comprise a plurality of pressure wave generators to generate a pressure wave within the chamber. In one embodiment, the pressure wave generators have a pre-determined geometry and size and are configured to interlock with the neighboring generators forming the individual modules. The fasteners are configured to maintain intimate contact between side walls of the adjacent pressure wave generators.
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公开(公告)号:US20160150627A1
公开(公告)日:2016-05-26
申请号:US15011405
申请日:2016-01-29
Applicant: General Fusion Inc.
Inventor: Stephen James Howard , Michel Georges Laberge , Lon McIlwraith , Douglas Harvey Richardson , James Gregson
Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for compressing plasma are disclosed in which plasma can be compressed by impact of a projectile on a magnetized plasma in a liquid metal cavity. The projectile can melt in the liquid metal cavity, and liquid metal may be recycled to form new projectiles.
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公开(公告)号:US20160314855A1
公开(公告)日:2016-10-27
申请号:US15200919
申请日:2016-07-01
Applicant: General Fusion Inc.
Inventor: Michel Georges Laberge , Douglas H. Richardson
Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for compressing plasma are described in which plasma pressures above the breaking point of solid material can be achieved by injecting a plasma into a funnel of liquid metal in which the plasma is compressed and/or heated.
Abstract translation: 描述了用于压缩等离子体的系统和方法的实施例,其中可以通过将等离子体注入到其中等离子体被压缩和/或加热的液态金属的漏斗中来实现固体材料断裂点之上的等离子体压力。
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公开(公告)号:US09424955B2
公开(公告)日:2016-08-23
申请号:US13935281
申请日:2013-07-03
Applicant: General Fusion Inc.
Inventor: Michel Georges Laberge , Douglas H. Richardson
Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for compressing plasma are described in which plasma pressures above the breaking point of solid material can be achieved by injecting a plasma into a funnel of liquid metal in which the plasma is compressed and/or heated.
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公开(公告)号:US20140247913A1
公开(公告)日:2014-09-04
申请号:US13935281
申请日:2013-07-03
Applicant: General Fusion, Inc.
Inventor: Michel Georges Laberge , Douglas H. Richardson
IPC: G21B1/05
Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for compressing plasma are described in which plasma pressures above the breaking point of solid material can be achieved by injecting a plasma into a funnel of liquid metal in which the plasma is compressed and/or heated.
Abstract translation: 描述了用于压缩等离子体的系统和方法的实施例,其中可以通过将等离子体注入到其中等离子体被压缩和/或加热的液态金属的漏斗中来实现固体材料断裂点之上的等离子体压力。
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公开(公告)号:US10546660B2
公开(公告)日:2020-01-28
申请号:US15545646
申请日:2016-01-14
Applicant: General Fusion Inc.
Inventor: Michel Georges Laberge , David Franklin Plant , Victoria Suponitsky , Eunice Kuatsjah
Abstract: Examples of system for generating vortex cavity are disclosed. The system comprises a vessel into which a fluid is injected through one or more inlet ports and a fluid circulating system configured to circulate the fluid through the vessel such that the fluid is removed from the vessel through an outlet port and is returned back into the vessel through the one and more inlet ports. A first spinner is mounted at one wall of the vessel while a second spinner is mounted at the opposite wall of the vessel such that the second spinner is at some distance away from the first spinner and it faces the first spinner. When the fluid circulating system starts circulating the fluid within the vessel a vortex cavity is formed that extends between the first and the second spinners so that one end of the vortex cavity sits on the first spinner while the opposite end of the vortex cavity sits on the second spinner.
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公开(公告)号:US09875816B2
公开(公告)日:2018-01-23
申请号:US15200919
申请日:2016-07-01
Applicant: General Fusion Inc.
Inventor: Michel Georges Laberge , Douglas H. Richardson
Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for compressing plasma are described in which plasma pressures above the breaking point of solid material can be achieved by injecting a plasma into a funnel of liquid metal in which the plasma is compressed and/or heated.
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公开(公告)号:US09746008B2
公开(公告)日:2017-08-29
申请号:US14532793
申请日:2014-11-04
Applicant: General Fusion Inc.
Inventor: Lon McIlwraith , John Senger , Darcy Montgomery , Douglas H. Richardson , Peter Kostka , Kristin Bell , Ryan Zindler , Michel Georges Laberge
CPC classification number: F15B21/12 , F03G7/002 , F15B15/1447 , F15B15/148 , G10K15/04 , G10K15/043
Abstract: Examples of a pressure wave generator configured to generate high energy pressure waves in a medium are disclosed. The pressure wave generator can include a movable piston with a guide through which a piston control rod can move or slide. The pressure wave generator can include a transducer coupled to a medium. During an impact of the piston on the transducer, the control rod can slide in the guide, which can reduce stress on the rod. The pressure wave generator can include a damper to decelerate the control rod, independently of the piston. Impact of the piston on the transducer transfers a portion of the piston's kinetic energy into the medium thereby generating pressure waves in the medium. A piston driving system may be used to provide precise and controlled launching or movement of the piston. Examples of methods of operating the pressure wave generator are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US10798808B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-06
申请号:US16634127
申请日:2018-04-16
Applicant: GENERAL FUSION INC.
Inventor: Joerg Zimmermann , David Franklin Plant , Robert Vlastimil Bouchal , Troy Nickolas Tyler , Victoria Suponitsky , Michael Harcourt Delage , Michel Georges Laberge
Abstract: Examples of systems for forming cavity and a liquid liner are described. The system comprises a vessel and a rotating member positioned within the vessel and rotatable about an axis of rotation. The rotating member has an inner surface 5 curved with respect to the axis of rotation, an outer and plurality of fluid passages that each has an inboard opening at the inner surface and an outboard opening at the outer surface. The rotating member is filled with a liquid medium and a rotational driver rotates the rotating member such that when rotating the liquid medium at least partially fills the fluid passages forming liquid liner, defining the 10 cavity. The cavity formation system is used in a liquid liner implosion system with an implosion driver that causes the liquid liner to implode inwardly collapsing the cavity. The imploding liquid liner system can be used in plasma compression systems.
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