US 12,035,454 B2
Plasma engine using ion extraction
Nicholas V. Perricone, Meriden, CT (US); Kurt Rauschenbach, Franconia, NH (US); and Matthew Partlow, Townsend, WA (US)
Assigned to PerriQuest Defense Research Enterprises, LLC, Meriden, CT (US)
Filed by PerriQuest Defense Research Enterprises, LLC, Meriden, CT (US)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/976,712.
Application 17/976,712 is a continuation of application No. 17/739,124, filed on May 8, 2022, granted, now 11,510,307.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/215,482, filed on Jun. 27, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/186,095, filed on May 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0403780 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05H 1/24 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2024.01)
CPC H05H 1/2406 (2013.01) [B64D 27/24 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plasma engine comprising:
a) a plasma source having a gas input coupled to a source of first molecular gas species comprising at least one of hydrogen or helium and an output port, the plasma source generating ions from the received first molecular gas species;
b) an ion extractor positioned proximate to the output port of the plasma source and configured to extract ions from the plasma source with an electric field; and
c) a housing comprising a region that receives ions extracted from the ion extractor, wherein at least some of the extracted ions react with a second molecular gas species present in the housing to generate energy.
 
16. The plasma engine of claim 1 wherein the generated energy is used for a reaction.