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  • Information Patent Grant

    Electrospray emission apparatus

    • Patent number 11,965,494
    • Issue date Apr 23, 2024
    • Accion Systems, Inc.
    • Adam Zachar
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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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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    Field emission propulsion system and method for calibrating and ope...

    • Patent number 11,801,949
    • Issue date Oct 31, 2023
    • MORPHEUS SPACE GmbH
    • Daniel Bock
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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    Ion thruster

    • Patent number 11,365,726
    • Issue date Jun 21, 2022
    • ENPULSION GmbH
    • Nembo Buldrini
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    Electrospray thruster with inverted geometry

    • Patent number 11,359,613
    • Issue date Jun 14, 2022
    • United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    • Michael Ryan Natisin
    • B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
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    Field emission neutralizer

    • Patent number 11,215,171
    • Issue date Jan 4, 2022
    • Tsinghua University
    • Peng Liu
    • B82 - NANO-TECHNOLOGY
  • Information Patent Grant

    Generating electrospray from a ferrofluid

    • Patent number 10,330,090
    • Issue date Jun 25, 2019
    • Michigan Technological University
    • Lyon Bradley King
    • B05 - SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATER...
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    Plasma accelerator with modulated thrust

    • Patent number 10,172,227
    • Issue date Jan 1, 2019
    • AERNNOVA
    • Miguel Angel Castillo Acero
    • H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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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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    Micro-nozzle thruster

    • Patent number 9,410,539
    • Issue date Aug 9, 2016
    • MICROSPACE RAPID PTE LTD
    • Giulio Manzoni
    • B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
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    Plasma thrusters

    • Patent number 9,181,935
    • Issue date Nov 10, 2015
    • Astrium Limited
    • Aaron Kombai Knoll
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    Unified chemical electric propulsion system

    • Patent number 9,145,216
    • Issue date Sep 29, 2015
    • Space Systems/Loral, LLC
    • Nicolas Claude Gascon
    • B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
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    Electric propulsion

    • Patent number 9,103,329
    • Issue date Aug 11, 2015
    • QinetiQ Limited
    • Michael Henry Corbett
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    Plasma generator and method for controlling a plasma generator

    • Patent number 8,786,192
    • Issue date Jul 22, 2014
    • Astrium GmbH
    • Werner Kadrnoschka
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    Current controlled field emission thruster

    • Patent number 8,453,426
    • Issue date Jun 4, 2013
    • Raytheon Company
    • James D. Kueneman
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    Emitter for ionic thruster

    • Patent number 8,365,512
    • Issue date Feb 5, 2013
    • SNECMA
    • Dominique Valentian
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    Modular micropropulsion device and system

    • Patent number 7,690,187
    • Issue date Apr 6, 2010
    • The Aerospace Corporation
    • Ivan Bekey
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Grant

    Scalable flat-panel nano-particle MEMS/NEMS thruster

    • Patent number 7,516,610
    • Issue date Apr 14, 2009
    • The Regents of the University of Michigan
    • Brian E. Gilchrist
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    Staged emitter-attractor ion drive

    • Patent number 7,204,078
    • Issue date Apr 17, 2007
    • United Technologies Corporation
    • Alan B. Minick
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    Plasma accelerator

    • Patent number 6,486,593
    • Issue date Nov 26, 2002
    • The United States of America as represented by the United States Department o...
    • Zhehui Wang
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    Ion thruster with graphite accelerator grid

    • Patent number 5,689,950
    • Issue date Nov 25, 1997
    • Matra Marconi Space UK Limited
    • Peter Smith
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    Ring-cusp ion thruster with shell anode

    • Patent number 4,466,242
    • Issue date Aug 21, 1984
    • The United States of America as represented by the administrator of the Natio...
    • James S. Sovey
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    Field-emission ion source and ion thruster apparatus comprising suc...

    • Patent number 4,328,667
    • Issue date May 11, 1982
    • The European Space Research Organisation
    • Dominique R. Valentian
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    Source for plasma of large transverse section and constituting an i...

    • Patent number 4,209,703
    • Issue date Jun 24, 1980
    • Jean L. Delcroix
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    Electron-bombardment ion source including segmented anode of electr...

    • Patent number 3,969,646
    • Issue date Jul 13, 1976
    • Ion Tech, Inc.
    • Paul D. Reader
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    Electron-bombardment ion sources

    • Patent number 3,956,666
    • Issue date May 11, 1976
    • Ion Tech, Inc.
    • Paul D. Reader
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    3620018

    • Patent number 3,620,018
    • Issue date Nov 16, 1971
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    3613370

    • Patent number 3,613,370
    • Issue date Oct 19, 1971
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    3500122

    • Patent number 3,500,122
    • Issue date Mar 10, 1970
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    3412559

    • Patent number 3,412,559
    • Issue date Nov 26, 1968
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

  • Information Patent Application

    NEUTRALIZER FOR AN ION THRUSTER OF A SPACECRAFT

    • Publication number 20230106067
    • Publication date Apr 6, 2023
    • ENPULSION GmbH
    • David KREJCI
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    Ionic Threading Apparatus

    • Publication number 20220087000
    • Publication date Mar 17, 2022
    • Luis Cardozo
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    FIELD EMISSION NEUTRALIZER

    • Publication number 20210017967
    • Publication date Jan 21, 2021
    • TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    • PENG LIU
    • B82 - NANO-TECHNOLOGY
  • Information Patent Application

    ION THRUSTER

    • Publication number 20200340459
    • Publication date Oct 29, 2020
    • ENPULSION GmbH
    • Nembo BULDRINI
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    Field Emission Propulsion System and Method For Calibrating and Ope...

    • Publication number 20200223564
    • Publication date Jul 16, 2020
    • Technische Universitat Dresden
    • Daniel Bock
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    PLASMA ACCELERATOR WITH MODULATED THRUST

    • Publication number 20180310393
    • Publication date Oct 25, 2018
    • AERNNOVA
    • Miguel Angel CASTILLO ACERO
    • H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • Information Patent Application

    HALL EFFECT THRUSTER ELECTRICAL CONFIGURATION

    • Publication number 20170284380
    • Publication date Oct 5, 2017
    • California Institute of Technology
    • Richard R. HOFER
    • B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
  • Information Patent Application

    GENERATING ELECTROSPRAY FROM A FERROFLUID

    • Publication number 20160010631
    • Publication date Jan 14, 2016
    • Michigan Technological University
    • Lyon Bradley King
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    UNIFIED CHEMICAL ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM

    • Publication number 20130047578
    • Publication date Feb 28, 2013
    • Space Systems/Loral, Inc.
    • Nicolas Claude Gascon
    • F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
  • Information Patent Application

    MICRO-NOZZLE THRUSTER

    • Publication number 20120318886
    • Publication date Dec 20, 2012
    • MicroSpace Rapid Pte Ltd.
    • Giulio Manzoni
    • B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
  • Information Patent Application

    PLASMA THRUSTERS

    • Publication number 20120167548
    • Publication date Jul 5, 2012
    • Astrium Limited
    • Aaron Kombai Knoll
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    Plasma Generator and Method for Controlling a Plasma Generator

    • Publication number 20120019143
    • Publication date Jan 26, 2012
    • Astrium GmbH
    • Werner Kadrnoschka
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    ELECTRIC PROPULSION

    • Publication number 20110277445
    • Publication date Nov 17, 2011
    • QinetiQ Limited
    • Michael Henry Corbett
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    ION PROPULSION EMITTER AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF

    • Publication number 20100269483
    • Publication date Oct 28, 2010
    • Andrea Novi
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    Current Controlled Field Emission Thruster

    • Publication number 20100251690
    • Publication date Oct 7, 2010
    • James D. Kueneman
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    EMITTER FOR IONIC THRUSTER

    • Publication number 20100018185
    • Publication date Jan 28, 2010
    • SNECMA
    • Dominique Valentian
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    SCALABLE FLAT-PANEL NANO-PARTICLE MEMS/NEMS THRUSTER

    • Publication number 20090056305
    • Publication date Mar 5, 2009
    • Brian E. Gilchrist
    • F42 - AMMUNITION BLASTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Modular micropropulsion device and system

    • Publication number 20080072565
    • Publication date Mar 27, 2008
    • Ivan Bekey
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    Staged emitter-attractor ion drive

    • Publication number 20060017004
    • Publication date Jan 26, 2006
    • Alan B. Minick
    • H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR