| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 376121000 |
Magnetic confinement of plasma
| 55 |
| 376108000 |
Including accelerating particles into a stationary or static target (e.g., Cockcroft-Walton generator type)
| 54 |
| 376107000 |
Fusion reaction by plural colliding plasmas or particle beams
| 22 |
| 376102000 |
Inertial confinement (e.g., nuclear explosive)
| 19 |
| 376151000 |
Fusion targets or pellets
| 17 |
| 376146000 |
Including removal or use of impurities or reaction products (e.g., energy)
| 14 |
| 376144000 |
Plasma formed between spaced electrodes
| 11 |
| 376150000 |
Chamber structure or material
| 7 |
| 376101000 |
Pellet guidance systems (e.g., pellet injection means) | 4 |
| 20130114772 | Large Amplitude Vibration Mechanical Launch Apparatus - System and methods for launching a projectile are provided. The launching apparatus may include a flexible beam and drivers attached to the ends of the beam. The drivers may drive the ends of the beam to induce a steady large amplitude vibration in the beam. The induced vibration causes the beam to oscillate between two catenary-like configurations. A projectile may be loaded on the midpoint region of the beam when the midpoint region of the beam reaches a peak displacement with a near zero velocity and acceleration. The projectile may then be pushed and accelerated by the beam vibration and launched from the beam when the midpoint region reaches a peak velocity and midpoint acceleration reaches zero. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20140233687 | Method of Providing Impact in Vacuum - In space, a linear accelerator firing charged pellets can be situated at a large distance from a target at which the pellets are aimed. The accelerator can fire a graduated-speed train of pellets over a period of seconds or longer which arrive at the target simultaneously, and impart a large pulse of energy. An accelerator of modest power can thus provide a pulse in the megajoule range, sufficient to ignite fusion. It is necessary to provide course corrections to the pellets, to bring them together with very high precision as they approach the target. An ideal siting is to place the accelerator at the Earth-Moon L1 or L2 Lagrange point, and the fusion target at a point on the surface of the Moon where the pellets will strike at grazing incidence, i.e. on a great circle intersecting the lunar poles. Length of the particle trajectory is over 60000 km | 08-21-2014 |
| 20150043700 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TARGET INJECTION USING A GAS-BEARING INJECTION BARREL - A permeable barrel for accelerating a projectile is provided. The barrel includes a plurality of holes through which gas can be injected to generate a gas cushion for the projectile. The gas cushion prevents any contact between the projectile and the barrel walls. Also the gas cushion helps to keep the projectile centered in the barrel throughout its travel. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150302940 | Electromagnetic Matter Injector and Capsule System | 10-22-2015 |
| 376149000 |
Shock wave heating of plasma or gas (e.g., MHD heating) | 3 |
| 20130114774 | LOCALISED ENERGY CONCENTRATION - A method of producing a localised concentration of energy comprises creating at least one shockwave ( | 05-09-2013 |
| 20150139378 | LOCALISED ENERGY CONCENTRATION - A method of producing a localised concentration of energy including providing a pocket of gas in a non-gaseous medium and in contact with a surface. The surface includes a depression shaped so as to at least partially receive the pocket of gas. A static pressure is applied to the non-gaseous medium, with an average value greater than atmospheric pressure such that the pocket of gas collapses to form a transverse jet. The surface depression is arranged to receive the transverse jet impact such that at least some of pocket of gas is trapped between the impacting jet and the surface depression. An apparatus for producing a localised concentration of energy is also provided. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20160019984 | LOCALISED ENERGY CONCENTRATION - A method of producing a localised concentration of energy includes: creating at least one shockwave propagating through a non-gaseous medium so as first to be incident upon a focusing pocket of fluid within the medium. The focusing pocket of fluid is positioned relative to a differently sized target pocket of gas within the medium, and is arranged to shield the target pocket of gas from the initial shockwave, such that the incidence of the shockwave on the focusing pocket of fluid concentrates the intensity of a shockwave subsequently incident upon the target pocket of gas. An apparatus for producing a localised concentration of energy is also described. | 01-21-2016 |
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| 20080205572 | Apparatus and process for generating nuclear heat - A deuterium-fueled heat source that utilizes solid state electrolysis device(s) that deposit D atoms onto, and remove D atoms from, a metal reactor plate containing deuterium diffusion-impeding inclusions. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080304611 | Electricity generation from nuclear fusion - A method, using the reaction between Lithium and neutron to produce Tritium, is used to sustain Deuterium-Tritium nuclear fusion long enough to produce electrical power. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090086877 | Methods and apparatus for energy conversion using materials comprising molecular deuterium and molecular hydrogen-deuterium - A method and apparatus are described which employ processing a host material to cause molecular deuterium (D | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090116604 | Machine for producing flow of Isotopic fuel through a material - A machine for producing flow of isotopic fuel through a material with a wire or rod anode which does not corrode, such as platinum, a solution, such as deuterium oxide (D2O), in which are immersed the electrodes, anode and cathode, which will provide the isotopic fuel (hydrogen or deuterons) and load the cathode, a power supply capable of apply an electric field intensity between the electrodes, able to produce loading and intraelectrode flux of the isotopic fuel, with a potential in the range of 4 to 4000 volts, a cathode of helical shape, long axis parallel to the anode, of palladium, able to load with the isotopic fuel to support intraelectrode flux of the isotopic fuel, a ratio of diameters between the full width of the helical wound cathode and the anode of 4 to 1000, a distance between the electrodes, adjusted to create direct loading, and over each portion of the helical cathode, closest to the anode, over a two dimensional angle of 45 to 130 degrees. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090122940 | LOW TEMPERATURE FUSION - Methods for low-temperature fusion are disclosed. In one embodiment, a symmetrical crystal lattice including a plurality of deuterons either absorbed or embedded in a heavy-electron material is selected. The method provides alternatives for initiating a vibration mode involving the deuterons on the crystal lattice that induces them to converge. The oscillating convergence of the deuterons is enhanced by the charge screening effect of electrons. The electron screening effect is in turn enhanced by the high effective-mass associated with the selected materials. The vibration modes are excited, for example, by applying an electrical stress, a uniform magnetic field, mechanical stress, non-uniform stress, acoustic waves, the de Haas van Alphen effect, electrical resistivity, infrared optical radiation, Raman scattering, or any combination thereof to the crystal lattice. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090310731 | SINGLE-PASS, HEAVY ION FUSION, SYSTEMS AND METHOD - A single-pass heavy-ion fusion system includes a new arrangement of current multiplying processes that employs multiple isotopes to achieve the desired effect of distributing the task of amplifying the current among all the various processes, to relieve stress on any one process, and to increase margin of safety for assured ICF (inertial confinement fusion) power production. Energy and power of the ignition-driver pulses are greatly increased, thus increasing intensity of target heating and rendering reliable ignition readily attainable. The present design eliminates the need for storage rings. Further innovations are to give the HIF (heavy ion fusion) Driver flexibility to drive multiple chambers in the most general case of different total distances between the linac output and each of the various chambers. Using multiple chambers steeply decreases the pro-rata capital investment and operating costs per power production unit, in turn decreasing the cost of power to users. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100008461 | Cold fusion apparatus - In accordance with the present invention, this invention creates the process of cold fusion with the creation of electromagnetic scalar waves and the deuterium loading of cathode in the invention. This process of combining the deuterium loading and current flow of the cathode with the electromagnetic wave and electromagnetic scalar waves are used to allow temporary changes of the electron to electron repulsion, proton to proton repulsion Via the changing of the 3 | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100067637 | Apparatus and process for generating flow-stimulated nuclear heat - A deuterium-fueled heat generating reactor that uses a nanometal catalyst to promote an exothermic nuclear reaction, and which increases the reaction rate by using a cation-conducting solid-electrolyte electrochemical cell to pull deuterium flow through the catalyst bed in a closed-loop path. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100195780 | Apparatus and process for thermal gradient-driven metal catalyzed fusion reactor - A deuterium-fueled heat-generating reactor that uses a nano-metal catalyst in a catalyst bed, in combination with an operator adjustable means for imposing a temperature gradient within the catalyst bed so as to stimulate and control an exothermic nuclear reaction rate. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110142183 | Multiring apparatus and method to measure heat released by a sample loaded with hydrogen - The present invention relates to methods and systems used to examine the activity of a sample of a material involved in a reaction with an isotopic fuel. The system includes a novel holding apparatus for said sample of material with a surrounding structure means to examine and load said sample. Said apparatus also includes means to irradiate said sample of material during loading and means to assess the activity of said sample. In one configuration said means of examining the activity of said sample consists of a multiring calorimeter with a series of concentric chambers surrounding the centrally placed sample of material. Said means to examine said sample also includes means to detect changes in the volume of said sample during electrolysis or gas loading with said fuel, means to compare the activity of said sample of said material with other substances, means to semiquantitatively determine the activity of said sample of said material by determining the generated power and energy secondary to said loading, and comparing that to the input power and energy to obtain the ratios of the instantaneous power (P | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110255644 | METHODS OF GENERATING NON-IONIZING RADIATION OR NON-IONIZING 4He USING GRAPHENE BASED MATERIALS - There is disclosed a method of generating non-ionizing radiation, non-ionizing | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110268235 | BORON-10 ENHANCED THERMAL ENERGY - The present invention generally relates to high-energy composition utilized with reactors and combustors for generating electricity either directly through nuclear or magnetic energy, or indirectly through thermal energy that incorporate the high-energy composition into at least one reactor operable at a temperature greater than 1000 Celsius and containing the composition with at least one co-reactant of Boron-10, with the Boron-10 specifically enabling an at least five percent increase of energy generation and/or efficiency as compared the same reaction without Boron-10. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to the Boron-10 composition within a high-energy reactor operable at a temperature at least 1000 Celsius and a method that applies at least one externally applied force acting upon the Boron-10 portion of the reactor. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120155590 | METHOD OF DETERMINING NUCLEAR FUSION IRRADIATION COORDINATES, DEVICE FOR DETERMINING NUCLEAR FUSION IRRADIATION COORDINATES, AND NUCLEAR FUSION DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to efficiently improve uniformity of energy lines to be irradiated. A method of determining nuclear fusion irradiation coordinates according to the present invention is a method of calculating irradiation coordinates when energy lines are irradiated onto a nuclear fusion target, and comprises an initial arrangement step S | 06-21-2012 |
| 20130329844 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HELIUM-3 USING A HYDROGENATED LATTICE (RED FUSION) - Helium-3 (also known as He-3 or | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140153683 | Nuclear Fusion of Common Hydrogen - A process of fusing common hydrogen to: (1) form all of the elements in the Periodic Table of Elements; and, (2) produce excess energy. The process involves controllably initiating the process of electron capture with a hydrogen nucleus, which produces virtual neutrons and a new short-lived negatively charged particle (Negatron). | 06-05-2014 |
| 20150055739 | Plasma Confinement System and Methods for Use - A plasma confinement system is provided that includes a confinement chamber that includes one or more enclosures of respective helicity injectors. The one or more enclosures are coupled to ports at an outer radius of the confinement chamber. The system further includes one or more conductive coils aligned substantially parallel to the one or more enclosures and a further set of one or more conductive coils respectively surrounding portions of the one or more enclosures. Currents may be provided to the sets of conductive coils to energize a gas within the confinement chamber into a plasma. Further, a heat-exchange system is provided that includes an inner wall, an intermediate wall, an outer wall, and pipe sections configured to carry coolant through cavities formed by the walls. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150055740 | IN SPACE STARTUP METHOD FOR NUCLEAR FUSION ROCKET ENGINES - The invention is for a startup system for nuclear fusion engines in space. The combustion of hydrogen and oxygen produces heat that is used by a heat engine to produce electricity. This can be supplemented by electricity from other operating engines. The exhaust from the combustion is condensed and electrolyzed to produce hydrogen and oxygen once the engine is in operation. This provides a constant source of energy for future startups. The engine is started up at partial power in electricity generation mode and this power replaces the power from the combustion as it grows. The combustor uses the same heat engine as the nuclear engine uses for power generation. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150078504 | HYBRID MOLTEN SALT REACTOR WITH ENERGETIC NEUTRON SOURCE - In an embodiment, a hybrid molten salt reactor includes a source of energetic neutrons, the energetic neutrons having a typical energy per neutron of 14 MeV or greater, a critical molten salt reactor, and a molten salt comprising a dissolved mixture of fissile actinides and fertile actinides. The molten salt circulates in a loop through the reactor vessel and around the source of energetic neutrons. The fissile actinides and fertile actinides sustain an exothermic nuclear reaction in which the actinides are irradiated by the energetic neutrons, the energetic neutrons inducing subcritical nuclear fission, and undergo critical nuclear fission when circulating through the critical molten salt reactor. A portion of the daughter neutrons generated by nuclear reactions are captured by the fertile actinides in the molten salt and induce transmutation of the fertile actinides into fissile actinides and sustain critical fission chain reactions in the molten salt reactor. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150117583 | Nuclear Fusion Reactor with Power Extraction - An apparatus for enhanced nuclear fusion reaction within a plasma by using voltage differential acceleration to raise its temperature and mechanically spinning the fusion containment utilizing centripetal force to concentrate ions density within a region by increasing the gravity in this region. Direct energy pickup from the fusion plasma, direct energy pickup to arc a chamber to produce a magnetic field for pick up with ferrite coil assemblies around the arc chamber to create electricity, collect the heat from the fusion containment to drive a turbine, heat engine or other heat suitable device. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150124920 | ROOM-TEMPERATURE FUSION REACTION METHOD AND DEVICE - To provide a room-temperature fusion reaction device capable of maintaining a room-temperature fusion reaction state by controlling the reaction condition of room-temperature fusion. The room-temperature fusion reaction device includes: a reaction vessel for containing an electrolyte solution; a positive electrode and a negative electrode immersed in the electrolyte solution within the reaction vessel; and a power supply device for applying a reaction voltage to the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The reaction voltage from the power supply device is applied to generate glow discharge optical emission between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. A light receiving means is provided for receiving light of the glow discharge optical emission. A voltage adjusting means of the power supply device controls the reaction voltage applied to the positive electrode and the negative electrode based on the receiver output of the light receiving means. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150340104 | System, Apparatus, Method and Energy Product-by-Process for Resonantly-Catalyzing Nuclear Fusion Energy Release, and the Underlying Scientific Foundation - A system and related apparatus, method and energy product-by-process for resonantly-catalyzing the release of nuclear fusion energy, comprising: a nuclear fuel; a high-frequency gamma radiation source producing gamma radiation proximate at least one of the resonant frequencies corresponding to m | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150340105 | NUCLEAR FUSION USING HIGH ENERGY CHARGED PARTICLE CONVERGENCE AT A TARGET CATHODE - A controlled fusion process is provided that can produce a sustained series of fusion reactions: a process that (i) uses a substantially higher reactant density of the deuterium and tritium gases by converging cationic reactants into the higher reaction density at a target cathode rather than relying on random collisions, the converging producing a substantially higher rate of fusion and energy production; (ii) uses a substantially lower input of energy to initiate the fusion; (iii) can be cycled at a substantially higher cycle frequency; (iv) has a practical heat exchange method; (v) is substantially less costly to manufacture, operate, and maintain; and, (vi) has a substantially improved reaction efficiency as a result of not mixing reactants with products. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150371723 | Control of Low Energy Nuclear Reactions in Hydrides, and Autonomously Controlled Heat Generation Module - A treatment of a possibly powdered, sintered, or deposited lattice (e.g., nickel) for heat generating applications and a way to control low energy nuclear reactions (“LENR”) hosted in the lattice by controlling hydride formation. The method of control and treatment involves the use of the reaction lattice, enclosed by an inert cover gas such as argon that carries hydrogen as the reactive gas in a non-flammable mixture. Hydrogen ions in the lattice are transmuted to neutrons as discussed in U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2007/0206715 (Godes_2007)). Hydrogen moving through the lattice interacts with the newly formed neutrons generating an exothermic reaction. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160012921 | LOCALISED ENERGY CONCENTRATION | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160118144 | HYDROGEN-LITHIUM FUSION DEVICE - The Hydrogen-Lithium Fusion Device (HLFD) includes a plasma generator that generates proton-lithium plasma within a reaction chamber. The plasma generator includes a proton source and lithium source. In one implementation, bias voltage is applied within the reaction chamber. The bias voltage enables protons to fuse with lithium ions in the proton-lithium plasma, whereby energetic helium ion fusion byproducts are produced. Multiple configurations of reaction chambers containing protons and lithium ions under conditions that yield proton-lithium fusion are disclosed. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20180025791 | Plasma Confinement System and Methods for Use | 01-25-2018 |
