US 12,434,862 B2
Electric ion propulsor
Mano D Judd, Heath, TX (US); Gilmary M Hostage, III, Boerne, TX (US); and Marinus Bernard Bosma, Tipp City, OH (US)
Appl. No. 18/578,901
Filed by Mano D Judd, Heath, TX (US); Gilmary M Hostage, III, Boerne, TX (US); and Marinus Bernard Bosma, Tipp City, OH (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 8, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/019210
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 12, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/172244, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 14, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0417110 A1, Dec. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. B64G 1/40 (2006.01); F03H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64G 1/413 (2023.08) [F03H 1/0075 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A method of creating thrust by translating ionized air, comprising the steps of:
attaching a plurality of individual antenna modules to a substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface;
connecting each one of the plurality of antennae modules to a controller including a digital signal processor (DSP) and software stored in memory enabling control of transmission of the RF energy by each one of the plurality of antennae modules;
subdividing, by the controller, the plurality of antennae modules into a plurality of arrays;
ionizing and trapping ambient air into a plurality of voxels by a first array; and
translating the voxels from the first array to an adjacent array and subsequently to other arrays that are adjacent to each other in a linear direction at a speed enabling air movement causing thrust.