EP1173874A4 - Plasma gun and methods for the use thereof - Google Patents

Plasma gun and methods for the use thereof

Info

Publication number: EP1173874A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: methods; plasma gun; gun; plasma
Prior art date: 1999-03-31
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP00921371A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP1173874A1 (en

Inventor

Daniel Birx

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Science Research Laboratory Inc

Original Assignee

Science Research Laboratory Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1999-03-31

Filing date

2000-03-08

Publication date

2007-04-11

1999-03-31 Priority claimed from US09/283,135 external-priority patent/US6300720B1/en

1999-07-13 Priority claimed from US09/352,571 external-priority patent/US6172324B1/en

2000-03-08 Application filed by Science Research Laboratory Inc filed Critical Science Research Laboratory Inc

2002-01-23 Publication of EP1173874A1 publication Critical patent/EP1173874A1/en

2007-04-11 Publication of EP1173874A4 publication Critical patent/EP1173874A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05G—X-RAY TECHNIQUE
- H05G2/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for producing X-rays, not involving X-ray tubes, e.g. involving generation of a plasma
- H05G2/001—X-ray radiation generated from plasma
- H05G2/003—X-ray radiation generated from plasma being produced from a liquid or gas
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
- H01J27/00—Ion beam tubes
- H01J27/02—Ion sources; Ion guns
- H01J27/16—Ion sources; Ion guns using high-frequency excitation, e.g. microwave excitation
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
- B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
- B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
- B64G1/22—Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles
- B64G1/40—Arrangements or adaptations of propulsion systems
- B64G1/405—Ion or plasma engines
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03H—PRODUCING A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03H1/00—Using plasma to produce a reactive propulsive thrust
- F03H1/0087—Electro-dynamic thrusters, e.g. pulsed plasma thrusters
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05G—X-RAY TECHNIQUE
- H05G2/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for producing X-rays, not involving X-ray tubes, e.g. involving generation of a plasma
- H05G2/001—X-ray radiation generated from plasma
- H05G2/003—X-ray radiation generated from plasma being produced from a liquid or gas
- H05G2/005—X-ray radiation generated from plasma being produced from a liquid or gas containing a metal as principal radiation generating component
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05H—PLASMA TECHNIQUE; PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED PARTICLES OR OF NEUTRONS; PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMIC BEAMS
- H05H1/00—Generating plasma; Handling plasma
- H05H1/24—Generating plasma
- H05H1/52—Generating plasma using exploding wires or spark gaps
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05H—PLASMA TECHNIQUE; PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED PARTICLES OR OF NEUTRONS; PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMIC BEAMS
- H05H1/00—Generating plasma; Handling plasma
- H05H1/54—Plasma accelerators

EP00921371A 1999-03-31 2000-03-08 Plasma gun and methods for the use thereof Withdrawn EP1173874A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US352571		1989-05-15
US283135		1999-03-31
US09/283,135 US6300720B1 (en)	1997-04-28	1999-03-31	Plasma gun and methods for the use thereof
US09/352,571 US6172324B1 (en)	1997-04-28	1999-07-13	Plasma focus radiation source
PCT/US2000/006009 WO2000058989A1 (en)	1999-03-31	2000-03-08	Plasma gun and methods for the use thereof

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP1173874A1 EP1173874A1 (en)	2002-01-23
EP1173874A4 true EP1173874A4 (en)	2007-04-11

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP00921371A Withdrawn EP1173874A4 (en)	1999-03-31	2000-03-08	Plasma gun and methods for the use thereof

Country Status (6)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP1173874A4 (en)
JP (2)	JP3564396B2 (en)
KR (1)	KR100637816B1 (en)
CA (1)	CA2362890C (en)
HK (1)	HK1041556A1 (en)
WO (1)	WO2000058989A1 (en)

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Citations (3)

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GB2201051A (en) *	1987-02-12	1988-08-17	Electricity Council	Ignition device for a plasma or welding torch
RU2010467C1 (en) *	1991-11-26	1994-03-30	Иван Георгиевич Катаев	Magnetic pulse shaper
US5866871A (en) *	1997-04-28	1999-02-02	Birx; Daniel	Plasma gun and methods for the use thereof

2000
- 2000-03-08 WO PCT/US2000/006009 patent/WO2000058989A1/en active IP Right Grant
- 2000-03-08 CA CA002362890A patent/CA2362890C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2000-03-08 KR KR1020017012523A patent/KR100637816B1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 2000-03-08 EP EP00921371A patent/EP1173874A4/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2000-03-08 JP JP2000608400A patent/JP3564396B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
2002
- 2002-04-30 HK HK02103241.9A patent/HK1041556A1/en unknown
2004
- 2004-05-14 JP JP2004145027A patent/JP4223989B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related

Patent Citations (4)

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
GB2201051A (en) *	1987-02-12	1988-08-17	Electricity Council	Ignition device for a plasma or welding torch
RU2010467C1 (en) *	1991-11-26	1994-03-30	Иван Георгиевич Катаев	Magnetic pulse shaper
US5866871A (en) *	1997-04-28	1999-02-02	Birx; Daniel	Plasma gun and methods for the use thereof
US6084198A (en) *	1997-04-28	2000-07-04	Birx; Daniel	Plasma gun and methods for the use thereof

Non-Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
GIORDANO G ET AL: "Magnetic pulse compressor for prepulse discharge in spiker-sustainer excitation technique for XeCl lasers", REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS USA, vol. 65, no. 8, August 1994 (1994-08-01), pages 2475 - 2481, XP002400606, ISSN: 0034-6748 *
See also references of WO0058989A1 *

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
HK1041556A1 (en)	2002-07-12
WO2000058989A1 (en)	2000-10-05
JP3564396B2 (en)	2004-09-08
JP2004335479A (en)	2004-11-25
EP1173874A1 (en)	2002-01-23
WO2000058989A8 (en)	2001-09-27
JP2003517704A (en)	2003-05-27
JP4223989B2 (en)	2009-02-12
KR100637816B1 (en)	2006-10-25
CA2362890C (en)	2005-12-13
CA2362890A1 (en)	2000-10-05
KR20030015117A (en)	2003-02-20

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2001-12-07	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
2002-01-23	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 20011030
2002-01-23	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A1 Designated state(s): AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
2002-07-17	RIN1	Information on inventor provided before grant (corrected)	Inventor name: BIRX, DANIEL
2007-04-11	A4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched	Effective date: 20070312
2007-07-25	17Q	First examination report despatched	Effective date: 20070621
2011-12-23	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN
2012-01-25	18D	Application deemed to be withdrawn	Effective date: 20110802
2012-10-19	REG	Reference to a national code	Ref country code: HK Ref legal event code: WD Ref document number: 1041556 Country of ref document: HK

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