US 12,404,844 B2
Ducted electroaerodynamic thrusters
Steven Barrett, Somerville, MA (US); Haofeng Xu, Boston, MA (US); Arthur Brown, Cambridge, MA (US); and Nicolas Gomez Vega, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US)
Appl. No. 18/691,802
Filed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 2, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/042437
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 13, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/059413, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 13, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/252,390, filed on Oct. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0392762 A1, Nov. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. F03H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC F03H 1/0037 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electroaerodynamic device comprising:
a duct including an inlet and an outlet; and
a plurality of serially arranged electroaerodynamic stages disposed in the duct along at least a portion of a length of the electroaerodynamic device, wherein each stage of the plurality of serially arranged electroaerodynamic stages includes a plurality of ion sources and a plurality of ion collectors distributed across at least a portion of a height of the electroaerodynamic device.