DC-DC electrical transformer

US10178749B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TIBBAR PLASMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

• John Finn · North Wales, US
• Cihan Akcay · Wolfsburg, DE
• Daniel Barnes · London, GB
• Juan Fernandez · Towaco, US
• William L. Gibson · Angola, US
• Aaron McEvoy · Los Alamos, US
• Keith Moser · Libertyville, US
• Richard Nebel · Los Alamos, US
• Liviu Popa-Simil · Los Alamos, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 27, 2016
• Grant date: Jan 8, 2019
• Expiry date: Aug 15, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05H1/16
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An apparatus and corresponding systems and methods for managing electric power, particularly a transformer system and method, and more specifically a transformer for direct current. An example apparatus includes a chamber configured to contain plasma. The apparatus includes input electrodes disposed at least partially within the chamber, and configured to receive a first direct current input into the chamber. The input electrodes are configured to cause the input direct current to induce motion in the plasma. Motion induced in the plasma transforms current flowing there-through. At output electrodes extend from the chamber. The output electrodes conduct a second direct current, from the induced motion in the plasma, for delivery from the chamber.