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公开(公告)号:US20240237185A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-11
申请号:US18595325
申请日:2024-03-04
发明人: JINXING ZHENG , HAIYANG LIU , XIAOLIANG ZHU , YUDONG LU , MING LI , YIFAN DU , LEI ZHU , ZHUOYAO TANG
CPC分类号: H05H1/28 , B64G1/413 , F03H1/0031 , H05H1/54 , H05H2242/10
摘要: A high-temperature superconducting plasma thruster system, having variable temperature ranges and being applied in space, is provided. The high-temperature superconducting plasma thruster system includes: a cathode-anode assembly, a high-temperature superconducting magnet system, a supporting and adjusting platform, a power-and-gas supply and cooling system, and an obtaining control system. The cathode-anode assembly is disposed at a center of a ring of the high-temperature superconducting magnet system; the cathode-anode assembly and the high-temperature superconducting magnet system are spatially engaged with each other by the supporting and adjusting platform to form a main body of the thruster system; the power-and-gas supply and cooling system and the obtaining control system are located outside of the main body of the thruster system and are connected to the cathode-anode assembly and the high-temperature superconducting magnet system.
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公开(公告)号:US12129053B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-29
申请号:US17991671
申请日:2022-11-21
申请人: Maxar Space LLC
发明人: Giovanni Lenguito
摘要: A satellite propellant tank includes a tank body and a dome attached to the tank body to enclose an interior volume for propellant storage. One or more cavities are formed in the dome. One or more propellant control components are located in the one or more cavities formed in the dome.
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公开(公告)号:US20240068453A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-29
申请号:US18238101
申请日:2023-08-25
申请人: California Institute of Technology , The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
发明人: Celia S. CHARI , Katherine T. FABER , Bryan W. McENERNEY , Richard R. HOFER , James A. WOLLMERSHAUSER , Edward P. GORZKOWSKI, III
CPC分类号: F03H1/0006 , C01B32/21 , B64G1/413
摘要: Aspects disclosed herein include graphite and hexagonal boron nitride bimaterials, methods of making these bimaterials, and electric propulsion devices or thrusters with these bimaterials. Aspects disclosed herein include electric propulsion devices comprising: at least one portion comprising or formed of a monolithic bimaterial; wherein the monolithic bimaterial comprises a graphite material and a hexagonal boron nitride material; and wherein the graphite material and hexagonal boron nitride material are monolithically integrated in the bimaterial.
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公开(公告)号:US20240043142A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-08
申请号:US18489551
申请日:2023-10-18
发明人: Vladimir Gorokhovsky
CPC分类号: B64G1/413 , F03H1/0037 , H05H1/50 , F03H1/0043
摘要: An apparatus generates energetic particles and generates a plasma of a vaporized solid material and gaseous precursors for the application of coatings to surfaces of a substrate by way of condensation of plasma and for electric propulsion applications.
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公开(公告)号:US20230406544A1
公开(公告)日:2023-12-21
申请号:US18238249
申请日:2023-08-25
CPC分类号: B64G1/413 , F03H1/0081 , B64G1/10
摘要: A thruster has a first stage and a second stage. The first stage is a plasma source that outputs a plasma. The second stage is an accelerator. In one embodiment, the second stage is a plasma accelerator that accelerates the plasma. In another embodiment, the second stage is an ion accelerator that accelerates the ions from the plasma.
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公开(公告)号:US20240309858A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-19
申请号:US18585369
申请日:2024-02-23
发明人: Jonathan Huffman
CPC分类号: F03H1/0037 , F03H1/0025 , B64G1/413
摘要: A propulsion device for vehicles, such as a spacecraft operating within a vacuum configured to ionize a fuel gas. Specifically, a soft ionization system pulls electrons from passing gas molecules directly into conductors and introduces ionized gas molecules into a static accelerating field. The ionized gas is utilized at a point of creation such that a chamber, housing, or channel to contain the ionized gas is not required.
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公开(公告)号:US20240240622A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-18
申请号:US18562023
申请日:2022-05-20
CPC分类号: F03H1/0031 , B64G1/413 , H01F6/04 , H05H1/54 , H05H1/2431
摘要: A thermal management system (5) for a magnetoplasmadynamic thruster (10) for a space craft is disclosed. The thermal management system (5) is located between at least one superconducting magnet (120) and a plasma discharge unit (15 and comprises a thermal barrier (40, 60) located adjacent to the plasma discharge unit (15), —a multilayer insulation (70) located between the thermal barrier (40, 60) and the cryostat insulation (80), and a radiation gap (50) located in the thermal barrier (40, 60).
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公开(公告)号:US20240228066A9
公开(公告)日:2024-07-11
申请号:US18491511
申请日:2023-10-20
IPC分类号: B64G1/40
CPC分类号: B64G1/413 , B64G1/4026
摘要: A dual mode engine for propelling a spacecraft, including a combustion chamber having a flange end, an open nozzle end, and an enclosed chamber portion extending therebetween, a propellant tank in fluidic communication with the combustion chamber, an electronic controller, a power source operationally connected to the electronic controller, and a fluid flow motivator operationally connected to the electronic controller and connected in fluidic communication with the propellant tank. The engine further includes a chemical propulsion portion further including a propellant inlet port operationally connected to the combustion chamber and disposed adjacent the flange end, an ignition trigger electrode positioned in the combustion chamber adjacent the propellant inlet port and operationally connected to the electronic controller and operationally connected to the power source, wherein the propellant inlet port is fluidically connected to the propellant tank. The engine also includes an electric propulsion portion, further including at least two spaced electrodes for ionizing the propellant positioned in the combustion chamber adjacent the nozzle end, a plurality of attitude control thrusters operationally connected to the electronic controller and in fluidic communication with the propellant tank, and a plurality of respective valves, each respective valve fluidically connected between a respective attitude control thruster and the propellant tank, wherein the propellant inlet port is fluidically connected to the propellant tank.
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公开(公告)号:US20240010363A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-11
申请号:US18035628
申请日:2021-09-16
申请人: Scott Hughan Rennie
发明人: Scott Hughan Rennie
CPC分类号: B64G1/413 , F03H1/0081 , H05H1/06 , H02K7/1823
摘要: A plasma reactor is provided together with a method for generating kinetic energy to propel a craft. The reactor includes an inlet for plasma; a reactor core having an interior chamber and an exterior chamber, the interior chamber being configured to rotate within the exterior chamber; a pair of opposing polar field generators, a first polar field generator connected proximal to an inlet of the interior chamber, and a second polar field generator connected proximal to an outlet of the interior chamber, the pair of polar field generators configured to induce a current in the plasma to generate a toroidal flow therein, wherein the toroidal flow compresses the plasma into a z-pinch flow in a central column between the first polar field generator and the second polar field generator; turbine blades located between the interior chamber and the exterior chamber for generating thrust to convert the z-pinch flow to kinetic energy; and an outlet.
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公开(公告)号:US12044220B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-23
申请号:US17802468
申请日:2021-02-22
CPC分类号: F03H1/0081 , B64G1/411 , B64G1/413 , B64G1/415 , F03H1/0068
摘要: A satellite propulsion system and methods of operating the same include a first ionization stage and a second acceleration stage. The first ionization stage has a plasma source configured to produce an arc discharge and emit a preliminary plasma. The plasma source includes an external magnetic field configured to magnetize the arc discharge. The second acceleration stage has an accelerator positioned in series with the plasma source. The accelerator is configured to accelerate the preliminary plasma out through the accelerator, thereby creating an accelerated plasma flow. The application of an activation threshold voltage to the accelerator results in a surge in system performance parameters.
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