Global Patent Index - EP 3662160 A1

EP 3662160 A1 20200610 - FIELD EMISSION PROPULSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AND OPERATING A FIELD EMISSION PROPULSION SYSTEM

Title (en)

FIELD EMISSION PROPULSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AND OPERATING A FIELD EMISSION PROPULSION SYSTEM

Title (de)

FELDEMISSIONSANTRIEBSSVSTEM SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUM KALIBRIEREN UND BETREIBEN EINES FELDEMISSIONSANTRIEBSSVSTEMS

Title (fr)

SYSTÈME D'ENTRAÎNEMENT À ÉMISSION DE CHAMP ET PROCÉDÉ D'ÉTALONNAGE ET DE FONCTIONNEMENT D'UN SYSTÈME D'ENTRAÎNEMENT À EMISSION DE CHAMP

Publication

EP 3662160 A1 20200610 (DE)

Application

EP 18742465 A 20180716

Priority

  • DE 102017117316 A 20170731
  • EP 2018069251 W 20180716

Abstract (en)

[origin: CA3071022A1] The invention relates to a field emission propulsion system (1) for spacecraft, comprising: a control unit (4); a propulsion assembly (2) with a plurality of field emission propulsion units (23) that comprise an ion source with a plurality of ion emitters (222) and extraction electrodes (24), associated with said ion emitters (222) and arranged in a field arrangement; and a plurality of extraction electrode voltage sources (43), each associated with the extraction electrodes (24) to operate same, controlled by the control unit (4), using an individual extraction electrode voltage.

IPC 8 full level

F03H 1/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F03H 1/005 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2019025174A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

DE 102017117316 A1 20190131; DE 102017117316 B4 20200402; AU 2018312508 A1 20200130; AU 2018312508 B2 20240523; CA 3071022 A1 20190207; DK 3662160 T3 20210823; EP 3662160 A1 20200610; EP 3662160 B1 20210526; JP 2020532671 A 20201112; JP 7171699 B2 20221115; LT 3662160 T 20210927; WO 2019025174 A1 20190207; WO 2019025174 A8 20190418

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 102017117316 A 20170731; AU 2018312508 A 20180716; CA 3071022 A 20180716; DK 18742465 T 20180716; EP 18742465 A 20180716; EP 2018069251 W 20180716; JP 2020505447 A 20180716; LT 18742465 T 20180716