Busek Co. Inc.
18Patents
14Active
18Granted
48Portfolio score
Filing activity: Jun 30, 1998 → Apr 14, 2016 · 7 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6075321A | Hall field plasma accelerator with an inner and outer anode | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 32 | Expired |
| US6834492B2 | Air breathing electrically powered hall effect thruster | Electricity | 23 | Expired |
| US7932492B2 | Electrospray device | Electricity | 19 | Active |
| US6150764A | Tandem hall field plasma accelerator | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 14 | Expired |
| US9334855B1 | Hall thruster for use with a condensable propellant | Performing Operations; Transporting | 11 | Active |
| US8448419B2 | Electrospray source | Performing Operations; Transporting | 6 | Active |
| US8550405B2 | Solar powered spacecraft power system for a hall effect thruster | Performing Operations; Transporting | 6 | Active |
| US9944412B2 | Spacecraft system for debris disposal and other operations and methods pertaining to the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Active |
| US8197578B2 | Liquid degasser for a space device | Performing Operations; Transporting | 5 | Active |
| US8610356B2 | Iodine fueled plasma generator system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 4 | Active |
| US8024917B2 | Multi-functional power supply for a hall thruster | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 4 | Active |
| US9638178B1 | Colloid thruster and method | Performing Operations; Transporting | 4 | Active |
| US6735935B2 | Pulsed hall thruster system | Electricity | 3 | Expired |
| US7420182B2 | Combined radio frequency and hall effect ion source and plasma accelerator system | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US7459858B2 | Hall thruster with shared magnetic structure | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US9493252B2 | Long life thruster | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1 | Active |
| US8837170B2 | Passive resonant bidirectional converter with galvanic barrier | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US8907578B2 | Autonomous method and system for minimizing the magnitude of plasma discharge current oscillations in a hall effect plasma device | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.