US 12,414,219 B2
Ion beam paths on target surfaces for neutron beam generation
Gregory Luke Snitchler, Foothill Ranch, CA (US); Shahyar Ziaei, Ladera Ranch, CA (US); Harrison Beam Eggers, Pendleton, SC (US); and Alejandro Mesa Dame, Indianapolis, IN (US)
Assigned to TAE Technologies, Inc., Foothill Ranch, CA (US)
Filed by TAE Technologies, Inc., Foothill Ranch, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/540,447.
Application 18/540,447 is a continuation of application No. 17/412,943, filed on Aug. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,889,612.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/070,789, filed on Aug. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0130032 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05H 7/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01); H05H 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC H05H 7/001 (2013.01) [A61N 5/10 (2013.01); H05H 6/00 (2013.01); A61N 2005/109 (2013.01); H05H 2007/002 (2013.01); H05H 2007/008 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a beam, comprising:
scanning the beam across a scannable surface of a target along a first path; and
scanning the beam across the scannable surface of the target along a second path, wherein the first path forms a first pattern at a first radial orientation, and the second path forms substantially the first pattern at a second radial orientation different from the first radial orientation.