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EP 4243576 A1 20230913 - ELECTRIC THRUSTER

Title (en)

ELECTRIC THRUSTER

Title (de)

ELEKTRISCHES TRIEBWERK

Title (fr)

PROPULSEUR ÉLECTRIQUE

Publication

EP 4243576 A1 20230913 (EN)

Application

EP 23159635 A 20230302

Priority

IT 202200004391 A 20220308

Abstract (en)

It is presented an electric thruster (1) comprising an inlet conduit (2) defining an inlet section (1b) of atmospheric gas; an expulsion section (1c) of atmospheric gas from said electric thruster (1); an ioniser (3) configured to generate a first magnetic field and an accelerator (4) configured to generate a second magnetic field; and an assembly (5) generating a stream of electrons which, by interacting with said magnetic fields, ionises and accelerates the atmospheric gas defining the thrust of said electric thruster.

IPC 8 full level

H05H 1/54 (2006.01); F03H 1/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F03H 1/0012 (2013.01); F03H 1/0075 (2013.01); H05H 1/54 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

  • [XA] US 2018216606 A1 20180802 - MARCHANDISE FRÉDÉRIC RAPHAËL JEAN [FR], et al
  • [A] US 2006290287 A1 20061228 - KUNINAKA HITOSHI [JP]
  • [A] ANDREUSSI TOMMASO ET AL: "Development and Experimental Validation of a Hall Effect Thruster RAM-EP Concept RAM-EP = Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion RAM-HET = Air-Breathing Hall Effect Thruster VLEO = Very Low Earth Orbit", GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 8 October 2017 (2017-10-08), pages 1 - 11, XP055965519, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:http://electricrocket.org/IEPC/IEPC_2017_377.pdf> [retrieved on 20220927]
  • [A] DIAMANT KEVIN D.: "A 2-Stage Cylindrical Hall Thruster for Air Breathing Electric Propulsion", 46TH AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE JOINT PROPULSION CONFERENCE & EXHIBIT, 28 July 2010 (2010-07-28), pages 1 - 9, XP055965542
  • [A] ZHENG PENG ET AL: "A Comprehensive Review of Atmosphere-Breathing Electric Propulsion Systems", vol. 2020, 7 October 2020 (2020-10-07), pages 1 - 21, XP055965514, ISSN: 1687-5966, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/ijae/2020/8811847.xml> DOI: 10.1155/2020/8811847

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 ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 4243576 A1 20230913

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 23159635 A 20230302