Electrostatic ion thrusters

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FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING LIGHTING HEATING WEAPONS BLASTING ENGINES OR PUMPS F03Liquid processing machines F03HPRODUCING A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR F03H1/00Using plasma to produce a reactive propulsive thrust

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NTAC augmented nuclear electric propulsion and/or nuclear thermal p...
- Patent number 12,122,539
- Issue date Oct 22, 2024
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA.
- Sang H. Choi
- G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
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Ion thruster for thrust vectored propulsion of a spacecraft
- Patent number 11,905,936
- Issue date Feb 20, 2024
- ENPULSION GmbH
- Nembo Buldrini
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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Sources for plasma assisted electric propulsion
- Patent number 11,834,204
- Issue date Dec 5, 2023
- Nano-Product Engineering, LLC
- Vladimir Gorokhovsky
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
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Intelligent control gas suction-type electric propulsion system app...
- Patent number 11,754,058
- Issue date Sep 12, 2023
- National University of Defense Technology
- Jianjun Wu
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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Electroaerodynamic devices
- Patent number 11,725,638
- Issue date Aug 15, 2023
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Steven Barrett
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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Onboard structure convertible into a propellant for electric propul...
- Patent number 11,542,926
- Issue date Jan 3, 2023
- The Aerospace Corporation
- Horatiu C. Dragnea
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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System and method for generating forces using asymmetrical electros...
- Patent number 11,511,891
- Issue date Nov 29, 2022
- Andrew Neil Aurigema
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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Ion beam generator with nanowires
- Patent number 11,495,429
- Issue date Nov 8, 2022
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Jacques Gierak
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Hall thruster with annular cathode
- Patent number 11,486,371
- Issue date Nov 1, 2022
- Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc.
- Justin Pucci
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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Electrodeless plasma thruster
- Patent number 11,365,016
- Issue date Jun 21, 2022
- The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Benjamin Longmier
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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Propulsion systems including an electrically actuated valve
- Patent number 11,346,329
- Issue date May 31, 2022
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Paulo C. Lozano
- B05 - SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATER...
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Ion propelled vehicle
- Patent number 11,161,631
- Issue date Nov 2, 2021
- Ethan Daniel Krauss
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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Plasma electric propulsion device
- Patent number 11,092,142
- Issue date Aug 17, 2021
- CAPACITOR SCIENCES INCORPORATED
- Pavel Ivan Lazarev
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Dipole drive for space propulsion
- Patent number 11,077,963
- Issue date Aug 3, 2021
- Pioneer Astronautics
- Robert M Zubrin
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
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Charge separation mechanism
- Patent number 10,995,737
- Issue date May 4, 2021
- Airbus Defence and Space Limited
- Aaron Knoll
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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Silent airflow generation equipment
- Patent number 10,907,656
- Issue date Feb 2, 2021
- Richard Down Newberry
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Frequency control for a frequency generator of an ion engine
- Patent number 10,823,157
- Issue date Nov 3, 2020
- Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG
- Frederik John
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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Propulsion apparatus for space vehicles and corresponding method
- Patent number 10,800,552
- Issue date Oct 13, 2020
- Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
- Alessandro Chiolerio
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
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Asteroid redirection facilitated by cosmic ray and muon-catalyzed f...
- Patent number 10,793,295
- Issue date Oct 6, 2020
- Jerome Drexler
- G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
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Plasma generation apparatus including measurement device and plasma...
- Patent number 10,616,989
- Issue date Apr 7, 2020
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Tatsufumi Aoi
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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Structural Propellant for ion rockets (SPIR)
- Patent number 10,428,806
- Issue date Oct 1, 2019
- The Boeing Company
- Jamie J. Childress
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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Discharge chamber of an ion drive, ion drive having a discharge cha...
- Patent number 10,184,459
- Issue date Jan 22, 2019
- Airbus DS GmbH
- Franz Georg Hey
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
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Self contained ion powered aircraft
- Patent number 10,119,527
- Issue date Nov 6, 2018
- Ethan Daniel Krauss
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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Gas inlet for an ion thruster
- Patent number 9,928,984
- Issue date Mar 27, 2018
- Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
- Bernd Pfeiffer
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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Metallic wall hall thrusters
- Patent number 9,874,202
- Issue date Jan 23, 2018
- California Institute of Technology
- Dan Michael Goebel
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
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Ion accelerators
- Patent number 9,854,660
- Issue date Dec 26, 2017
- Astrium SAS
- Aaron Kombai Knoll
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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Fuel-free spacecraft propelling system based on spatial atomic oxyg...
- Patent number 9,796,487
- Issue date Oct 24, 2017
- Beijing Institute of Spacecraft Environment Engineering
- Zhong Yi
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
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Fault tolerant control system for distributed micro-thrusters
- Patent number 9,784,251
- Issue date Oct 10, 2017
- GAME CHANGERS, LLLC
- Andrew D. Zonenberg
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
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Plasma actuating propulsion system for aerial vehicles
- Patent number 9,670,913
- Issue date Jun 6, 2017
- The Boeing Company
- Vyacheslav Khozikov
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
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Ion thruster
- Patent number 9,657,725
- Issue date May 23, 2017
- Gil Berl
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...

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PROPULSION APPARATUS
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- Publication date Jan 30, 2025
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
- Takanori WASHIRO
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DUCTED ELECTROAERODYNAMIC THRUSTERS
- Publication number 20240392762
- Publication date Nov 28, 2024
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Steven Barrett
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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Control Device And Plasma Energy Protective Apparatus For An Ion Th...
- Publication number 20240369048
- Publication date Nov 7, 2024
- TESAT SPACECOM GMBH & CO. KG
- Alexander Lampe
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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SPACECRAFT COMPRISING AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE AND AN ORIENTATION SYSTE...
- Publication number 20240359830
- Publication date Oct 31, 2024
- AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS
- Bernard DELTOUR
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROPULSION OF AN OBJECT IN A VACUUM
- Publication number 20240309858
- Publication date Sep 19, 2024
- Orbital Arc Corporation
- Jonathan Huffman
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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SELF-NEUTRALIZING AIR-BREATHING PLASMA THRUSTER
- Publication number 20240117797
- Publication date Apr 11, 2024
- THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
- Michael KEIDAR
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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VEHICLE TRACTION ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM
- Publication number 20240092435
- Publication date Mar 21, 2024
- KTISIS, LLC
- Kwing Shun Chue
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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ROTATIONAL IONIC ENGINE WITH TOROIDAL COUNTER ELECTRODE
- Publication number 20240068454
- Publication date Feb 29, 2024
- The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
- Adrian Ieta
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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Apparatus for Ionizing and Accelerating a Fluid
- Publication number 20240060481
- Publication date Feb 22, 2024
- Sarantis Logothetis Randell
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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SOURCES FOR PLASMA ASSISTED ELECTRIC PROPULSION
- Publication number 20240043142
- Publication date Feb 8, 2024
- Nano-Product Engineering, LLC
- Vladimir Gorokhovsky
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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LOW NOISE VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING (VTOL) UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE...
- Publication number 20230382569
- Publication date Nov 30, 2023
- Undefined Technologies Corp.
- Tomas A. Pribanic
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
Information Patent Application
SATELLITE HAVING ACTIVELY COOLED ELECTRIC THRUSTER
- Publication number 20230151759
- Publication date May 18, 2023
- Earth Observant Inc.
- Nathan Rosenblad
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Turbomolecular Air-Scoop for Satellite Air-Breathing Electric Propu...
- Publication number 20230131644
- Publication date Apr 27, 2023
- Viridian Space Corporation
- Matthew S. FELDMAN
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING FORCES USING ASYMMETRICAL ELECTROS...
- Publication number 20230121805
- Publication date Apr 20, 2023
- Andrew Neil Aurigema
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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Ion Thruster and Method for Fabrication Thereof
- Publication number 20220341404
- Publication date Oct 27, 2022
- North University of China
- QIULIN Tan
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
Information Patent Application
NTAC Augmented Nuclear Electric Propulsion and/or Nuclear Thermal P...
- Publication number 20220267031
- Publication date Aug 25, 2022
- United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
- SANG H. CHOI
- G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
Information Patent Application
INTELLIGENT CONTROL GAS SUCTION-TYPE ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM APP...
- Publication number 20220205436
- Publication date Jun 30, 2022
- NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY
- Jianjun WU
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
Information Patent Application
MICRO SCALABLE THRUSTERS FOR ADAPTIVE MISSION PROFILES IN SPACE - U...
- Publication number 20220194633
- Publication date Jun 23, 2022
- University of Tennessee Research Foundation
- Jose Lino Vasconcelos da Costa
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
Information Patent Application
Omnidirectional Electrostatic Thruster
- Publication number 20210394935
- Publication date Dec 23, 2021
- Christian KENDALL
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
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ION THRUSTER FOR THRUST VECTORED PROPULSION OF A SPACECRAFT
- Publication number 20210300599
- Publication date Sep 30, 2021
- ENPULSION GmbH
- Nembo BULDRINI
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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HALL THRUSTER WITH ANNULAR CATHODE
- Publication number 20210164453
- Publication date Jun 3, 2021
- Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc.
- Justin Pucci
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
Information Patent Application
PROPULSION SYSTEMS INCLUDING AN ELECTRICALLY ACTUATED VALVE
- Publication number 20200378371
- Publication date Dec 3, 2020
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Paulo C. Lozano
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
Information Patent Application
PROPULSION APPARATUS FOR SPACE VEHICLES AND CORRESPONDING METHOD
- Publication number 20200277088
- Publication date Sep 3, 2020
- Fondazione Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia
- Alessandro CHIOLERIO
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
Information Patent Application
ION BEAM GENERATOR WITH NANOWIRES
- Publication number 20200266021
- Publication date Aug 20, 2020
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Jacques GIERAK
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING FORCES USING ASYMMETRICAL ELECTROS...
- Publication number 20200255167
- Publication date Aug 13, 2020
- Andrew Neil Aurigema
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
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HIGH-EFFICIENCY ION DISCHARGE METHOD AND APPARATUS
- Publication number 20200072200
- Publication date Mar 5, 2020
- The Regents of the University of California
- Richard E. Wirz
- H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Dipole Drive for Space Propulsion
- Publication number 20200024005
- Publication date Jan 23, 2020
- PIONEER ASTRONAUTICS
- Robert M. Zubrin
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
Information Patent Application
Silent Airflow Generation Equipment
- Publication number 20190242409
- Publication date Aug 8, 2019
- Richard Down Newberry
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Omnidirectional Electrostatic Thruster
- Publication number 20190217972
- Publication date Jul 18, 2019
- Christian KENDALL
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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ASTEROID REDIRECTION FACILITATED BY COSMIC RAY AND MUON-CATALYZED F...
- Publication number 20190168894
- Publication date Jun 6, 2019
- Jerome Drexler
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS

Electrostatic ion thrusters

Industry

Parent Industries

Current Industry

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

NTAC augmented nuclear electric propulsion and/or nuclear thermal p...

Ion thruster for thrust vectored propulsion of a spacecraft

Sources for plasma assisted electric propulsion

Intelligent control gas suction-type electric propulsion system app...

Electroaerodynamic devices

Onboard structure convertible into a propellant for electric propul...

System and method for generating forces using asymmetrical electros...

Ion beam generator with nanowires

Hall thruster with annular cathode

Electrodeless plasma thruster

Propulsion systems including an electrically actuated valve

Ion propelled vehicle

Plasma electric propulsion device

Dipole drive for space propulsion

Charge separation mechanism

Silent airflow generation equipment

Frequency control for a frequency generator of an ion engine

Propulsion apparatus for space vehicles and corresponding method

Asteroid redirection facilitated by cosmic ray and muon-catalyzed f...

Plasma generation apparatus including measurement device and plasma...

Structural Propellant for ion rockets (SPIR)

Discharge chamber of an ion drive, ion drive having a discharge cha...

Self contained ion powered aircraft

Gas inlet for an ion thruster

Metallic wall hall thrusters

Ion accelerators

Fuel-free spacecraft propelling system based on spatial atomic oxyg...

Fault tolerant control system for distributed micro-thrusters

Plasma actuating propulsion system for aerial vehicles

Ion thruster

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

PROPULSION APPARATUS

DUCTED ELECTROAERODYNAMIC THRUSTERS

Control Device And Plasma Energy Protective Apparatus For An Ion Th...

SPACECRAFT COMPRISING AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE AND AN ORIENTATION SYSTE...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROPULSION OF AN OBJECT IN A VACUUM

SELF-NEUTRALIZING AIR-BREATHING PLASMA THRUSTER

VEHICLE TRACTION ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM

ROTATIONAL IONIC ENGINE WITH TOROIDAL COUNTER ELECTRODE

Apparatus for Ionizing and Accelerating a Fluid

SOURCES FOR PLASMA ASSISTED ELECTRIC PROPULSION

LOW NOISE VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING (VTOL) UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE...

SATELLITE HAVING ACTIVELY COOLED ELECTRIC THRUSTER

Turbomolecular Air-Scoop for Satellite Air-Breathing Electric Propu...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING FORCES USING ASYMMETRICAL ELECTROS...

Ion Thruster and Method for Fabrication Thereof

NTAC Augmented Nuclear Electric Propulsion and/or Nuclear Thermal P...

INTELLIGENT CONTROL GAS SUCTION-TYPE ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM APP...

MICRO SCALABLE THRUSTERS FOR ADAPTIVE MISSION PROFILES IN SPACE - U...

Omnidirectional Electrostatic Thruster

ION THRUSTER FOR THRUST VECTORED PROPULSION OF A SPACECRAFT

HALL THRUSTER WITH ANNULAR CATHODE

PROPULSION SYSTEMS INCLUDING AN ELECTRICALLY ACTUATED VALVE

PROPULSION APPARATUS FOR SPACE VEHICLES AND CORRESPONDING METHOD

ION BEAM GENERATOR WITH NANOWIRES

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING FORCES USING ASYMMETRICAL ELECTROS...

HIGH-EFFICIENCY ION DISCHARGE METHOD AND APPARATUS

Dipole Drive for Space Propulsion

Silent Airflow Generation Equipment

Omnidirectional Electrostatic Thruster

ASTEROID REDIRECTION FACILITATED BY COSMIC RAY AND MUON-CATALYZED F...