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US5175466:
Fixed geometry plasma and generator
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Seward, III, DeWitt C.; Acton, MA 01720
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1992-12-29
/ 1992-02-24
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| Application Number: |
US1992000841308
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
H02J 15/00;
H05H 1/12;
H05H 7/06;
Core:
H05H 1/02;
H05H 7/00;
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IPC-7:
H05H 1/46;
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| ECLA Code: |
H02J15/00; H05H1/12; H05H7/06; Y02E30/12F;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
313/231.31;
315/501;
Original:
313/231.31;
328/233;
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| Field of Search: |
313/231.31
328/233
376/127,128,129,133,137,139
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| Priority Number: |
| 1992-02-24 |
US1992000841308 |
| 1990-05-25 |
US1990000529783 |
| 1988-06-28 |
US1988000214904 |
| 1986-10-02 |
US1986000914629 |
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| Abstract: |
A fixed geometry plasma and a method of generating such a plasma wherein a stream of charged particles follows a spiral path. Said spiralling plasma is containable in a magnetic field such that a toroid is formed.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
O'Shea, Sandra L.;
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| Parent Case: |
This is a continuation of co-pending application Ser. No. 07/529,783 filed on May 25, 1990 now abandoned, which is a continuation of 07/214,904 filed Jun. 28, 1988 now abandoned, which is a continuation of 06/914,629 filed Sept. 10, 1986 now abandoned.
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First Claim:
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What I claim is:
1. A fixed geometry charged particle energy storage device comprising;
- a vacuum chamber for housing a plurality of charged particles;
- a magnetic field generating means for providing a magnetic field having closed magnetic field lines within the vacuum chamber; and
- injecting means for providing a plurality of charged particles each having the same electrical charge, the charged particles being injected into a predetermined path within the chamber and having a substantially uniform velocity such that said path comprises a spiral about an axis that is parallel to a closed magnetic field line of the magnetic field, the spiral having a fixed geometry relative to the vacuum chamber.
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None
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| Other References: |
Physics for Scientists and Engineeers; Radin et al, 1982 pp. 559, 560.
Knief, Nuclear Energy Technology, 1981 pp. 510, 511 and 516.
Singer, Stanley, "The Nature of Ball Lightning", Plenum Press (1971).
Daugherty, J. D. and R. H. Levy, "Equilibrium of Electron Clouds in Toroial Magnetic Fields", Physics of Fluids 10, 155 (1967).
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