US 12,391,410 B2
Magnetic multi-pole propulsion array system
Yueh-Heng Li, Tainan (TW); Yu-Ting Wu, Kaohsiung (TW); Chao-Wei Huang, Tainan (TW); Wei-Cheng Lo, Tainan (TW); Hsun-Chen Hsieh, Chiayi (TW); Ping-Han Huang, Tainan (TW); Yi-Long Huang, Changhua County (TW); Sheng-Wen Liu, Tainan (TW); and Wei-Cheng Lien, Taichung (TW)
Assigned to National Cheng Kung University, Tainan (TW)
Filed by National Cheng Kung University, Tainan (TW)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/084,519.
Claims priority of application No. 111138974 (TW), filed on Oct. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0124163 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B64G 1/40 (2006.01); H02N 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64G 1/409 (2013.01) [H02N 11/006 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A magnetic multi-pole propulsion array system applied to at least one external electron source, the magnetic multi-pole propulsion array system comprising:
a plurality of magnetic multi-pole thrusters connected adjacent to each other and surrounding the at least one external electron source, each of the plurality of magnetic multi-pole thrusters comprising:
a propellant provider adapted to output propellant;
a discharge chamber connected with the propellant provider and adapted to accommodate the propellant;
an anode disposed inside the discharge chamber and adapted to generate an electric field; and
a plurality of magnetic components respectively disposed on a plurality of sides of the discharge chamber, one of the plurality of sides of the discharge chamber of the magnetic multi-pole thruster being applied for one side of a discharge chamber of another magnetic multi-pole thruster.