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Internal wire-triggered pulsed cathodic arc propulsion system

US10807741B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Neumann Space Pty Ltd · AU

Inventors

Patrick Neumann · Clare, AU
Marcela Bilek · Cloncurry, AU
David McKenzie · Chatswood, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 9, 2016
Grant date	Oct 20, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 26, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF03H1/0087
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a propulsion system comprising: a solid conductive or semiconductive cathode (130); an anode (110) having a potential difference relative to said cathode (130), said potential difference creating an electric field between said anode (110) and said cathode (130); and an insulated trigger (150) adapted to trigger an arc discharge from a point on a upper surface of said cathode (130) in pulses, when said trigger (150) and cathode (130) are substantially in a vacuum, said trigger being bounded within the cathode so that the point at which the arc is triggered is located on the upper surface of said cathode.

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